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All Things 12/10/2022

So. Much. Coughing. Yet – it was productive! Small victories? The sun is brilliantly shining and after coughing up much gook I feel better.  But, mentally I’m super…

All Things 12/9/2022

Current status…trying not to choke on phlegm.

All Things 12/8/2022

Yep. I made the right call. I decided that The Foundry Holiday Market is not in the cards this year. I’m still sick and surely not seeing an…

All Things 12/7/2022

And exhale. #Georgia. My goodness I’m so out of it I didn’t even remember this election was happening. Bad Jen. The sickness of the last few days is…

All Things 11/30/2022

Holy Macaroni. FATIGUE. I could have made it to work this afternoon – but my body knew it would want to sleep. And sleep. And sleep. So I…

All Things 11/26/2022

No caroling around Springville for me today. Yesterday afternoon was a very bad day. A very bad day indeed. I wasn’t feeling great – left work early and…

All Things 11/22/2022

I feel like I look old today. Old as in *my age* old. I’m tired. Of all the things. Of nothing. IN THAT MOOD. IN THAT HEADSPACE. I…

All Things 11/11/2022

Breathing in, breathing out.And Manifest that good shit. I’ve been very, very good with manifesting lately. Quick example? Me thinking I REALLY NEED TO BUY NEW BRAS. And…

All Things 10/27/2022

HA! Ok, I’m listening – ya don’t have to beat me over the head already. I called out of work yesterday. Stayed in bed most of the day….

All Things 10/26/2022

Harley Boo is my everything. He might not be an official emotional support therapy doggo but 100% could be. He intuitively *knows* and forces me to rest. Called…

All Things 10/23/2022

Actual image of me working this weekend. Ha! (All morning shifts too.) What Was I Thinking? I’m glad I didn’t attempt to squeeze my fat ass into a…

All Things 10/22/2022

Me: You do have to have a mask on in the hospital. Him: CDC EXEMPTION FOR ASTHMA. (Smug grin.) Me: Yep, me too – I have asthma. (CLEARLY…

Psoriasis Flare

Today is the first day since my diagnosis of #psoriaticarthritis that my brain put together that the raw painful flare up of skin on my backside is directly…

All Things 10/20/2022

I love snow. I love love love love the winter weather. And honestly? Seeing this sight last night – made me not smile. Maybe it’s because I know…

All Things 10/15/2022

Some days I find energy before heading into the afternoon shift for work. I thank the new coffee gifted by my Moonwife Cat for giving me an extra…

All Things 10/12/2022

That’s the driveway to Weber Wonderland…where I want to beeeeeeeeeeeee… The last few years have really changed me. ANYONE who meets/knows me would say I’m a people person….

All Things 10/11/2022

Remember when I thought I’d be blogging (almost) every day? Hahahahahahahahahaha. HWMMS has been sick. Stayed home yesterday. Stayed home today. Today is my day off – but…

All Things 10/9/2022

SUNDAY IS GAME DAY! Bring on the Steelers! I’m wearing my #78 jersey along with a nice cozy jacket I picked up at the Ladies of Charity Auction…

All Things 10/6/2022

THURSDAY DAY OFF! After a 9 day stretch of work, day off spent – oh in bed recovering from BOOSTER shot — which I’m certainly not complaining about…

All Things 10/5/2022

ONE WEEK! I’ve blogged every day for a week – only how many more days until it’s a “habit” again? What’s exciting and new? Well – let’s see…

Flares and Rage

I’m still learning to accept/understand this diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis – there’s just no rhyme or reason with when/where/how flares hit. My hands this weekend have been stiff…

Nebulizer Time

Me: Ugh. I feel like I can’t breathe. Also Me: Well now…time for the nebulizer.

Chronically…

I’m utterly befuddled with my never-ending lightheadedness & positional vertigo that has been happening EVERY DAY ALL MONTH. Blood pressure, blood sugar, pulse o2, heart rate, ears all…

Vacuum Fatigue

I just brought out our Rainbow vacuum for the first time in…in…a long long time and after 90 minutes and 6 refills and dumps I could probably sleep…

It’s like 10,000 knives, when all you need is a spoon.

I hate so much that I’m unreasonably fatigued right now and resting in bed instead of out in the garden. The weather is perfect out there but I’m…

Tinnitus & More

August 5 – Tinnitus off the charts last night and today. Uggggh. I mean it’s always present, but when it is like this, hard to ignore. August 6…

Sleep Study Pt. 2

“Sleep is my lover now, my forgetting, my opiate, my oblivion.” — Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife Time for the 2nd part of my Sleep Study at…