Dammit. I went to the doctor yesterday because I was trying not to put it off ’til I was crying and unable to do anything at all due to the pain. Getting the runaround from the rheumatologist made that effort…
Wednesday Warbles
Rheumatologist Visit
sambear stayed home today to take me to my rheumatologist, because I’m in extreme pain. He’s so good to me. She wasn’t particularly, um, intelligible. In one breath she said she was afraid to give me more pain meds because…
Poem: On a Night of Snow
Two quotes: If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. –Chinese proverb Start by doing what is necessary, then do what…
We Found a Castle, Maybe
The tide of change always begins with a trickle of a few nonconformists and then it grows into a veritable flood as increasing numbers of people abandon the convictions of the past. —John Shelby Spong from his book Living In…
Saturday Sleepies
sambear and curiousmay9 are out looking at houses with king_james. I didn’t go, because I’m in too much pain today and would probably have ended up just sitting in the car anyway. I’m curious as to what they saw, though.…
It Was a Thursday
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. –Jane Howard
Weekend Report/PDA Nuisance
Okay, so I’m writing more despite not being rested. I couldn’t get to sleep when I tried to nap earlier. I think I could now, but I have to pick shadowkatt up from the dance studio and fetch sambear from…
Yadda Yadda Yadda
shadowkatt has been coughing and not feeling well today—she’s sound asleep right now. I couldn’t sleep last night and don’t have any energy today as a result—with more pain, of course. And a cough. So despite the fact that there…
2003 Review
I did this last year, and it was interesting to go back and read it today. I think one of the things I like most about keeping a journal is the ability to review the past without quite as much…