Aaaaaaaah.  Can I say that again?  Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.

I'm not cured, but I'm better.  What I mean is that I think I'm finally done "going around" (finally being the word to focus on here) or at least on the right track toward figuring out the inner ear thing with the ENT who was (I must say) a total ass for his bedside manner, but who clearly knows what he is doing so I am putting up with him.  So I now feel like I'm finally (did I say finally again?) "coming around" back to the land of the living, or at least I have hope that I will someday soon. 

I am on some brain crushing drugs (*note to a-hole Doctor: WHY would you prescribe an antibiotic with a major side effect of "dizziness" to a person with Vertigo??).  But besides that fact, and that the cost of said drug was outrageously expensive--above and beyond our supposed copays--oh yeah, that's WHY you'd prescribe it, so the pharmaceutical company can send you to the Bahamas for a free vacation!!  Of course...(no big chip on MY shoulder about big Pharma.  Nope. No siree!) Oh yeah there's also  the fact that the same exact drug put my father in the hospital the week before Christmas because of his brilliant MD who forgot to read the warnings "do not mix xyz antibiotic with blood thinners". No, I'm not kidding, but where was I going with this?  Aaaaaah, yes...I think that the Rx is actually working on this persistent sinus infection.  Within hours of taking it I could feel the gunk draining out of my head, and the death grip on the nerve/muscles from my ear down the back of my neck to my shoulder blade loosen and relax in a way that hasn't happened since before Christmas.  Of course, the side effect was that I also felt like the top of my scalp was sliding off my head, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right?  Anything is better than another day with the room sideways and spinning while I cower on the couch and randomly puke into a trash can for 14 hours.  Really.  Trust me.

I hope that you all enjoyed that visual :)

Meanwhile on my trip back around, today I found the time, balance, and desire to photograph some of my work that I just got back from my Sister's Gallery which is closed until spring, and I managed to list four items on my etsy, put photos of the same items on flickr, browse a few blogs I've missed looking at, and generally feel inspired about fiber art again.   Here's one sneak peek of something pretty to combat the earlier visual I left you with--a nuno felted scarf/shawl I named Fireworks.  It's silk chiffon that I hand dyed in orange and chartreuse, then I wet felted stripes of a fiery merino wool/silk blend on it for a ruffled effect:

Tomorrow--my current spinning project (yes, I'm spinning again, the RIGHT kind of spinning!), and some peeks at the sweater I'm slowly knitting for little A.