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obliviousally) wrote2025-03-01 11:57 am
obliviousally) wrote2025-03-01 11:57 am
stuff and things have been kinda chill-ish lately
what have i been doing for two months?
not...a whole lot, actually. which is fine by me. i'm happy to see march in my sights, i'm happy the weather is starting to break a bit. i have been trying to focus on small things versus the absolute shitshow that is happening in the grand scheme of things (will my 'double whammy' marriage be legal by the end of the year? next year? four years? who fuckin' knows!)
i got into it with my mom pretty bad right around the inauguration and we still haven't exactly sorted it out. i have the feeling it's going to have to be an in person conversation, but i really do think the double stroke back over the summer really fucked some things up brain-wise b/c even if she had some controversial opinions, she wasn't so, idk, mean about them, i guess? or she at least kept them to herself. but in the meantime, i hear bud is on his last leg and signed everything over to her (house, cars) and will likely be going into hospice this year. i don't have any tears for this man and, despite my mom and my disagreements last month, i'll still show up to support her, at least
we didn't have the chance to be like this at each other when i was a teenager, so i suppose it's just deciding to show up now
tony's back situation has improved greatly. he still gets some 'zapping' pains in his leg now and then, but the improvement since before the surgery has been night and day. he's still using a cane a bit when we go out and about (and he's got a handicap placard for the next couple months), especially with the last two months of ice/snow, but hopefully when the weather breaks i can bully him to get out and get walking some more to strengthen his legs/core
i've been thinking about getting my bike out and actually committing to riding it more this year. i think i only took it out.....twice? last year? i do need a new seat for it, i think. or a new seat cover. i'm hoping my tires are still alright. when i filled them last year they were, so fingers crossed! i'd really love to be able to invest in an e-bike with pedal assist, but that's out of my price range right now
renewed the lease for the apartment - rent only went up $30, thankfully. despite my gripes about my landlord, he does seem to really like us as tenants b/c we pay on time and we really only put in maintenance requests for stuff that actually needs it. he said i can do the other side of the front yard all wildflowers this year, as well. still no one new upstairs, but it's only a matter of time. i just hope they're chill/not too loud and don't have kids lol
my surgery charge got wiped from cleveland clinic at some point! which is pretty good to see. i still need to find some time to do the RAI treatment, but it's a matter of isolating and i don't have a good solution for that at the moment. but in the meantime, it feels like nothing much has changed? i take my levo every day (i've been better about it recently lol - still not always hitting the 8am hour, but it gets taken in the morning at least) and go on about my life. it doesn't feel any different before/after, tbh. just now i don't have cancer growing in my throat anymore b/c i simply don't have a thyroid! my periods are still weird, but i'm still not 100% sure if that was a thyroid issue or a perimenopause issue lol. it's more annoying when it does what it's doing this month and spending two weeks just spotting and making me waste tampons/pads b/c i THINK i've started my period fully lol
i was having some weird ocular/aura migraine deals for a hot minute around the beginning of the year. moreso that my vision would blur at the corners and get a kaleidoscope looking shimmer - i only got a headache once, but got the 'shimmeries' a couple times. still not sure what it was related to, or maybe just stress
i went to see 'nosferatu' last month at the nightlight downtown! i enjoyed the ~aesthetics~. the first half of the movie kinda drug on for me, but i recognize, like, that's how gothic horror does things before it goes off the rails in the second half. was quite enjoyable, even if i hadn't been to the theater since, uh, 'venom 2'?? and was not acclimated to the volume levels lol. probably going to go in march and see 'flow' with tony, since they're gonna be replaying it, and i wanna see 'the substance' and 'picnic at hanging rock'. but i've just really missed going to the theater!!!! sure, i can watch stuff at home in the comfort of my own bed, but it's not the same
oryx got spayed earlier this month! she had her first heat and we were like 'shit gotta get that done'. it WAS fun slutshaming her b/c she kept incessantly flirting with finnick, who wanted nothing to do with it and was mostly confused. they wanted her to wear a cone for TWO WEEKS and we adjusted it so it was easier for her to wear and then i bought a little (pineapple themed) recovery suit off amazon, but she would NOT let me get it on her hind leggies. so we figured, she hasn't been obsessing over the incision when we'd let her out of her cone, so we took the cone off for a day and tony supervised her and she didn't bother the incision site at all! so she's been cone-less since then and is healing nicely, as far as we can see
we're getting new neighbors upstairs finally, unfortunately. what appears to be a queer couple and their two kids. not looking forward to four entire people up there, but our water bill might be a bit less now. if nothing else, i hope they don't put up with the neighbors' bullshit and are easy to get along with, i suppose. i gotta tidy up the basement a bit b/c there's a bunch of our stuff in the front room/by the laundry and they'll also be using the basement for laundry and storage (tho i always wonder how long that will last with how you have to get to the basement via the cellar door lol)
i'm sure i will post this and think about seven other things i wanted to add to it afterwards lol
not...a whole lot, actually. which is fine by me. i'm happy to see march in my sights, i'm happy the weather is starting to break a bit. i have been trying to focus on small things versus the absolute shitshow that is happening in the grand scheme of things (will my 'double whammy' marriage be legal by the end of the year? next year? four years? who fuckin' knows!)
