What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Today's tarot card was The Fool, which is an interesting card. The major arcana (the cards with names like The Fool, The World, etc) is numbered, and The Fool is card zero. It has many meanings. In the usual deck, the card shows a person walking along looking upward. However, there is a cliff at the person's feet. Is the person foolishly not noticing dangers ahead, or is this a leap of faith? In the deck I use, the card shows a jester. Is the jester foolish, or does the jester say what others can't? And then, there is the position of the card. One way to think of the tarot deck is as a representation of the journey of the fool. The fool goes through encounters all through the major arcana, learning and become wiser. There isn't really an end to the fool's journey, though, as the zeroth card is both the beginning and the end, just like there isn't a point where you have arrived at being wise and don't need to learn anything more. So, today's card is The Fool. I feel like this is a good card for my medical journey. I have been through all the tests, and everything says I'm completely healthy. I'm once again at the beginning. Nothing is wrong with me, as far as the doctor's can see. What should I do next? I have some ideas, and so, I'll set out on another journey.

In other news, I got some new calcium (calcium citrate). There is nothing in these pills besides calcium, and they are much easier to swallow. I scaled up to 1 whole pill about a week ago, and today, I added a second pill. I can now take the magnesium that I was taking previously. At the moment, I feel much better. It could be a variety of things, but I'm going to say that taking these new pills is helping at least to some degree. I was also wondering last night if the reason that I don't tolerate vitamin D is because it made me absorb more calcium. So, maybe as I get all this sorted out, I can get things sorted out with vitamin D too. As much as it is nice to go for a walk in the sun, I would like to not have quite so much moodiness as soon as the equinox passes.

I finished putting the texture paste on the box that I will paint clouds on (hereafter known as the "cloud box"). I'm going to let it dry for a couple of days before I paint it with gesso, though, as the cardboard is a bit squishy. In the mean time, I plan on doing a test painting of a sky with clouds on some paper that I bought that is intended for acrylics. I don't think it has been gessoed, though, so maybe I'll only do that tomorrow. I also got six very soft brushes (mop brushes) in the mail today, which are intended for blending. I washed them so that they'll be ready when I get everything set up.

I don't think I said that yesterday I finished up the batch of songs that I had been listening to for the podcast for the last 11 months and imported the next batch. So far, I haven't heard anything that I like, but it is always so exciting to import a new batch. I'm also getting the statistics part of the database organized. I would really like to have it be able to tell me approximately how many songs I need to listen to so that I can get a year's worth of permissions for podcasts, based on previous rates of permissions (and other data).

I went on a nice long walk (although that area of town really doesn't seem to have anything like the fabric store that I was looking for), worked on a cardboard project, cleaned up some more PHP errors, and worked on cleaning the house a little. Fairly productive day! Today's tarot card was once again the four of swords, which is the "lay down, close your eyes, and take a break" card. It also has some "reflect on the conflict that you have recently been through" meaning. I'm trying to not worry about all the things that aren't done, etc. I'm going to do some fun projects, rest, and not do anything too big for a while.