today I have been mostly horizontal
Apr. 11th, 2026 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettI think the exhaustion and aches are down to my COVID spring booster yesterday afternoon, but I am definitely planning to not ever Touch A Barbell For The First Time on vaccination day again. (Conveniently, this is an eminently achievable goal.)
SOME GOOD THINGS, though:
- weekend spring date breakfast, which for me included cinnamon roll and hot chocolate, consumed while watching the goslings experiment with going into water. coot nest #1 had at least six Hatched Squeaking Babies in it (some of them adventurously exploring down the sides of the nest); coots #2 were still Enthroned. AND we saw a GOLDFINCH on the way down the hill!!!
- braised chickpeas with courgette & pesto continue very good and fairly easy food. the whole I Am Flat meant we Acquired pre-made pesto, and this was an extremely good move. project Eat The Freezer Stash Of Tortilla continues apace also.
- A has successfully disposed of our old front door, complete with doing all necessary talking to other humans about it. our front hall now contains only one (1) front door and it is in the door frame where it belongs.
- got raspberries from the supermarket yesterday, as a vague approximation of The Custard Fish Of Civic Responsibility (from the one shop in Chinatown, on the way back from the sexual health clinic to the tube). am enjoying raspberries a v great deal.
- all three flowers the big white orchid had produced are now in glorious bloom. (still need to work out how to make the tiny purple orchid happier, but.) flowers!
$2.60
Apr. 11th, 2026 02:39 pmfayanoraWent on a walk down Springwater Corridor. Went all the way down to Johnson Creek Blvd, got on the line 75, got off at SE Furat Court and walked home from there. I had only two returnables at the point before Furat Court, but as soon as I turned onto Sherrett Street, I spotted three boxes of sparkling water on a recycling bin, which were full of 24 returnable cans. I love it when things like that are nice and wrapped up for my comfort and ease like that.
So, $2.60 altogether. Very convenient.
So, $2.60 altogether. Very convenient.
Write Every Day April 2026 - Day 11
Apr. 11th, 2026 10:43 amcarenejeansQuote of the Day:
(Another quote from Elizabeth McCracken.)
"Any writer’s ideal craft manual must be bespoke, like a suit, made to measure. Write a manifesto aimed only at your own work without worrying whether it applies to or offends anybody else in the world. Address, in your silent heart, punctuation, plot, character, all your picayune concerns and grandiose plans, all the things that made you want to be a writer. Make it living, an armor-clad list that might change. It will be dearer to you than any other guide."
— Elizabeth McCracken, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction (HarperCollins, 2025).
My Check-In:
Alibi sentence! An angry one! Adulting, gah. It's also why I'm behind on comments. 8-(
Today should be better!
Tally
( Days 1-9 )
Day 10:badly_knitted, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilme
Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
(Another quote from Elizabeth McCracken.)
"Any writer’s ideal craft manual must be bespoke, like a suit, made to measure. Write a manifesto aimed only at your own work without worrying whether it applies to or offends anybody else in the world. Address, in your silent heart, punctuation, plot, character, all your picayune concerns and grandiose plans, all the things that made you want to be a writer. Make it living, an armor-clad list that might change. It will be dearer to you than any other guide."
— Elizabeth McCracken, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction (HarperCollins, 2025).
My Check-In:
Alibi sentence! An angry one! Adulting, gah. It's also why I'm behind on comments. 8-(
Today should be better!
Tally
( Days 1-9 )
Day 10:
badly_knitted, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, the_siobhan, trobadora, ysilmeLet me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
Look, the outsiders have discovered fanfic again
Apr. 11th, 2026 05:58 amfirecatThis is an ~30-minute episode of a Vox podcast called “Today Explained.” There is a transcript.
”How fan fiction went mainstream: The community that underpins Heated Rivalry, explained” by Danielle Hewitt and Noel King
It’s a pretty good intro to fanfic and how it’s become something publishers and creators of TV/movies pay attention to. They interview Francesca Kappa, a co-founder of the Organization for Transformative Works, which created AO3.
Things I learned and some bits I liked:
”How fan fiction went mainstream: The community that underpins Heated Rivalry, explained” by Danielle Hewitt and Noel King
It’s a pretty good intro to fanfic and how it’s become something publishers and creators of TV/movies pay attention to. They interview Francesca Kappa, a co-founder of the Organization for Transformative Works, which created AO3.
Things I learned and some bits I liked:
- AO3 was created in part to prevent commodification of fanfiction and the social connections it facilitates.
- “one of the projects that I worked on in the early days of the OTW organization for transformative works was that we were being contacted by women in their 70s and 80s who were like having to move in with their kids or going into nursing homes and they had like 3,000 fan fiction zines.”
- It was claimed that AO3 is “much bigger than Wikipedia.” I’m not sure what metrics they’re using to come up with that.
- [AO3 is] “structurally unenshittifiable” because “we don’t have customers and we’re not a business.”
- (Discussing copyright) “it would have been terrible if Shakespeare had to, like, negotiate with Netflix for the right to Hamlet and then didn't get it. Like, that's the world we live in, right? We're like, Netflix owns Hamlet, it has a five-year option, Shakespeare really has a great idea for it, but like, no, I'm really sorry because JJ. Abrams is going to do Hamlet.”
(I need to know which circle of Hell shows JJ Abrams’s Hamlet on repeat, because I really want to avoid it.)
Weird dream
Apr. 11th, 2026 06:12 amfayanoraDreamed, just a bit ago, that I had somehow gotten access to a new kind of travel. Well, new to me, and it doesn't exist here. It was basically a flying chair. You know, a hover chair? And I managed to not only get on it, but also accidentally set the test flight to somewhere on the other side of the country. And let's just say I wasn't dressed for the trip; if I hadn't also managed to ground the thing early and take it back to cancel the flight, I would probably have died of hypothermia on that trip.
Probably not something we want to be inventing over here. The tech sounds dangerous. Also, how do you prevent getting sucked into a jet engine when you're at altitude?
Probably not something we want to be inventing over here. The tech sounds dangerous. Also, how do you prevent getting sucked into a jet engine when you're at altitude?
