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Have I Mentioned I Dislike Valentine’s Day?

I probably have. Repeatedly. I mean, sure, in the context of everything else that’s going on in the world, this is a minor rant. But. There are all these people who are out there talking about how gay people existing is grooming children for sexual reasons and then we have elementary school kids doing thingsContinue reading “Have I Mentioned I Dislike Valentine’s Day?”

Coming up on 900 days

This coming Monday will mark 900 days that Jon & I have been masking whenever indoors with others, aside from two jaunts to a restaurant after being vaccinated (before the variants started to be an issue). At this point we don’t see that ever stopping, but like with chronic illness, we keep having to remindContinue reading “Coming up on 900 days”

800 Days

800. Eight-freaking-hundred. (CW pandemic, death, loss of a parent) ….. We’ve been struggling with this nightmare of a disease for so long that I’ve been taking significant precautions for 800 days. Aside from two dining events, in the two weeks after we were considered fully vaccinated, and one dr’s appointment, we’ve been avoiding events andContinue reading “800 Days”

Today, in monthly sacrifices…

CW for inadvertent self-harm …… ugh. ugh ugh ugh. Once again I have stabbed myself with my own fingernail and got deep enough that the divot I somehow dig out of me wouldn’t stop bleeding for a while. This is why, in the time before 2020, I’d go to nail salons. It wasn’t necessarily toContinue reading “Today, in monthly sacrifices…”

OK, So, Let’s Recap….

Seriously this whole country is a big ball of What The Actual Fuck. First, not only did Hurricane Ida fuck up Louisiana and shut off power for a whole ton of vulnerable people, but it sailed on up the Eastern Seaboard and dumped a bunch of rain on Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York coastalContinue reading “OK, So, Let’s Recap….”

404 days, with a moment of victory

It’s been a month since I last posted. It hasn’t been an easy time, though I know my life is very smooth compared to most. But I started hitting burnout soon after, so when that happens, things fall to the wayside. Today, though, I have to give voice to a celebration. CN: discussing crimes againstContinue reading “404 days, with a moment of victory”

Day 330, with a return to normal levels of stress

Hah, lookit me. I put “normal” in that title like it was a good thing. *snickers at self* One of my quirks is that I’m actually excellent in a real crisis. I can freak right the hell out over small things, but get a car trapped in a blizzard with no cell reception? I’m allContinue reading “Day 330, with a return to normal levels of stress”