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dolorosa_12brithistorianFor those of you who are Tolkien fans and ebook readers: The Kindle ebook of Sauron Defeated (History of Middle Earth, Book 9) is currenty on sale for $1.99.
Which leads me to the odd question: I checked to see if any of the other volumes of History of Middle Earth were currently on sale, and saw that Morgoth's Ring (Book 10) isn't currently available as a Kindle book in the US, which is just strange. If it was the last book in the series, I could see it — maybe they hadn't gotten around to formatting that one for Kindle yet — but 11 and 12 are available. It's just strange and random.
ETA: In case you were wondering about other volumes possibly being on sale: The Return of the Shadow (Book 6) is currently $5.99, everything else is full price.
ETA2: Apparently Morgoth's Ring is available on Kindle in the US, but the link from the History of Middle Earth series page takes you to a page for Morgoth's Ring that erroneously shows it as not being available. If you want it, you have to search for it manually rather than going to it from the series page. How dumb.
brithistorianHappy Friday, to those of you who celebrate!
Yesterday was a L.'s 22nd birthday. We had a good celebration for her. She picked White Castle as her birthday dinner and a rewatch of the The Super Mario Brothers Movie as her birthday movie. She wanted a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and I was able to find a copy at a local Gamestop for her, and she was thrilled with that. When we went to pick out her birthday cake, she found several other foods that she wanted, so we got those as well, which was really good — it's always been hard to find foods that she wants to eat, so it's hard to keep her weight in a healthy range, so it's always good to when she finds new foods that appeal to her.
But of course because yesterday was L.'s birthday, I had the worst mental health day I've had in quite a while. My depression has been gradually getting worse (it could just be my brain, could be the new antiseizure medicine, could be a combo of the two), but yesterday it really smacked me down. After a little while I was able to perk up some and put on a brave front for the rest of the day, but it's bad enough that I'm going to talk to my doctor about going back on antidepressants. Today is less bad, so at least that's something.
Anyway, hope you're all doing well. Take care.
adoreradiokomorebi so if you've got similar interests, feel free to take a gander. I've been trying to bring more IRL friends to Dreamwidth (for my own selfish reasons: I don't like the social media sites they're on and want to convert them to mine). Every such success shall spur me to never stop trying!
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full_metal_ox posting in fancakesuspicious_popsicle,(Tumblr-locked) brithistorianThere are so many milestones that mark the various social and legal phases of transition from childhood to adulthood. L. has just hit another one — possibly the final one, although I'm sure another one will pop up to hit us right in the feels when we least expect it.
Tomorrow is L.'s 22nd birthday, which marks the point that her pediatrician will no longer see her. So yesterday was L.'s final visit with her pediatrician. She got her yearly physical, got a recommendation for a new PCP, and got to say good-bye to the doctor who's seen her grow up. It was a surprisingly emotional event.
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