spigot89's blog post - Good news!

I'm not very fond of starting status wars, and although it's fun to keep up the banter there, I don't want to post every tiny piece of news as my status. Quite apart from annoying the hell out of everyone, some news is stuff that only my friends would relate to, so here is my little bulletin for today.

I'm happy!
This week has seen some quite life-changing news for me.

Firstly: a cardiologist ruled out any trace of the neuro/cardio condition known as Brugada. For almost 4 years I have been living in fear of a positive diagnosis. Not just fear; xxxxxx to avoid any alcohol, even the tiny amount in cough medicine, not to mention just about all the medications available in a pharmacy. The fear that I could suffer a fatal cardiac arrest at any time without provocation, was also present but muted a little. I'm so happy that all the restrictions on my diet, meds and specifically on white wine, have been lifted! While not intending to go crazy, I am going to take advantage of falling off the wagon, this coming weekend with a delicious white to go with the BBQ.

Secondly, my long (as in year long) overdue Permanent Residency card arrived in the mail. For almost a year I have dealt with frustrating and resultless calls to Immigration Canada. They lost my application for a new card, then failed to expedite the replacement. Not too serious, you may ask? Well not in the sense that having a card or not is not a condition of being a permanent resident, BUT travel to the USA and out of Canada would have been much more complicated, let alone travelling back across the border... so now I am free once more for road trips, and even to buy and bring back some good quality booze at prices that won't cripple my bank balance! Life feels good!

Finally, some portraits I took for my roommate's boss last week were very satisfying, and she is booking me for a return visit. My new flash lighting setup (which will give me studio quality shots) also arrived this week, so all in all I am a very happy bunny!