April 22, 2019
4:21 p.m.

Oh, so much going on, and I would like to add pictures to the stories but I haven't downloaded them yet!

Honestly, things around here have been a mixed bag, and I suppose that's normal for just about everyone. But, can I repeat myself when I say: I'm STILL waiting for that transporter thing to be invented!!!

So, I see that I have been really naughty and haven't posted all April! I posted a story on the 1st, but that is not an official MeThink, now is it?

The problem may very well be that I think TOO much, and my brain will not shut the F up lately.

I admit it--I am an over-thinker. I watched a little mini-marathon of Gilligan's Island with the folks the other day, and you would not believe all the questions that popped into my head.

Mrs. Howell playing matchmaker--what was she thinking? There are four men and three women on the island. Of course, Mr. and Mrs. Howell are married, but that still leaves three single men and only two single women. She wants to match up the Professor with Ginger and Gilligan with Mary Ann. Okay. What about the Skipper?

And who's to say the Skipper wouldn't get Ginger in the end? Then what about the poor Professor?

Don't even say it. Of COURSE Gilligan gets Mary Ann.

Yeah, Ginger is a movie star and a horrible flirt, but... nah. She's not going to go for both the Skipper and the Professor.

Or... is she?

Bwahahaha!

Okay, so that's my brain just lately.

I don't even know how that came about. What I was originally thinking about was energy sources in a dystopian world, because I think I need to keep going with my book Starting in the Middle of The End. They spend a lot of time scavenging, and one of the items they kind of consider treasures are batteries. Because, of course, they want to watch a movie or listen to music, right?

So, on Gilligan's Island, they recharged their batteries using seawater and coconuts. Remember that? It's also possible to recharge batteries with potatoes. I have actually seen that on other shows and have read about it.

Research time.

I am tres amused that this train of thought started with Gilligan, though.

I am weird.
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5:52 p.m.

Guess what I did? Nah, you will never guess. I downloaded pictures!

So, yesterday was Easter Sunday. We went to dinner at my sisters, and it was very nice!

My sister-in-law made these super-cute chicks with her deviled eggs!

Generally speaking, I am the documentarian of these get-togethers, but these are the only pictures I took yesterday. I don't know what's wrong with me lately!

I will excuse myself by saying that there was a lot of good food and conversation going on and I was more interested in listening to that and enjoying family.

Ah, family! I have a great one. I am blessed.

I sure hope you all had a wonderful Easter!
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6:36 p.m.

April has brought snow showers and rain showers. The lawn is getting green. We can see the beginnings of flower growth and I imagine it won't be too much longer before we see some blooms. So ready for nice weather!

Four of my nine grandchildren have their birthdays in April, and two have birthdays in March. Then one in January, one in May and one in July. I have been super lax about posting those, and part of the reason is I really love to post newborn pictures along with their most recent snapshots, and all my archived photos are on my computer in Colorado. It's frustrating not to have access to things I know I have.

I am thinking of getting one of those photo-stick flash drives that grab all the pictures and saves them. Has anyone done that yet? What do you think?
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I have been fussing and fuming about my inability to "fix" things. So many issues, and I can't really help. I can listen. I can pray, or put out positive vibes. But, doggone it, I can't fix a dang thing.

I often wish I could really just vent about things, but to tell the truth, I don't know who does or doesn't read MeThinks, and I really don't feel free to share things that are not solely about ME. You know, unless they are good things, happy things, I'm-so-proud things. Not everything that affects me, either directly or peripherally fit those categories. I'm sure not everything in anyone's lives do, because we are human, and life very often just sucks.

I will vent a little about this, because it is just about me. I am sick and tired of gastroparesis. I have been living on mostly liquids and cottage cheese most of this month. Blah.

We went to FanX Comic Convention on Saturday, (more about that tomorrow--I promise!) and I did eat a little. Delicious pork Ramon, but not one bite of meat for me. Just broth, a few noodles and half a boiled egg. All the walking around helped, I believe, and I did not throw up. Hurray! Several hours later, we stopped on the way home at a restaurant, and I made it through most of my French onion soup. Delicious.

Easter Sunday. Funeral potatoes (don't ask me, I don't know why they're called that!!) macaroni salad, a little fruit and cream. No ham. (BOO!) I didn't have much of anything, but it was yummy, and later it hurt, but it stayed down.

Today I managed half an egg salad sandwich and a little macaroni.

I feel swollen and blech, and so, I am going back to liquids AGAIN.

Here's the worst part, though, and I am totally serious. No weight loss. Zilch. Zip. Nada.

How fair is that???

When I spend a month drinking my meals, I should at least get some positive payback, right? Am I right??

Holy smokes, what a lousy deal.

Maybe the scale is faulty.

Yeah, sure. Right.

Crazy body of mine.

I used to know this guy who told me, after I got a ruptured disc in a car accident, that I needed to go to the body parts store. Sure wish there was one, sometimes!
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Okay, I am off to edit some photos so we can all have a look at FanX Comic Convention tomorrow. I was a little disappointed in myself--I don't think I have ever taken fewer pictures at an event! But the ones I got look great.

Until tomorrow!

Cheers!