Would it help to find some kind of desk that you can use while resting on the couch with your legs up? That seems like it would be useful/productive/therapeutic/whatever ..

Yes! I have a little… cushiony desktoppy surface thing that I can put my laptop on while resting on the couch, which is quite handy for writing and internetting. I just haven’t figured out how to art that way. Aaron hopes that getting me a cintiq in the near future will greatly help with that, too. 🙂

Would it help to find some kind of desk that you can use while resting on the couch with your legs up? That seems like it would be useful/productive/therapeutic/whatever ..

Yes! I have a little… cushiony desktoppy surface thing that I can put my laptop on while resting on the couch, which is quite handy for writing and internetting. I just haven’t figured out how to art that way. Aaron hopes that getting me a cintiq in the near future will greatly help with that, too. 🙂

11:00 pm exactly, every night:

Tango: RAaAAAaaAAAAaAAAaaAAAAAaaAA 

11:00 pm exactly, every night:

Tango: RAaAAAaaAAAAaAAAaaAAAAAaaAA 

Did another portfolio test run today. Several of the prints are way too dark (expected), and I may have to come up with a different binding method because 9 pieces of paper is problematic (unexpected!) – and this is even without the heaver cover stock for the outside page! Yikes! Good thing I still have a little more than a week to figure this out. 

I also need to be way more careful when cutting it… I got impatient (I was hurrying on my lunch break) and some of the pages were sliiiightly different sizes… Whooops. 

Did another portfolio test run today. Several of the prints are way too dark (expected), and I may have to come up with a different binding method because 9 pieces of paper is problematic (unexpected!) – and this is even without the heaver cover stock for the outside page! Yikes! Good thing I still have a little more than a week to figure this out. 

I also need to be way more careful when cutting it… I got impatient (I was hurrying on my lunch break) and some of the pages were sliiiightly different sizes… Whooops. 

Okay, my peeps. More lymphedema talk.

Monday, I wore the wraps for 14+ hours. They were burning red and painful by the time I took them off. Very, very unhappy.

Tuesday, I decided to give them a break and did not wear the wraps at all. By the time I got home from work, my legs were swollen again… and after sitting at my desk for a couple of hours, it felt like they were going to burst. It was hella crappy. I could hardly sleep because they felt so tight.

Today, both wraps. Legs still red. So tight. But not the same, deep calf pain as Tuesday, and by the time I got home, there was noticeable improvement. Took off the wraps, took a VERY hot shower and ended with a very cold shower for cool down, including exfoliating. Then lotion + aloe vera. The redness is almost gone already! Legs are nice and cool, they look tons better than this morning. 

No art today, ‘cause I am on the couch with legs elevated… but I’ll make a post about portfolio progress a little later on tonight!

Okay, my peeps. More lymphedema talk.

Monday, I wore the wraps for 14+ hours. They were burning red and painful by the time I took them off. Very, very unhappy.

Tuesday, I decided to give them a break and did not wear the wraps at all. By the time I got home from work, my legs were swollen again… and after sitting at my desk for a couple of hours, it felt like they were going to burst. It was hella crappy. I could hardly sleep because they felt so tight.

Today, both wraps. Legs still red. So tight. But not the same, deep calf pain as Tuesday, and by the time I got home, there was noticeable improvement. Took off the wraps, took a VERY hot shower and ended with a very cold shower for cool down, including exfoliating. Then lotion + aloe vera. The redness is almost gone already! Legs are nice and cool, they look tons better than this morning. 

No art today, ‘cause I am on the couch with legs elevated… but I’ll make a post about portfolio progress a little later on tonight!