Quarantine is over!
Jan. 15th, 2021 07:43 am1. The kraken has been released! The girls are really happy to get back to school today. I got tested again just to be sure because I'm having an autoimmune flareup that's making me feel really tired, and it was negative.
I know it was hard on Josh, but I think this is a testament to how well he isolated from us.
I'm ready for things to get back to our normal around here.
2. Emma got accepted to Georgia Southern University! I fully anticipate that she will be accepted to all the schools where she applied, but this is an excellent start. So proud of her.
3. I got a beautiful card from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
goss decorated with lines of Maya Angelou's poetry. <3
4. McFarland finally listed the book with my chapter on Ouida and technology: The Rail, the Body, and the Pen.
5. My JetPens order arrived! I haven't played around with the inks yet (seven bottles of ink! hurrah!) because I want to write my pens dry before I change the ink, but I messed around a little with the Tomoe River paper notebook I bought, and OMG, all the hype is true. I tested all my currently inked pens plus other pens like fineliners and gel pens. The only thing that bled through was the Penmark marker. The truly exciting thing is that I have seen my first sheen!!!! The Pilot Parallel takes proprietary cartridges, and it's got a purple in it right now. I had no idea that ink is sheening, but it has a lovely green sheen. I literally squealed when I saw it. Can't wait to dig into the inks.
6. Talking Meme
likeadeuce asks: What got you interested in studying literature?
( cut for length )
I know it was hard on Josh, but I think this is a testament to how well he isolated from us.
I'm ready for things to get back to our normal around here.
2. Emma got accepted to Georgia Southern University! I fully anticipate that she will be accepted to all the schools where she applied, but this is an excellent start. So proud of her.
3. I got a beautiful card from
goss decorated with lines of Maya Angelou's poetry. <34. McFarland finally listed the book with my chapter on Ouida and technology: The Rail, the Body, and the Pen.
5. My JetPens order arrived! I haven't played around with the inks yet (seven bottles of ink! hurrah!) because I want to write my pens dry before I change the ink, but I messed around a little with the Tomoe River paper notebook I bought, and OMG, all the hype is true. I tested all my currently inked pens plus other pens like fineliners and gel pens. The only thing that bled through was the Penmark marker. The truly exciting thing is that I have seen my first sheen!!!! The Pilot Parallel takes proprietary cartridges, and it's got a purple in it right now. I had no idea that ink is sheening, but it has a lovely green sheen. I literally squealed when I saw it. Can't wait to dig into the inks.
6. Talking Meme
likeadeuce asks: What got you interested in studying literature?( cut for length )
