Sunday, May 25, 2008

I felt better on Friday, and I made it to work. I didn't take my break though, as I was worried about eating and any consequences that could have. I worked with Bryan, DJ, John, Amanda, & Pat; it was good to see everyone; Tim from the Packard Road store dropped by. I dropped off a disc of Torchwood / Who episodes for Jean, who e-mailed me on Saturday, letting me know that she got it and how grateful she was.

After work on Friday, I picked up Mark. I read in the car while I waited for him. He went to Meijer but I stayed in the car and slept. When we got home, I read some more and slept, and read some more.

Early Saturday morning I got a call from Mollie and it was so nice chatting with her about our troubles and Doctor Who, Torchwood, BSG, DS9 & everything else. I was feeling a lot better. That changed later. My stomach, even on days where I'm mostly ok with it, is not remotely normal. And I knew fairly early in the day that attending the wedding of my friends, Michael & Emily, would be a mistake. I so wanted to go though, and every few minutes I'd change my mind and decide I'd risk going, only to have my body all but confirm that that wasn't the best of ideas. It sucked so bad, because I wanted to be there for my friends, and to share in the fellowship outside of work, with my coworkers / friends; including former co-workers that I just don't seee anymore...I actually cried about it. It was just a crappy reminder how bad things are, which I'm usually capable of ignoring. Only that wasn't happening this time.

I read more. I slept. I played a video game with Mark. I ate. My stomach rebelled. And the cycle continued.

I finished the book a few minutes ago. Fantastic book! It really explains a lot of the backstory for multiple DS9 plots! It also sets up multiple episodes of DS9 & The Next Generation, which I wasn't really expecting. And most impressivly, to me, it sets up a major plot point in the 'Garak Book', A Stitch In Time, that makes me really excited to read that book again!

I'm going to start reading the next chronological book in the series, which is the Lost Era novel "The Art of the Impossible" by KRAD, which I've been meaning to read for years! It details 'The Betreka Nebula Incident', which Garak mentioned on DS9 once. It's another novel that fills in loads of history, with continuity & characters galore, such as: Kang, Curzon Dax, Lwaxana Troi, Sergey Rozhenko, Helena Rozhenko, Ian Troi, Kor, K'mpec, Enabran Tain, General Worf, Koval, Legate Kell, Vance Haden, L'Kor, Kahlest, Sarek, Uhura, Rachel Garrett, Gi'ral, Tokath, Corbin Entek & K'tal! I'll also be reading another Lost Era novel, which is set in a gap within The Art of the Impossible, which is called 'The Well of Souls'; collectivly, these titles cover 2328-2346...and I hope to have these finished this week.

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