BeeCluster of Ember
Nov. 19th, 2021 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ismoI slept quite a lot, and woke up feeling a good deal better. That was a whole lot of misery, and I hope it's actually over. As to what caused it, that remains a mystery. I'm still very tired and have little patience. We got the car back, all fixed up! So that's great. We had a Zoom with Deb and the Prussian. The Sparrowhawk had a piano lesson. Alas, I had no goodies to send to the Dr. Nurse family, because I haven't been able to look at food for days, and have not gone shopping. My sparkly shoes for the wedding came in the mail! They actually fit, too. I can feel there is one spot where it will probably hurt after awhile, but what the heck. I'll put a bandaid on it.
Last week, I looked at the bookstore for next year's Ecological Calendar--the one from which I get all my day names. I've become very fond of them, and look forward to the new one every time the Winter Solstice rolls around. The bookstore said they didn't have any this year, but they didn't know why. I looked them up online to order one from the website, and learned THEY'VE STOPPED MAKING THEM. WAAAH! And I didn't save all of my old ones because I've been feeling pressured to de-clutter. . . . And I couldn't replace the ones I got rid of, because some of them weren't available any more. BUT they were still offering the complete collection as a unit. So the Sparrowhawk offered to buy them for me. It was a ridiculous extravagance, but I agreed. See, here's the thing--every 6 or 11 years, mostly, a year occurs that starts on the same day and has the same number of days. Thus, with the complete set, I'll be able to reuse them and have the days fall on the right date, up until 2035 at least (I didn't try to go beyond that). Except for every 4 years, there's a leap year and then it gets complicated. And of course, the moon phases will not be the same. But that's okay. I can work with it. The box came today, and I feel very good about my complete set of calendars. It's comforting to unfold them and see that the beautiful colors and the turn of the seasons and the intriguing little descriptions of what's happening in nature will continue to recur, even though the calendar maker has gone out of business.
Last week, I looked at the bookstore for next year's Ecological Calendar--the one from which I get all my day names. I've become very fond of them, and look forward to the new one every time the Winter Solstice rolls around. The bookstore said they didn't have any this year, but they didn't know why. I looked them up online to order one from the website, and learned THEY'VE STOPPED MAKING THEM. WAAAH! And I didn't save all of my old ones because I've been feeling pressured to de-clutter. . . . And I couldn't replace the ones I got rid of, because some of them weren't available any more. BUT they were still offering the complete collection as a unit. So the Sparrowhawk offered to buy them for me. It was a ridiculous extravagance, but I agreed. See, here's the thing--every 6 or 11 years, mostly, a year occurs that starts on the same day and has the same number of days. Thus, with the complete set, I'll be able to reuse them and have the days fall on the right date, up until 2035 at least (I didn't try to go beyond that). Except for every 4 years, there's a leap year and then it gets complicated. And of course, the moon phases will not be the same. But that's okay. I can work with it. The box came today, and I feel very good about my complete set of calendars. It's comforting to unfold them and see that the beautiful colors and the turn of the seasons and the intriguing little descriptions of what's happening in nature will continue to recur, even though the calendar maker has gone out of business.
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