You didn't know that when I tried this all before, my dreams were too hard to defend
Apr. 11th, 2026 05:15 ambeansideHappy Saturday! It's early, but we're still awake! Why? No fucking clue. And that's somewhat annoying. Today shall be a dog-less day, as Yoda is going to be going to the doggie boarding place. He's doing a "play your way" day, which means he won't have other dogs in his enclosure, but will have someone who will offer to take him out. and walk him, and play with him. I am anxious as balls about this. Hopefully he's a reasonably good puppy.
I have a potential game, though one player's cats is not well, so that'll depend on how the kitty's night goes as to wether we can play. I am 100% sympathetic, and am perfectly willing to wait and see if she's up to playing. If so, it'll be around 11am. After that, maybe we'll go out to lunch. No clue where. Jess' anxiety and my ADHD rub against each other on the decision of food, because I do the thing where we'll have it figured out, and then I start offering other choices on the day of, and drive them insane. So this time I just didn't mention food and we'll just decide and go. I don't know where I want to go, but I want somewhere tasty.
Oh, I also have to run to the Punjab market for more meats for Yoda. I'd like to make a couple of batches of different meals for him this weekend. I also need to take our old phones back to t-mobile so that we get to keep our discount.
We got a thing the other day from the apartments that they're coming in to replace our balcony railing somewhere between now and May 19th, so we put the Christmas tree in storage finally. The room looks weird without it. I'm going to try to spend a little time this weekend cleaning up some. The apartment has gotten very messy. It's not like filthy, just stuff on the floor and clutter. We've been getting a lot of delivery boxes and Jess hasn't been able to keep up with getting them to the dumpster.
Here's a much better view of my tattoo without the saniderm. I took that off yesterday to wash and lotion it.
I love it so much. You can really see the patterns of her fur in this shot. It's rewrapped uner another saniderm patch, which will stay for a few days. After that, it'll be just lotion and gentle washing.
I think I timed it so that it should be healed by vacation, but I'll have plenty of lotion just in case.
Yesterday was a good day. Morning was fairly slow, nothing to report there, but then I had the lunchtime meeting where we had some excitement. We were doing our normal bitchfest, and then the head of outpatient Rad pinged J & A with a "Are you available for a quick chat?"
They ditched and went into the other meeting with P. When they came back, they were fuming. I've noticed that we're getting a lot of requests for tests to be read in our one site. Apparently the radiologists are overwhelmed, so they've contracted a team of radiologists to read our films. (Not sure how much I like that.) But things are still not being read quickly. So, instead of hiring someone else, or hiring more radiologists, they have made the executive decision that we will no longer do most STAT appointments at that site, because we can't guarantee that things will be read in time. It's our busiest site, and they can't do STAT appointments. This is going to go over so well. Also it's near DC, and the closest other radiology site we have is half an hour+ away from this one. The site has a lot of older clientele, and most of them will not go anywhere else.
After that, I grabbed a short lunch, and then was on the help chat for 2 hours, providing my wisdom and guidance. I had one that stumped me, but I feel better because it also stumped J and the techs. They're sending the question to the radiologist.
I don't mind doing the chat. It was fairly slow yesterday, so I only had about 7 questions to answer, which is not bad.
After that, I took my break, and came back with less than 20 minutes til it was time to leave.
Then, we took Yoda to the vet for his second flu shot and his Cytopoint allergy shot. That'll hold him until we get back from Alaska, since they're usually good for about 6 weeks.
Then we had Blades in the Dark, which went well. We were down onepoisontaster owing to an eye dilation induced headache, but her character was an integral part of the game anyway. I was able to spotlight some players that don't always get a ton to do, and fun was had by all, I think.
It did mean that now they have two heists running concurrently. The one has kind of fallen by the wayside, as a dastardly underworld group has released a plaugue on the land of Doskvol. The team is racing for the antidote/cure, but it's complicated that the shady underworld mafia is comprised of one of the character's family, who he works with part time. I told them that if they finished either heist, they'd get to use the downtime mechanic, where they can clear some stress and regain health.
It went really well and I enjoyed myself (and my game snack Peking duck and dumplings) very much. I can't do it for early afternoon or morning games, because the dumpling place doesn't open til 11:30, meaning the food doesn't arrive unitl 12:30-12:45 when we're already playing. But they're amazing for night games though.
Tomorrow, we have an early game at 9am. I'm looking forward to it. It's chaos personified, but I think we're going to win this battle today. It was an enormous fight between us, who are a party of 9 players, plus about 100 enemies. The turn order was ridiculously large, and it took most of a game to get through one round, but it's been so fun. Stressful for me as the cleric, but I've kept everyone alive and upright so far.
It'll be Greek Easter, so my sister will be heading off for that, hopefully to bring me some dolmades home. I fucking love my BIL's dolmades. I may see if Jess is okay staying with Yoda while I run over to the flear market in Eastpoint. They're opening this week and are open til 2, unlike the one downtown which is open to 12, and I will not be able to get to, unless I get myself together and go super early, which is also always a possibility, since they open at 7 and game is at 9.
It would give me a good hour to shop, which I really don't need. I doubt there'll be a ton of produce, mostly just other stuff. I might be able to find some good game snacks, especially if the Empanada truck is there.
And of course, at some point, I need to get some studying done. Whoohoo.
I might make us one of the pork tenderloins, since Yoda is getting the same, just cooked differently, and without one of the good Hawaiian spice mixes we've gotten. We're supposed to get more today, so it might be a challenge to decide which one to use. I also ordered some more of what they call potions, but are really syrups for your drink. We had the vanilla one which was amazing. This time I ordered vanilla, coconut, salted caramel and honey ginger. I'm looking forward to trying them when they come. They were excellent in coffee.
Okay, I suppose it's time for me to hop off and maybe study. Maybe. Might save it for this afternoon. We shall see. Or, I could start Yoda's pork stew with sweet potatoes and oats. We'll see. First I need to get off the couch. Everyone have a superb Saturday!