i got into it with my mom pretty bad right around the inauguration and we still haven't exactly sorted it out. i have the feeling it's going to have to be an in person conversation, but i really do think the double stroke back over the summer really fucked some things up brain-wise b/c even if she had some controversial opinions, she wasn't so, idk, mean about them, i guess? or she at least kept them to herself. but in the meantime, i hear bud is on his last leg and signed everything over to her (house, cars) and will likely be going into hospice this year. i don't have any tears for this man and, despite my mom and my disagreements last month, i'll still show up to support her, at least
we didn't have the chance to be like this at each other when i was a teenager, so i suppose it's just deciding to show up now
tony's back situation has improved greatly. he still gets some 'zapping' pains in his leg now and then, but the improvement since before the surgery has been night and day. he's still using a cane a bit when we go out and about (and he's got a handicap placard for the next couple months), especially with the last two months of ice/snow, but hopefully when the weather breaks i can bully him to get out and get walking some more to strengthen his legs/core
i've been thinking about getting my bike out and actually committing to riding it more this year. i think i only took it out.....twice? last year? i do need a new seat for it, i think. or a new seat cover. i'm hoping my tires are still alright. when i filled them last year they were, so fingers crossed! i'd really love to be able to invest in an e-bike with pedal assist, but that's out of my price range right now
renewed the lease for the apartment - rent only went up $30, thankfully. despite my gripes about my landlord, he does seem to really like us as tenants b/c we pay on time and we really only put in maintenance requests for stuff that actually needs it. he said i can do the other side of the front yard all wildflowers this year, as well. still no one new upstairs, but it's only a matter of time. i just hope they're chill/not too loud and don't have kids lol
my surgery charge got wiped from cleveland clinic at some point! which is pretty good to see. i still need to find some time to do the RAI treatment, but it's a matter of isolating and i don't have a good solution for that at the moment. but in the meantime, it feels like nothing much has changed? i take my levo every day (i've been better about it recently lol - still not always hitting the 8am hour, but it gets taken in the morning at least) and go on about my life. it doesn't feel any different before/after, tbh. just now i don't have cancer growing in my throat anymore b/c i simply don't have a thyroid! my periods are still weird, but i'm still not 100% sure if that was a thyroid issue or a perimenopause issue lol. it's more annoying when it does what it's doing this month and spending two weeks just spotting and making me waste tampons/pads b/c i THINK i've started my period fully lol
i was having some weird ocular/aura migraine deals for a hot minute around the beginning of the year. moreso that my vision would blur at the corners and get a kaleidoscope looking shimmer - i only got a headache once, but got the 'shimmeries' a couple times. still not sure what it was related to, or maybe just stress
i went to see 'nosferatu' last month at the nightlight downtown! i enjoyed the ~aesthetics~. the first half of the movie kinda drug on for me, but i recognize, like, that's how gothic horror does things before it goes off the rails in the second half. was quite enjoyable, even if i hadn't been to the theater since, uh, 'venom 2'?? and was not acclimated to the volume levels lol. probably going to go in march and see 'flow' with tony, since they're gonna be replaying it, and i wanna see 'the substance' and 'picnic at hanging rock'. but i've just really missed going to the theater!!!! sure, i can watch stuff at home in the comfort of my own bed, but it's not the same
oryx got spayed earlier this month! she had her first heat and we were like 'shit gotta get that done'. it WAS fun slutshaming her b/c she kept incessantly flirting with finnick, who wanted nothing to do with it and was mostly confused. they wanted her to wear a cone for TWO WEEKS and we adjusted it so it was easier for her to wear and then i bought a little (pineapple themed) recovery suit off amazon, but she would NOT let me get it on her hind leggies. so we figured, she hasn't been obsessing over the incision when we'd let her out of her cone, so we took the cone off for a day and tony supervised her and she didn't bother the incision site at all! so she's been cone-less since then and is healing nicely, as far as we can see
we're getting new neighbors upstairs finally, unfortunately. what appears to be a queer couple and their two kids. not looking forward to four entire people up there, but our water bill might be a bit less now. if nothing else, i hope they don't put up with the neighbors' bullshit and are easy to get along with, i suppose. i gotta tidy up the basement a bit b/c there's a bunch of our stuff in the front room/by the laundry and they'll also be using the basement for laundry and storage (tho i always wonder how long that will last with how you have to get to the basement via the cellar door lol)
i'm sure i will post this and think about seven other things i wanted to add to it afterwards lol