Hi Darling Ones, I’m a little down the dumps today. I’m trying mightily to get out of these dumps, listening to R.E.M I’m like I did in when I was feeling blue in ninth grade. I made chicken stock and prepared pork for some Thai curry ramen I’m gonna make tomorrow. Yet I am still here in the dumps. Yesterday I found out I have “severe arthritis” in both my knees, and it’s kind of hit me in a weird…
Hi Darling Ones, Monday during occupational therapy (OT), K, my therapist, ran me through a gamut of tests. They were the same tests she gave me when I started OT in July. Remember that puzzle I couldn’t complete in three minutes and forty-seven seconds? I did it in 2:25. I improved all my scores, except for the hand grip and finger pinch. Sadly, those are still just average for my age. Rude! I do not like to be average. But…
Oh Darling Ones, Being a Replacements fan is sometimes the worst. Being a female ‘Mats fan is always the absolute worst. As you may or may not know, the “Tim (Let it Bleed Edition)” was released today. It’s a remastered version of “Tim” with a whole bunch of other amazing stuff. Specifically, “Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)”. As is to be expected, boners are up all over town about this record. I was so excited I stayed up until 2…
Hey Darling Ones, If you had the great misfortune of attending Roosevelt Junior High in Blaine, Minnesota during the 80s, you know the very special hell that was swimming. Roosevelt had a pool and just like dodge ball and other assorted athletic tortures, swimming was part of the curriculum. Nobody enjoyed the swimming unit in gym. We dreaded swimming so much we’d talk about for weeks leading up to it. Since this was the 80s and big hair was, well,…
Hi Darling Ones, Today marks a year since my dad just died. How it can be simultaneously a year ago already and only a year ago is not a mystery. A lot has happened since September 16, 2022. My Uncle Danny died. Sister #2’s high school best friend Betty died. I got my first-ever UTI (I forgot about this one!). My vision went to hell. I had a stroke. I got the COVID. My college friend Baltus died. I had…
Dear Darling Ones, Hot Dog, do I have some good news to share. In fact, I have two good newses to share. TWO. I’ve had two really good things happen in a row. THING 1 I don’t have colon cancer or as the crass and uncouth refer to it, the butt cancer. What a relief. This was the last of the big three tests (mammogram, pap smear, and colonoscopy)and none of them turned up any cancer, though my uterus and…