I have a potential game, though one player's cats is not well, so that'll depend on how the kitty's night goes as to wether we can play. I am 100% sympathetic, and am perfectly willing to wait and see if she's up to playing. If so, it'll be around 11am. After that, maybe we'll go out to lunch. No clue where. Jess' anxiety and my ADHD rub against each other on the decision of food, because I do the thing where we'll have it figured out, and then I start offering other choices on the day of, and drive them insane. So this time I just didn't mention food and we'll just decide and go. I don't know where I want to go, but I want somewhere tasty.
Oh, I also have to run to the Punjab market for more meats for Yoda. I'd like to make a couple of batches of different meals for him this weekend. I also need to take our old phones back to t-mobile so that we get to keep our discount.
We got a thing the other day from the apartments that they're coming in to replace our balcony railing somewhere between now and May 19th, so we put the Christmas tree in storage finally. The room looks weird without it. I'm going to try to spend a little time this weekend cleaning up some. The apartment has gotten very messy. It's not like filthy, just stuff on the floor and clutter. We've been getting a lot of delivery boxes and Jess hasn't been able to keep up with getting them to the dumpster.
Here's a much better view of my tattoo without the saniderm. I took that off yesterday to wash and lotion it.
I love it so much. You can really see the patterns of her fur in this shot. It's rewrapped uner another saniderm patch, which will stay for a few days. After that, it'll be just lotion and gentle washing.
I think I timed it so that it should be healed by vacation, but I'll have plenty of lotion just in case.
Yesterday was a good day. Morning was fairly slow, nothing to report there, but then I had the lunchtime meeting where we had some excitement. We were doing our normal bitchfest, and then the head of outpatient Rad pinged J & A with a "Are you available for a quick chat?"
They ditched and went into the other meeting with P. When they came back, they were fuming. I've noticed that we're getting a lot of requests for tests to be read in our one site. Apparently the radiologists are overwhelmed, so they've contracted a team of radiologists to read our films. (Not sure how much I like that.) But things are still not being read quickly. So, instead of hiring someone else, or hiring more radiologists, they have made the executive decision that we will no longer do most STAT appointments at that site, because we can't guarantee that things will be read in time. It's our busiest site, and they can't do STAT appointments. This is going to go over so well. Also it's near DC, and the closest other radiology site we have is half an hour+ away from this one. The site has a lot of older clientele, and most of them will not go anywhere else.
After that, I grabbed a short lunch, and then was on the help chat for 2 hours, providing my wisdom and guidance. I had one that stumped me, but I feel better because it also stumped J and the techs. They're sending the question to the radiologist.
I don't mind doing the chat. It was fairly slow yesterday, so I only had about 7 questions to answer, which is not bad.
After that, I took my break, and came back with less than 20 minutes til it was time to leave.
Then, we took Yoda to the vet for his second flu shot and his Cytopoint allergy shot. That'll hold him until we get back from Alaska, since they're usually good for about 6 weeks.
Then we had Blades in the Dark, which went well. We were down one
poisontaster owing to an eye dilation induced headache, but her character was an integral part of the game anyway. I was able to spotlight some players that don't always get a ton to do, and fun was had by all, I think.It did mean that now they have two heists running concurrently. The one has kind of fallen by the wayside, as a dastardly underworld group has released a plaugue on the land of Doskvol. The team is racing for the antidote/cure, but it's complicated that the shady underworld mafia is comprised of one of the character's family, who he works with part time. I told them that if they finished either heist, they'd get to use the downtime mechanic, where they can clear some stress and regain health.
It went really well and I enjoyed myself (and my game snack Peking duck and dumplings) very much. I can't do it for early afternoon or morning games, because the dumpling place doesn't open til 11:30, meaning the food doesn't arrive unitl 12:30-12:45 when we're already playing. But they're amazing for night games though.
Tomorrow, we have an early game at 9am. I'm looking forward to it. It's chaos personified, but I think we're going to win this battle today. It was an enormous fight between us, who are a party of 9 players, plus about 100 enemies. The turn order was ridiculously large, and it took most of a game to get through one round, but it's been so fun. Stressful for me as the cleric, but I've kept everyone alive and upright so far.
It'll be Greek Easter, so my sister will be heading off for that, hopefully to bring me some dolmades home. I fucking love my BIL's dolmades. I may see if Jess is okay staying with Yoda while I run over to the flear market in Eastpoint. They're opening this week and are open til 2, unlike the one downtown which is open to 12, and I will not be able to get to, unless I get myself together and go super early, which is also always a possibility, since they open at 7 and game is at 9.
It would give me a good hour to shop, which I really don't need. I doubt there'll be a ton of produce, mostly just other stuff. I might be able to find some good game snacks, especially if the Empanada truck is there.
And of course, at some point, I need to get some studying done. Whoohoo.
I might make us one of the pork tenderloins, since Yoda is getting the same, just cooked differently, and without one of the good Hawaiian spice mixes we've gotten. We're supposed to get more today, so it might be a challenge to decide which one to use. I also ordered some more of what they call potions, but are really syrups for your drink. We had the vanilla one which was amazing. This time I ordered vanilla, coconut, salted caramel and honey ginger. I'm looking forward to trying them when they come. They were excellent in coffee.
Okay, I suppose it's time for me to hop off and maybe study. Maybe. Might save it for this afternoon. We shall see. Or, I could start Yoda's pork stew with sweet potatoes and oats. We'll see. First I need to get off the couch. Everyone have a superb Saturday!
friday 5
Apr. 11th, 2026 01:07 amarchersangel1. What was the last book you read (or are currently reading)?
currently reading Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky.
2. What was the last movie you watched?
the paramount movie channel on pluto tv has patriot game often, so probably that.
3. What television series are you currently watching?
a mix of things on pluto tv; games shows, star trek (tos, tng, ds9, voy. they don't have ent right now) ask this old house, & this old house.
4. What are some of your favorite blogs or communities online?
other than DW & LJ, i don't read blogs.
5. What social media do you belong to and check often?
DW & LJ mostly. some reddit things (r//thriftstorehauls & r/dumpsterdiving).
other answers over here.
currently reading Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky.
