Love/Life
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Status report: Hives still keep happening, and my lower back hurts even with regular massages for Tita’s Hedonist Day Out. I need to figure this out. What made me happy last week: 1. Family time. I don’t see my extended family a lot, especially since the move. This holy week holiday is one of those… Read more
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Status report: I seem to have managed blood pressure through medication, a better sleep schedule, and forcing myself to eat better. Allergies are still bad, and I have had more than normal evenings with insomnia. It’s like my body is gearing up for bad news. Let’s hope it’s wrong. There are a few happy things… Read more
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Status report: BP monitor broke and I couldn’t get readings for 3 days, which coincided with a migraine that would not quit for 2. I must’ve had 4 coffees and 3 advils a day to try and address it, but the drugs and caffeine wouldn’t work. Recent theory, too much heat. My happy things: 1.… Read more
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Status report: Almost daily hives in the face. Daily bp monitoring 3x, 3 a day. Acidic as heck. But those are all things I’m managing. Here comes the happy. Because life is too short to not enjoy things. 1. Getting spontaneous piercings. The first time we tried to do this was 2020, then 2021, missed… Read more
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A new low. In the days of hives, asthma, migraines and incredibly painful acidity, was hypertension. In a routine checkup to see where my prediabetes was progressing, we discovered that I had enough high blood pressure that I was a stroke risk. Two rounds of medication, a stay of an extra 2 hours at the… Read more
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Status report: BP so high I was a stroke risk, daily hives, migraine immediately at hour 13 of no caffeine. However! Gave up coca cola and baked desserts for Lent. Wish me luck. Because of the ~fragility~ of life and me feeling every single one of my 36 years on earth lately, I will be… Read more
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The last time I had a crush, he used words like esoteric around me, spoke in a really calm, breathy manner, and was, by all accounts, very brainy. I was infatuated with his intelligence, and ignored all the red flags that were clearly all around him. It was, as most of my crushes go, horrid.… Read more
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There have been a few things that has brought to my attention, how time has passed in my life, and how I am “no longer a spring chicken”. The first being — the rabbit I have lived with for 8 years being called an old man by his vet. The second, the realization that my… Read more
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After three months of separation, a lot of fur lost, two tents, dozens of hours of setting pens up next to each other, I walk into Chester’s room to this. It’s a major step. Our first sleepover. No blood or thumping. Here’s crossing fingers that the bloodless truce will continue. Now it feels like a… Read more
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One year ago today, we lost a light in the world. The whole point of my Life is short year was inspired by him. I only knew him for several months, only hung out with him a few times, but it was more than enough to be thankful for. Today I’m having sushi for Josh… Read more