Life must go on…
December 8th, 2005 by HeadMistress Jade
Beverage of the moment: Peach Apricot Honeybush Tea
Seems like I can never find a peaceful moment to catch up with my blogging lately; but I’ve finally carved out a hour’s time for myself, so here goes…
Once again, here I sit at my laptop, sipping my Peach Apricot Honeybush tea and nibbling on fresh clementines, while listening to some calming classical music (Delibes’ Flower Duet), putting my thoughts in digital form. The oldest of my cats, Tigger, has seen me settling in and has decided to join me, hoping for the occasional scritchie as I pause to collect my thoughts.
The past two weeks have had an undercurrent of tension, as my partner’s father has been in the hospital. He’s even undergone surgery, but is suffering from various complications and infections. He can’t really even speak since he is now hooked up to a respirator and has various tubes and such, so one can’t even hold a conversation with him. Michael has been visiting him every evening, tag-teaming with his mother who spends the majority of the day with him. His oldest brother is even flying in from the States this evening to spend the weekend here, so that he can see his Dad himself. He will be coming back up around Christmas, but wanted to see the situation for himself.
I have been hesitant to visit the hospital too much, as it still reminds me too much of my own father’s loss — one that is still rather fresh in my memories. I am fearful for Michael’s father, as his parents have been so very close and supportive to me over the years. I was also worried that I might be coming down with a cold, and since he was in isolation, and now in ICU, I didn’t want to take any chances, even with all visitors being gowned, gloved and masked…
On another note; I did enjoy a wonderful long phone conversation with one of my long-time best friend, Lady Katana, last night. I called her earlier in the evening, but she was on the line with her boyfriend and said she would call me back. Of course, that was more like 1:30am, but knowing me well enough, she was pretty positive that I would still be up — and she was right. We talked for more than 3 hours about all kinds of stuff in our lives, and it did me *so* much good to catch up with her. She has always been such a good friend with whom I can share so many secrets and have heart-to-heart talks with — I can’t imagine how my life would be without her…
Lady Katana and I hope to spend some time again together this coming week; but this time in person. Possibly to go shopping at the local big Chapters bookstore, so she can pick up some Christmas gifts for her extensive family. I haven’t been there in several months, so it will be nice to peruse the shelves once again. Bookstores can be so *dangerous* for me; I always want to bring so many of them home with me, but I have to watch my budget this year, as I still have half of my new laptop to pay off.
Speaking of which, the laptop that I ordered for myself as a combination birthday and Christmas present arrived on November 18th. It is a top-of-the-line custom-configured Apple laptop; with a processor speed of 1.67 Mgz, with 100 GB hard drive and 512 MB of RAM (I’ll be adding more RAM later); it also has a built-in CD and DVD burner. I’ve been happily playing around with it since; loading up all my various software applications, games and such; I haven’t even got around to transferring all my data yet as I’ve been so busy with web work. I’ve also loaned it several times for Michael to bring to the hospital with him, so that he could pass time more easily rather than trying to read old magazines.
The other day, as a treat, Michael loaded up Diablo II on the new laptop and networked the two laptops together, so that we could play for a few hours. (I think it’s been something like over 2 years since we last got to play a networked game together.) We propped ourselves up side-by-side, with tons of pillows in the waterbed and I stocked us up with some Glosette peanuts and mini Oh Henrys for nibbling. It was a wonderful evening of fun where we could just forget all our cares for a little while…
Well, I must be going for now; I still have so much web work to do. I still plan on reviewing my last weekend’s activities, when I have a bit more free time…
~ Mistress Jade Dragon
4 Responses to “Life must go on…”
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Domina Jade wrote on 12/8/05 at 11:36 am :
Hmmmmm Peach flavored tea - that’s something I might try myself. Usually I am more or a green tea type of person.
I hope all goes well with your partner’s father. I send my thoughts and prayers for a fast recovery.
Domina Jade
HeadMistress Jade wrote on 12/9/05 at 2:00 am :
The tea was a gift from my partner and it is quite unusual; it contains: honeybush, natural peach and apricot flavors with other natural flavors, dried honey, linden, vanilla bean, and honeysuckle flowers. (Honeybush is a flowering plant from South Africa.)
I do have another peach tea from Celestial Seasonings that you might like; it’s called “Country Peach Passion” and it contains: rosehips, hibiscus, orange peel, roasted chicory root, chamomile flowers, blackberry leaves, natural peach flavor, natural passionfruit flavor and peaches. I find it very enjoyable and it also makes a nice flavoured ice tea.
I will let Michael know of your thoughts and prayers… I am sure that he will appreciate it very much.
~ Jade
SarumanMTL wrote on 12/9/05 at 10:08 pm :
I hope that Michael’s father’s condition improves soon. Having loved ones in the hospital is such a nerve-wracking experience.
On a lighter note, congratulations on the nice laptop. It’s nice to see another Apple convert . I’ve had mine for two years and it really is quite nice (but about half the specs of yours in every way…)
Saruman
HeadMistress Jade wrote on 12/12/05 at 7:13 am :
Thank you very much for the concern Saruman… Michael’s Dad is still in the ICU, and at this rate it looks unlikely that he will be out before mid-to-late January…
Your comment about my laptop made me smile… I guess that’s why we hit it off so well in the first place — we are both closet Apple fans under the skin! Although I guess I am not so much in the closet about my love for almost all things Apple — even went to a MacWorld in NYC a few years back.
Hope we cross paths again soon in the real world…
~ Mistress Jade