2. What was the last movie you watched?
the paramount movie channel on pluto tv has patriot game often, so probably that.
3. What television series are you currently watching?
a mix of things on pluto tv; games shows, star trek (tos, tng, ds9, voy. they don't have ent right now) ask this old house, & this old house.
4. What are some of your favorite blogs or communities online?
other than DW & LJ, i don't read blogs.
5. What social media do you belong to and check often?
DW & LJ mostly. some reddit things (r//thriftstorehauls & r/dumpsterdiving).
other answers over here.
I aten't ded yet
Apr. 10th, 2026 03:04 pmysobeljust haven't had much to say :)
I've been loving everything about Artemis II. The photos are gorgeous, the crew seems awesome, and the whole thing is so ding-dang wholesome.
Ear continues healing; I have no idea what it will look like in the end. Or whether the ear canal will go back to holding earbuds in, or if I have to figure out an alternative. (Right now earbuds go in fine but slide out within ten minutes.)
Migraines are stupid and I hate them.
I've been loving everything about Artemis II. The photos are gorgeous, the crew seems awesome, and the whole thing is so ding-dang wholesome.
Ear continues healing; I have no idea what it will look like in the end. Or whether the ear canal will go back to holding earbuds in, or if I have to figure out an alternative. (Right now earbuds go in fine but slide out within ten minutes.)
Migraines are stupid and I hate them.
VICTORY
Apr. 10th, 2026 10:53 pmkaberettBehold my works: today I went to the leisure centre, and went into the leisure centre, and went into the gym, and poked around a bit, and retreated to the stairwell to hyperventilate... and then WENT TO A CHANGING SPACE and CHANGED MY CLOTHING and went back into the gym. And picked! things! up!!! and put them down again!!!!!
I have now Touched Barbell, appear to have accidentally skipped most of Phase 2 of Liftoff in favour of Barbells, Apparently, but honestly the biggest and most exciting bit of this is that I did go back into The Gym and I did push through the social anxiety of What If I'm Doing It Wrong.
It is an excellent time of year to be doing this; the cherries on the way from the gym to the bus stop are in full and exuberant flower.
Write Every Day April 2026 - Day 10
Apr. 10th, 2026 10:20 amcarenejeansQuote of the Day:
"Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
— E. L. Doctorow
My Check-In:
Neverending Project! It was a soothing break from the adulting, at least. 8-/
Tally
( Days 1-8 )
Day 9:badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
"Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
— E. L. Doctorow
My Check-In:
Neverending Project! It was a soothing break from the adulting, at least. 8-/
Tally
( Days 1-8 )
Day 9:
badly_knitted, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraLet me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
beansideSometimes I hate the length of the subject line in Dreamwidth. There's another short line to that lyric, and it annoys me that it won't fit. Oh well.
Today I have a little planned. At work, I'll be doing my thing and then we'll have the manager bitchfest meeting and then the rest of the day. Afterwards, we need to take Yoda to the vet to get his flu and Cytopoint shots. Hopefully, he's feeling up to going to doggie day care tomorrow. If not, I'll move it to Tuesday. Then, tonight, we have Blades in the Dark, which should be a lot of fun. Still deciding if I want to get game snacks, since we won't have any other games that qualify.
Yesterday was also busy. I took a few calls, moved a few patients and then it was my time to watch the help queue and provide answers to questions. They were pretty easy, so it wasn't a bad time. Then after lunch I had the training for our new VOIP phone system. That is two hours that I won't get back. It was dull, self explanatory and could have been an email or a training. It was just brutal. My managers were also in the class, and they were back in the Rad Leaders chat just roasting the class. "Cringe" was the big accusation leveled against it. All in all, I'm glad it's over.
After work, I headed up to see my tattoo artist. She had a very cool drawing of what the tattoo would look like. I arrived at 4:45, did paperwork and Ronie got set up. I figure we started at about 5:15pm. I was done and in the car at 6:05. It was super fast. Then again, I tend to sit like a rock, so I'm an easy person to tatoo. She had set up her tablet with a picture of Boodle, that she superimposed her drawing on, so I have Boodles actual fur pattern on her chest. I absolutely love it. It's very her.
It still has the bandage on it, but I'll be taking that off tonight when I can submerge my arm in water. It usually hurts more than the tattoo did to peel off the second skin. Tomorrow, I'l have a clearer picture of it. Then it was home to eat and sniff the BPAL smellies that came in. I liked a lot of them, which was nice. Some I'm not sure about, but I'll give them second chances. I may try wearing some for Blades, though I have absolutely no idea what. I'd been wearing Scheherazade, because storyteller, but I feel like Blades needs something with an iron note. I'll save Scheherazade for the first Marchen game next Sunday.
Tomorrow, I have a pretty quiet day. I've got a game at 11am, Too Many Draculas. After that, I may drag Jess out for a late lunch for something tasty. 11am is too early for dumplings, so I will forgo our game snacks meal. I don't think next week, we have any games that we could do game snacks for, but we'll see. I might do them for Marchen and just take a little break early in the game when they arrive.
Sunday brings an early moring (9am) game. We might finish the Life's a Beach oneshot! (So far it's been almost 10 sessions. To be fair, it was supposed to be a quick combat, but we (okay, I) messed that up by blinding a dragon and bringing the big bad who we were supposed to end up chasing, down to the ground. DM's make the most chaotic energy as players. If there is away to completely upend your plan, it's going to be the player who DMs.
To be fair, for early games, I'm also fully on my ADHD meds, so all of my chaos is on purpose. I didn't zone and have to come up with something to do on the fly. That can lead to uncontrolled chaos.
Usually, I inflict that as DM on my nighttime games.
We're down to 27 days til cruise. I'm going to pull out my suitcase this weekend and start packing some things. Nothing that I'm still using, but I do want to see how much space everything will take up. But things like my slippers and nice shoes can go in the suitcase, as well as the fleecy leggings. I may pack a few pairs of regular leggings, but we'll see. Right now I'm focusing on the long sleeve shirts, fleece leggings and shoes as well as cosmetic stuff that will go into the carry on.
