Went to the dr's and told them what all I have been up to lately, since I haven't seen them since November (this is my regular medical dr, not the neurologist). Actually, I told them about the neurologist and tests and candidiasis, and what steps I've been taking to help myself. They thought I was doing a good job, and recommended some things for the fever.
I have mild ear and eye infections, and picked up the prescriptions for eyedrops (2 in each eye 4x/day) and eardrops (4 in left ear 4x/day). Not too bad. I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday, and was careful not to do too much. (I'm getting crampy though...)
After the drugstore, we stopped into Sam's Club, where they no longer had Weir's
Eleanor of Aquitaine (damn it!). I got a pair of Birkenstocks... fucked-up feet mean that you end up wearing a lot of ugly shoes. These have black leather straps, but they're still not precisely the fashion statement I wish to make. Then I stopped and looked at frames, since I will be getting new glasses in a week or two. I think I found a few pairs I like, so it shouldn't be necessary to buy the Gucci frames I found in Orlando and liked so much.
I am reaching the final stretch of
The Magic Mountain. Only 200pp to go. I sort of agree with
the person who says that 20 hours will do it, but I'm not in ideal reading circumstances, and I've been reading the "pedagogical" sections particularly slowly, trying to absorb them. I experimented with picking up my pace, but when I read faster (I can read a tpb-size page in smallish print in about a minute, usually), I don't absorb anything. Curse of the CFIDS brainfog. So I've been taking it a little more slowly, overall. It amazes me that a major secondary character has yet to be introduced (Peeperkorn) and that even Naphta comes into things in the second half of the book. But I am enjoying it more than I thought I would... and that is another reason to take it slow.
I'm not a great re-reader of books. Those I do re-read are usually sentimental favorites (Robin McKinley's books, for example) rather than anything that's "good for me". So often, when I am reading a book I like, I drag my... er... feet, so I can stay in that world a little longer. I won't be able to revisit quite the same places again, they'll change over time.
On the other hand, if I were to reread The Magic Mountain at some point in the future, I can be absolutely assured that it would not take the two months it's taking now, or probably longer than a week or so of reading time.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
