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Monday the 12th \u2013 RUNNING ON EMPTY! \u2013<\/span> Every time I have an early morning Voice Over session scheduled I never sleep very well. Or for very long. Luckily the session was really fun and didn\u2019t take very long. It was for the Kansas Lottery and I played a monster truck-type announcer. When that was all finished my friends Mike and Alex from Alex In Wonderland came over to try the new cape and cloak on my life-size Darth Vader figure. It fit really well, but Alex needed to take them back to the shop to do some further alterations. I did some work in the afternoon around the house, and in the evening I met my pal Alex Zsolt and his friend Larry at the Smoke House for dinner. They were in town visiting from Nashville. When dinner was finished I drove them to their hotel and then headed to the grocery store to get some appropriate \u201csoft\u201d food items for my upcoming oral surgery on Tuesday morning. I stopped by the cleaners to pick up a comforter, and then arrived back home to meet up with my assistant Emily. She\u2019d be crashing in the Puppet Room for the night so she could drive me to the oral surgeon first thing in the morning. I did my auditions, typed out Wally\u2019s Week, and then ate something. My cut-off time for eating was 1:30am. Since the surgery was scheduled for 9:30am I had to stop eating and drinking for 8 hours prior to the surgery. Because of everything I needed to do before getting a little sleep, I didn\u2019t get a chance to go out on my nightly WOG (walk\/jog) and I really missed it.<\/p>\nTuesday the 13th \u2013 31 IS FINALLY GONE! \u2013<\/span> Again, I didn\u2019t sleep very well. I actually ended up waking up earlier than necessary. I cleaned up and Emily drove me to the oral surgeon\u2019s office and got me checked in. This is the same oral surgeon that did amazing work during my \u201csinus-and-tooth\u201d debacle back in 2018. I got seated in the operating room and they started the \u201ctwilight sleep\u201d process. The surgery seemed brief, and when I started to come out of it I had some pretty bad double vision. Going forward, whenever I have some \u201clight\u201d surgical need like pulling a tooth, I probably WON\u2019T opt for the twilight sleep again. It\u2019s more hassle than it\u2019s worth. You can\u2019t eat for 8 hours, you need a driver, etc. I\u2019ll just have them numb me up and have them yank it. But yeah\u2026my #31 is gone. Hopefully the long ordeal with this tooth is over. I really tried to do everything I could to save it, and retain my own biological material. But when it was determined that one of the canals was inaccessible due to calcification, and the nerve could not be removed, there was no other logical option. I look forward to getting an implant as soon as is physically possible \u2013 which could take several months. I picked up my medication at the pharmacy downstairs and we went over to Bob\u2019s Big Boy for lunch. I had some delicious soup and mashed potatoes and gravy. Then I got home to take some medication and rest \u2013 which I did the rest of the day. I can\u2019t WOG for about a week until I\u2019m all healed up. The surgeon\u2019s staff said I needed to avoid anything that would increase my blood pressure, as it could put strain on the surgical site.<\/p>\nWednesday the 14th \u2013 FROM ONE SURGERY TO THE NEXT! \u2013<\/span> When I got around I felt a little better. I only had minor pain, and I could do some light work around the house \u2013 in between resting periods. When my stitches dissolve I figure it\u2019ll be safe to go on my nightly WOGs again, but we\u2019ll see. I was contacted by the office of the surgeon who will be doing my thyroid surgery, and we set a date for February 6th. I really want to get all this medical stuff behind me and get on with the year. What a hassle. I did a few auditions, and continued relaxing.<\/p>\nThursday the 15th \u2013 STIR CRAZY! \u2013<\/span> The temp was about 80 degrees out and I was going nuts. I had to get out of the house! None of my friends were available for lunch, so I headed to Paty\u2019s to grab a bite and relax in the sun. Turkey noodle soup, mashed potatoes and tuna salad hit the spot \u2013 and kept consistent with my \u201csoft-foods-only\u201d mandate. Then I picked up a package at my box, and headed to the post office to mail off some bills. I got back home to do some work around the house. I\u2019m still continuing to reorganize my bedroom closet so it\u2019s more streamlined and efficient. I had a few plastic bins with drawers in the kitchen that I was no longer using. One had condiments in it that my movie night guests would use (I haven\u2019t had a movie night since 2020!) and the other was used as a treat bin for my pets (and I no longer have pets). I cleaned them out and repurposed them for clothing items in my closet. Plus, I cleared a lot of space on my kitchen counter! Double win! I\u2019m itching to go on my nightly WOGs again, but I don\u2019t dare quite yet. One of the packages I got in earlier included about 4 yards of sky blue, long-pile faux fur. I had been thinking about making a Herry Monster Muppet replica for a long time, but until now I haven\u2019t been able to find the right fur \u2013 either in color or texture. But this fur from Hong Kong looks perfect! I\u2019ll go shopping for some foam rubber soon to start working on him, but I need to acquire some more reference photos and make a few more drawings first. I rested for a while, and then did my nightly auditions. I had considered trying a WOG, but I\u2019m still not feeling it yet.