Oh, speaking of vacation! Last night, one of the packages that came in was my sister's Bento Bag. She really liked mine, so we ordred her one. Since I was placing the order because I had a 20% off coupon code, I saw that they had a bundle that included their fanny pack and got one of those, too.
I'm always worried when I order fanny packs, because I never know if the strap will be long enough to fit my fat ass. I opened with more than a bit of trepidation. I shouldn't have worried. The strap was fully extended, and it nearly fell to the ground when I put it on. I had to adjust the strap by about 16" for it to stay put. I loved it. I didn't feel fat for a few minutes. lol. It's also really pretty, a dark blue that will clash with the bento bag I got (which is pink).
I think we have all the stuff we need at this point. I've got my Doctor's appt on Monday, where she can order my Mounjaro, which will last for the trip. I've got one more vial of the lower dose, but I definitely want to try the higher. This just isn't doing enough.
Maybe tomorrow, I'll also cook another batch of food for Yoda. I think the next one is pork, so that'll be good. I can cut up the tenderloins I got yesterday, and maybe some oats and sweet potatoes. I found a dog-friendly pork broth that I can stew it all in. Maybe Sunday, I'll make him some goat and rice and veggies. I still have a few trays of ground goat that I can cook up to make him happy. I need to get another order of groceries from them, so that I can continue to make food for him. He won't need it at the kennel tomorrow, but next weekend when he has his long weekend stay, I'll need to provide him food.
I also have to find time to clean up in our room a bit. I have a large pile of clothes that I need to go through, so I will work on that some. The apartments want to come replace our balcony railing, sometime between today and May 19th. I'm hoping for somewhere around May 7-17th. That would be helpful. OF course, this is going to require cleaning up the living room, so that will be fun.
But for now, I need to do some studying. These articles aren't going to read themselves. Everyone have an excellent Friday!
Today I have a little planned. At work, I'll be doing my thing and then we'll have the manager bitchfest meeting and then the rest of the day. Afterwards, we need to take Yoda to the vet to get his flu and Cytopoint shots. Hopefully, he's feeling up to going to doggie day care tomorrow. If not, I'll move it to Tuesday. Then, tonight, we have Blades in the Dark, which should be a lot of fun. Still deciding if I want to get game snacks, since we won't have any other games that qualify.
Yesterday was also busy. I took a few calls, moved a few patients and then it was my time to watch the help queue and provide answers to questions. They were pretty easy, so it wasn't a bad time. Then after lunch I had the training for our new VOIP phone system. That is two hours that I won't get back. It was dull, self explanatory and could have been an email or a training. It was just brutal. My managers were also in the class, and they were back in the Rad Leaders chat just roasting the class. "Cringe" was the big accusation leveled against it. All in all, I'm glad it's over.
After work, I headed up to see my tattoo artist. She had a very cool drawing of what the tattoo would look like. I arrived at 4:45, did paperwork and Ronie got set up. I figure we started at about 5:15pm. I was done and in the car at 6:05. It was super fast. Then again, I tend to sit like a rock, so I'm an easy person to tatoo. She had set up her tablet with a picture of Boodle, that she superimposed her drawing on, so I have Boodles actual fur pattern on her chest. I absolutely love it. It's very her.
It still has the bandage on it, but I'll be taking that off tonight when I can submerge my arm in water. It usually hurts more than the tattoo did to peel off the second skin. Tomorrow, I'l have a clearer picture of it. Then it was home to eat and sniff the BPAL smellies that came in. I liked a lot of them, which was nice. Some I'm not sure about, but I'll give them second chances. I may try wearing some for Blades, though I have absolutely no idea what. I'd been wearing Scheherazade, because storyteller, but I feel like Blades needs something with an iron note. I'll save Scheherazade for the first Marchen game next Sunday.
Tomorrow, I have a pretty quiet day. I've got a game at 11am, Too Many Draculas. After that, I may drag Jess out for a late lunch for something tasty. 11am is too early for dumplings, so I will forgo our game snacks meal. I don't think next week, we have any games that we could do game snacks for, but we'll see. I might do them for Marchen and just take a little break early in the game when they arrive.
Sunday brings an early moring (9am) game. We might finish the Life's a Beach oneshot! (So far it's been almost 10 sessions. To be fair, it was supposed to be a quick combat, but we (okay, I) messed that up by blinding a dragon and bringing the big bad who we were supposed to end up chasing, down to the ground. DM's make the most chaotic energy as players. If there is away to completely upend your plan, it's going to be the player who DMs.
To be fair, for early games, I'm also fully on my ADHD meds, so all of my chaos is on purpose. I didn't zone and have to come up with something to do on the fly. That can lead to uncontrolled chaos.
Usually, I inflict that as DM on my nighttime games.
We're down to 27 days til cruise. I'm going to pull out my suitcase this weekend and start packing some things. Nothing that I'm still using, but I do want to see how much space everything will take up. But things like my slippers and nice shoes can go in the suitcase, as well as the fleecy leggings. I may pack a few pairs of regular leggings, but we'll see. Right now I'm focusing on the long sleeve shirts, fleece leggings and shoes as well as cosmetic stuff that will go into the carry on.
Oh, speaking of vacation! Last night, one of the packages that came in was my sister's Bento Bag. She really liked mine, so we ordred her one. Since I was placing the order because I had a 20% off coupon code, I saw that they had a bundle that included their fanny pack and got one of those, too.
I'm always worried when I order fanny packs, because I never know if the strap will be long enough to fit my fat ass. I opened with more than a bit of trepidation. I shouldn't have worried. The strap was fully extended, and it nearly fell to the ground when I put it on. I had to adjust the strap by about 16" for it to stay put. I loved it. I didn't feel fat for a few minutes. lol. It's also really pretty, a dark blue that will clash with the bento bag I got (which is pink).
I think we have all the stuff we need at this point. I've got my Doctor's appt on Monday, where she can order my Mounjaro, which will last for the trip. I've got one more vial of the lower dose, but I definitely want to try the higher. This just isn't doing enough.
