Back in Birmingham (Patreon)

I’m back in Birmingham. I have yet to sit down and plan my upcoming weeks. There’s just not enough time.  

Gwen finished her first rotation for genetic counseling in Texas. It was a great experience for her. Now she’s getting ready for the next one.  

This fall will be interesting. I’ll have the girls at home in Birmingham. Gwen will be in Memphis. Time is gonna be even more of an issue. 

Right now, Gwen is apartment hunting in Memphis. She’ll be back Monday night. But this means, I don’t have time to do any work.  

I’m sitting next to Kenzie in bed waiting for her to fall asleep. She won’t stop tossing. Inara was just as bad.  

So let me take this moment to think about some of the stuff I need to do this week. Maybe share a little news while I'm at it. 

• Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast. Andrew and I are podcasting monthly. My Celtic Invasion threw off the July  podcast. Maybe we should just save it for Gen Con since we will both be there. 

• This Friday, I’m back at Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co. in Alabaster, AL.

• Next Sunday is the next Celtfather Live show.

• My pre-recorded episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast are done. I need to put together a new show for this week. Oy!

• I have scripted the next Celtfather Music & Travel episode. It's the Best and Worst of the Isle of Skye. I'm excited to share it. But I need time to record it... Maybe at lunch tomorrow.

Though I'm not getting much work done, I have had a LOT of fun on Instagram Stories recently. You see, I learned that Spotify now allows you to share directly to IG Stories. So I've been making short text and video features followed by a link to listen to a song on Spotify.  

I've had fun with it. Will see if I can keep it up when work actually starts back up. But the stories are only available for 24 hours. So check 'em out. Hm. I wonder if there's any way to do the same on Facebook? Hmm.... 

Now one bit of worrisome news.  

Kenzie has another catheterization this week. She was born with a heart condition, Tetralogy of Fallot. One day she'll have another big open heart surgery. But to delay that, they send a tube into her heart and inflate a tiny balloon to loosen the plaque build up around a the valve they put in her when she was a baby. 

Not sure if that makes sense. But this Thursday is the next surgery. Please send your prayers and thoughts her way.  

Thank you! 

Marc