<\/p>\nFriday the 16th \u2013 FRIDAY FRIENDS \u2013 FINALLY! \u2013<\/span> The maids arrived shortly after noon and when they finished I headed over to Paty\u2019s to have a delightful lunch with my pal Chris Malmin and his friend Carolyn. It was a gorgeous day with lots of warm sunshine. But we talked so long that it got late into the afternoon. I made it back home to change into some different clothes, and then my pal Amanda came over. We went to Little Toni\u2019s for my friend Edi\u2019s birthday dinner. I didn\u2019t really want to eat again so soon, but the spaghetti at Little Toni\u2019s is hard to resist! With a VERY full tummy, I headed back home to rest. I really wanted to get out and get some exercise, but I\u2019d better not push it. I\u2019m really not in the mood for complications to occur, which would require more surgery. I\u2019d better play it cool. I worked on my bedroom closet again, and even moved some stuff in and out of the Puppet Room closet. Later I made a nice, soft pot pie and watched an episode of \u201cThe Virginian.\u201d<\/p>\nSaturday the 17th \u2013 EPHEMERA-MANIA! \u2013<\/span> One of the pending things I needed to do was to sort through one of my storage bins and inventory all of the items in there. Up until now it was a mish-mosh of all sorts of different stuff, and I wanted it sorted and inventoried. As the majority of it was all ephemera, I had to separate each item in to categories. Then I made category envelopes and stuffed them full of items. It was stuff like press clippings, event materials, comic con stuff, correspondence, cards & letters, etc. It\u2019s all stuff that I wanted to keep, but don\u2019t really have an immediate need for. Plus, I ended up tossing a lot of stuff away after I reviewed it and determined that I had no further need for it. It was tedious work, but it was light work \u2013with no heavy lifting. So this was the perfect time to get all of this done. I crammed everything into one bin, which also included a lot of the custom-made \u201cChelsea\u201d boots I used to wear, and got it ready to take downstairs to storage. I was also able to move some stuff out of the Chaney Room and get things in order in there as well. I rested for a bit, and then did a little more work. The stitches have started to dissolve and are frayed and stuck in one place. It feels like I have a huge piece of food stuck in my teeth and it won\u2019t come out. It\u2019s very annoying, but it\u2019s all part of the process. I made my traditional Saturday Night Super Salad (which I\u2019ll be sure to eat VERY carefully) and I watched another episode of the 1976 limited series \u201cFantastic Journey.\u201d I sat down at the drawing table and started drawing out the floor plan and other ideas for this year\u2019s offering for the Monsterpalooza museum. It\u2019s going to be a GOOD one! Stay tuned!<\/p>\nSunday the 18th \u2013 DAD! \u2013<\/span> Before I hit the hay for my usual \u201cComatose Sunday\u201d I got a call from my sister in South Dakota. My dad was admitted to the hospital with a bladder infection. Apparently he had the symptoms for quite a while but never told anyone. When he was caring for my mom during her health issues, if any little thing occurred with her health he would take her to the doctor. He felt being overly cautious was a good thing for her. And he was right. But now I think he needs to apply the same thinking to his own health. They\u2019re keeping him in the hospital for a few days to monitor his progress. He\u2019ll be 91 in a few weeks. Later my friends Joe and Zandra Pendleton came over and we headed to get dinner. When we finished we came back to Planet Wallywood to start mapping out some plans for the Monsterpalooza museum exhibit. Joe will be building some special platforms for the display and we needed to go over the details. I\u2019m VERY excited! I got a little rest, and when I got around I felt pretty good. It was a nice night (about 47 degrees) and I figured I\u2019d try going a WOG. It\u2019s the first time back out in about a week. But a quarter of the way into it I knew it was a bad idea. The surgical site was throbbing a bit and I didn\u2019t like how it was feeling. Apparently it was still affected by the increase in blood pressure and it was a bit painful. I cut my losses and headed back home. Rats! Still too early. I cut some new voice tracks for my friends at the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre. I narrate a show there called \u201cHooray L.A.\u201d and it will be back onstage this coming week. It will play for the next few months. While the show is generally the same as it\u2019s always been, they like to update a few bits here and there, and that requires some new narration. I love working with that theatre. Fun stuff! But as I was recording the tracks, I could feel the last of my stitches come out! Fabulous! I\u2019m on the mend! I made some mac and cheese and watched another episode of \u201cThe Virginian.\u201d This one featured Bette Davis and was remarkable! WOW!<\/p>\nAnd how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n
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