Maybe tomorrow, I'll also cook another batch of food for Yoda. I think the next one is pork, so that'll be good. I can cut up the tenderloins I got yesterday, and maybe some oats and sweet potatoes. I found a dog-friendly pork broth that I can stew it all in. Maybe Sunday, I'll make him some goat and rice and veggies. I still have a few trays of ground goat that I can cook up to make him happy. I need to get another order of groceries from them, so that I can continue to make food for him. He won't need it at the kennel tomorrow, but next weekend when he has his long weekend stay, I'll need to provide him food.
I also have to find time to clean up in our room a bit. I have a large pile of clothes that I need to go through, so I will work on that some. The apartments want to come replace our balcony railing, sometime between today and May 19th. I'm hoping for somewhere around May 7-17th. That would be helpful. OF course, this is going to require cleaning up the living room, so that will be fun.
But for now, I need to do some studying. These articles aren't going to read themselves. Everyone have an excellent Friday!
gearing up for 3W4DW
Apr. 9th, 2026 09:38 pmalthea_valaraWe're coming to the time of year when ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
3weeks4dreamwidth usually runs, and goodbyebird posted an interest check post in the community to see if folks were interested in doing it and what their plans might be for it.
I will be posting an updated list of my community recs post. The last time I posted it was in January forsnowflake_challenge, but I've stealth added a few more since then. I'm ALWAYS on the lookout for good communities, so if you know of any and want to see it added to the list, let me know!
I also am giving some thoughts to posting daily during the duration, but I'd need something to post about. I'm considering the following:
1. one creative thing I did today
2. one thing I'm proud of today
3. video game progress? I play video games daily, so that would be something easy I could do
It's the time of night when I turn into a sack of goo, so I have no brain for anything else at the moment. Guess I'd better brush my teeth and go to bed.
3weeks4dreamwidth usually runs, and goodbyebird posted an interest check post in the community to see if folks were interested in doing it and what their plans might be for it.I will be posting an updated list of my community recs post. The last time I posted it was in January for
snowflake_challenge, but I've stealth added a few more since then. I'm ALWAYS on the lookout for good communities, so if you know of any and want to see it added to the list, let me know! I also am giving some thoughts to posting daily during the duration, but I'd need something to post about. I'm considering the following:
1. one creative thing I did today
2. one thing I'm proud of today
3. video game progress? I play video games daily, so that would be something easy I could do
It's the time of night when I turn into a sack of goo, so I have no brain for anything else at the moment. Guess I'd better brush my teeth and go to bed.
some! good! things!
Apr. 9th, 2026 10:45 pmkaberett- Therapist was Mean and got me to do the thing of substituting "I'm excited about" for "I'm anxious about". I Have Signed Up For The Gym, without first fixing my bike, and might even make it there Tomorrow.
- On the one hand Wagamama have dropped my default order from their menu again ('tis the season!), and on the other they have introduced a gochujang-tamarind-sesame corn "ribs" situation that I am very pleased to have tried.
- Social wiggles were OUTSIDE because we have achieved LIGHT ENOUGH EVENINGS.
- I have almost finished A's gloves??? All That Remains is Weaving In The Second Set Of Ends.
- Lebkuchen And A Glass Of Milk.
Write Every Day April 2026 - Day 9
Apr. 9th, 2026 10:49 amcarenejeansQuote of the Day:
"No process is wrong that leads to a first draft of a book."
— Elizabeth McCracken, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction. HarperCollins, 2025.
My Check-In:
Neverending Project is neverending. ;-)
Tally
( Days 1-7 )
Day 8:annavere, badly_knitted, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadora
Let me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
"No process is wrong that leads to a first draft of a book."
— Elizabeth McCracken, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction. HarperCollins, 2025.
My Check-In:
Neverending Project is neverending. ;-)
Tally
( Days 1-7 )
Day 8:
annavere, badly_knitted, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, dswdiane, goddess47, luzula, sanguinity, sylvanwitch, trobadoraLet me know if I missed you, or if you wrote but didn't check in yet. And remember, you can join in at any time!
early spring birds
Apr. 9th, 2026 09:50 ampauraqueEarly spring in Vermont is a lot like winter, but with less snow. We can see the ground, but the trees are still completely bare, grass hasn't grown, and the only flowers yet are the occasional bloodroot and optimistic crocuses. On one hike I got excited to see some green on a hill, but it turned out to be last year's ferns, all squashed flat. There are still many days that hover around freezing, alternating between rain and snow. Earlier this week I had to drive in a sudden aggressive windy snowstorm that didn't stick but made visibility near zero.
But the important question: How are the birds doing? Migratory species keep showing up one by one. We saw our first Double-crested Cormorant of the year flying over Lake Champlain while we were visiting the waterfront. Eastern Phoebes are also back, including the one who makes its summer home in our yard. Several mornings I've seen it in the tree out my bedroom window, doing its characteristic tail-bob. And I heard my year's first Wood Duck before I saw it on the river—they don't quack, but let out a distinctive squeal.
We're on the edge of the year-round range for White-throated Sparrow and I have seen them here in winter before, but they're much more common in the spring and I've been hearing their ohhh sweeet caaaaanada song. Red Crossbill can supposedly be here in the winter too, but I saw my first of the year this week.
It's also getting easier to see waterfowl now that some of the smaller lakes and ponds aren't completely frozen over. Hooded Mergansers can be seen on the non-frozen parts of Lake Champlain in the winter, but now they're back on our local pond too.
We also get species briefly passing through while headed elsewhere on their migration routes. I was excited to spot a pair of Northern Shovelers on the pond in late March, which was a little early for them to show up here—the eBird app prompted for evidence when I reported them, so I attached this very non-aesthetic but at least diagnostic photo. They're both in this picture, but the brown female is much harder to see!
I think I was the first to see them, or at least my eBird report was first. I felt kinda special scrolling through all the subsequent reports as birders flocked to take a look. I also saw a pair in the same spot last year in the first week of April; I wonder if they're the same birds.
And the year-rounders who have been here all winter are shifting into breeding mode. Every day the American Goldfinches at our feeder are a little yellower, their breeding plumage showing up in scruffy patches. Black-capped Chickadees are a constant as always, but I'm hearing more territorial yooo-hooo calls as well as the eponymous chick-a-dee-dee-dee. The little Brown Creepers are singing instead of just buzzing, and I spotted one darting in and out from behind the peeling park of a tree, immediately after I saw a video explaining that that's where they nest!
So that's 53 species for me in 2026 so far. Countdown to warbler season in a couple of weeks!
But the important question: How are the birds doing? Migratory species keep showing up one by one. We saw our first Double-crested Cormorant of the year flying over Lake Champlain while we were visiting the waterfront. Eastern Phoebes are also back, including the one who makes its summer home in our yard. Several mornings I've seen it in the tree out my bedroom window, doing its characteristic tail-bob. And I heard my year's first Wood Duck before I saw it on the river—they don't quack, but let out a distinctive squeal.
We're on the edge of the year-round range for White-throated Sparrow and I have seen them here in winter before, but they're much more common in the spring and I've been hearing their ohhh sweeet caaaaanada song. Red Crossbill can supposedly be here in the winter too, but I saw my first of the year this week.
It's also getting easier to see waterfowl now that some of the smaller lakes and ponds aren't completely frozen over. Hooded Mergansers can be seen on the non-frozen parts of Lake Champlain in the winter, but now they're back on our local pond too.
We also get species briefly passing through while headed elsewhere on their migration routes. I was excited to spot a pair of Northern Shovelers on the pond in late March, which was a little early for them to show up here—the eBird app prompted for evidence when I reported them, so I attached this very non-aesthetic but at least diagnostic photo. They're both in this picture, but the brown female is much harder to see!
I think I was the first to see them, or at least my eBird report was first. I felt kinda special scrolling through all the subsequent reports as birders flocked to take a look. I also saw a pair in the same spot last year in the first week of April; I wonder if they're the same birds.
And the year-rounders who have been here all winter are shifting into breeding mode. Every day the American Goldfinches at our feeder are a little yellower, their breeding plumage showing up in scruffy patches. Black-capped Chickadees are a constant as always, but I'm hearing more territorial yooo-hooo calls as well as the eponymous chick-a-dee-dee-dee. The little Brown Creepers are singing instead of just buzzing, and I spotted one darting in and out from behind the peeling park of a tree, immediately after I saw a video explaining that that's where they nest!
So that's 53 species for me in 2026 so far. Countdown to warbler season in a couple of weeks!
The spirits, they intoxicate me. I watch them infiltrate my soul.
Apr. 9th, 2026 04:24 ambeansideIt's Thursday, one more day til the weekend after today.
Thanks to an amazing game, and then being all hyped up after game, I did not get enough sleep. I fell asleep watching youtube videos about the cruise, but that had to be around eleven thirty, maybe midnight. As a result, I got about 4.5 hours of sleep. I will manage, but I'm going to sleep hard tonight. Of course today would be the day I have a two meetings. One is my usual meeting with the Quality team, and one is my Talkdesk training.
Then, after that, I get to get my ass together and go out to see my tattoo artist. As far as I know, we're doing the tattoo tonight. I will post pictures tomorrow or Saturday when I take off the barrier film that protects it for the first day. Then, I will come home and fall over. It'll be great. I'll be hopped up on adrenaline and endorphins and will sack out. immediately.
Of course, between now and the tattoo artist, I need to figure out placement. Inner arm, other calf? Over my heart? I will think on it. I want it to be somewhere I can see it. I'll see what it looks like when I see the stencil and how big it needs to be. Honestly, as long as she can source or create the gold color of Boodle's fur, I'm happy.
School starts today. I've got the class syllabus open in another taba nd will go forth and check it out when I'm done here.
One thing I've been doing in the lead up to the trip is buying way too many books on my kindle. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books does a daily list of book deals, ad I've "this book is $1.99" my way through many purchases. I've downloaded a bunch to my Kindle, so I will have reading material for the flight and airport and cruise. Yesterday, there was one called Dreadful, by Kaitlyn Rozakis. It's honestly the first book other than the Scazi book I downloaded for the flight, that I've neen super excited about. It's going to be difficult to not read it before then. Or maybe I will read it as stress releif as we count down for the trip.
I'm excited as hell about the trip, don't get me wrong. But as it creeps closer, I'm also getting anxious. With a little luck, I'll relax after Saturday when Yoda goes to his first Kennel day. (please be good, you little shithead.) That's my only real worry about the trip. I need to know that he's taken care of.
As Jess said, I'm kind of grateful that Boodle won't have to experience of us suddenly leaving for 10 days and a stranger being here. We can practice with Yoda, but for her it would have been a total surprise. So, we're just stressing one animal out. Honestly, I feel guilty enough about that. He's going to spend 11 days with no one to sleep with. We have to drop him off the day before we leave, and then pick him up the day after we get home. He's going to be so happy to see everyone.
A good chunk of my packages are coming today. I believe I am done with what I need to buy. Everything that I've bought shall arrive over the next two weeks so that'll be good. I do think I want to hire a housesitter. Just someone to come in every other day and get mail and to make sure things are okay. I don't expect there to be a problem, but then I don't have to put the mail on hold or worry that random shit that my sister bought from TEMU will just show up and sit.
Yesterday was pretty busy too, though. In the morning, I sat with the trainees for two hours and took calls, modelling good behavior. Then, in the afternoon, I covered the teams questions. I'm going to need them to announce my position soon, because I'm getting pushback in chat, and I can't even yell "Respect my authority!" because I currently have none, unless you look at my signature or at my teams info. And since no one ever fucking does that, no one but my one friend knows.
I got the good word that my other friend, M, got the job with us. She'll be starting on 5/11 with our team. Which means that right before Black Friday, I'll be getting another $1000. M says that she doesn't want any of it, since without me, she wouldn't have gotten the job. I'll see if I can convince her to take some of it between now and then. They sent her the offer letter yesterday, and it's all signed and done. It'll be nice to have her. I have missed chatting with her while we work. I wish K had been willing to apply, but she thinks she's too old to start over. She's sending a few people my way, so there's the possibility of future bonuses too.
Tomorrow, I have nothing planned at work but the Leadership Bitchfest meeting. It's been that kind of week, so I'm sure the bitching will be strong. Plus, we cancelled last week on account of lack of attendance, Since out of our seven person team, there were four.
I figure all of our stuff should be here by next week. If there's something that crops up that we need, I'll get it local or via same or next day on Amazon.
I need to make Yoda more food today. I'll go ahead and get the pot cleaned out and start some chicken gizzards and livers on the stove, ad see what we can make up. I need to add a little more rice to this mix as his poops are back to being soft since I cut back. I may try it with rolled oats for this particular recipe. I feel like the oatmeal will pick up the flavor well.
He won't be happy that it's not goat, but he'll deal. Saturday, I'll makd some goat for him, too. And then we can switch off. Then, I'll make some more chicken, and then I'll get more meats from the Punjab Market. Maybe see if Aldi has some pork tenderloins. I know he'd like that.
He likes pork better than just about anythign, even goat. Maybe also ground pork. That would be good for him. Oooh, and I could aslo get a bone-in turkey breast. That would cook up well, and provide plenty of meat. I neeed to get more butternut squash, too. He really fucking loves the butternut squash. Add in that with a little bit of spinach or greenbeans and some rice or oats, and he's a happy boy.
I may be trying to cook every day or two over the next few weeks. That's the only way I'm going to have enough food for our vacation. I just need 22 of them, so he can have breakfast and dinner. I should be able to to work that, but it could be a lot of work.
Tomorrow night, we have Blades in the Dark, moving to a Thursday for the first time ever. I'm excited to play-it's been a while. Tomorrow, I have 1 game, and then one on Sunday as well. In between all that, I need to make food for dog, and do school work. This should be fun.
I have a follow up with my PCP on Monday to see how the Mounjaro is working. I think I need a higher dose, because it's not really bringing my sugar down. Not enough, anyway.
We'll see how that does. If not, there's Jardiance we can also try.
It's only 28 days til we leave. At this time in four weeks, I'll be sitting in the airport lounge relaxing while we wait for our flight. Jesus, that's so few days. Oh! I have a link for you. I'll repost it closer to go time, but the link to my photo album will be right here. I'm going to uplaod the pictures to that file pretty regularly, so you can see some of the gorgeous views.
Okay, time for me to get a studying. Everyone have a stellar Thursday!
Thanks to an amazing game, and then being all hyped up after game, I did not get enough sleep. I fell asleep watching youtube videos about the cruise, but that had to be around eleven thirty, maybe midnight. As a result, I got about 4.5 hours of sleep. I will manage, but I'm going to sleep hard tonight. Of course today would be the day I have a two meetings. One is my usual meeting with the Quality team, and one is my Talkdesk training.
Then, after that, I get to get my ass together and go out to see my tattoo artist. As far as I know, we're doing the tattoo tonight. I will post pictures tomorrow or Saturday when I take off the barrier film that protects it for the first day. Then, I will come home and fall over. It'll be great. I'll be hopped up on adrenaline and endorphins and will sack out. immediately.
Of course, between now and the tattoo artist, I need to figure out placement. Inner arm, other calf? Over my heart? I will think on it. I want it to be somewhere I can see it. I'll see what it looks like when I see the stencil and how big it needs to be. Honestly, as long as she can source or create the gold color of Boodle's fur, I'm happy.
School starts today. I've got the class syllabus open in another taba nd will go forth and check it out when I'm done here.
One thing I've been doing in the lead up to the trip is buying way too many books on my kindle. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books does a daily list of book deals, ad I've "this book is $1.99" my way through many purchases. I've downloaded a bunch to my Kindle, so I will have reading material for the flight and airport and cruise. Yesterday, there was one called Dreadful, by Kaitlyn Rozakis. It's honestly the first book other than the Scazi book I downloaded for the flight, that I've neen super excited about. It's going to be difficult to not read it before then. Or maybe I will read it as stress releif as we count down for the trip.
I'm excited as hell about the trip, don't get me wrong. But as it creeps closer, I'm also getting anxious. With a little luck, I'll relax after Saturday when Yoda goes to his first Kennel day. (please be good, you little shithead.) That's my only real worry about the trip. I need to know that he's taken care of.
As Jess said, I'm kind of grateful that Boodle won't have to experience of us suddenly leaving for 10 days and a stranger being here. We can practice with Yoda, but for her it would have been a total surprise. So, we're just stressing one animal out. Honestly, I feel guilty enough about that. He's going to spend 11 days with no one to sleep with. We have to drop him off the day before we leave, and then pick him up the day after we get home. He's going to be so happy to see everyone.
A good chunk of my packages are coming today. I believe I am done with what I need to buy. Everything that I've bought shall arrive over the next two weeks so that'll be good. I do think I want to hire a housesitter. Just someone to come in every other day and get mail and to make sure things are okay. I don't expect there to be a problem, but then I don't have to put the mail on hold or worry that random shit that my sister bought from TEMU will just show up and sit.
Yesterday was pretty busy too, though. In the morning, I sat with the trainees for two hours and took calls, modelling good behavior. Then, in the afternoon, I covered the teams questions. I'm going to need them to announce my position soon, because I'm getting pushback in chat, and I can't even yell "Respect my authority!" because I currently have none, unless you look at my signature or at my teams info. And since no one ever fucking does that, no one but my one friend knows.
I got the good word that my other friend, M, got the job with us. She'll be starting on 5/11 with our team. Which means that right before Black Friday, I'll be getting another $1000. M says that she doesn't want any of it, since without me, she wouldn't have gotten the job. I'll see if I can convince her to take some of it between now and then. They sent her the offer letter yesterday, and it's all signed and done. It'll be nice to have her. I have missed chatting with her while we work. I wish K had been willing to apply, but she thinks she's too old to start over. She's sending a few people my way, so there's the possibility of future bonuses too.
Tomorrow, I have nothing planned at work but the Leadership Bitchfest meeting. It's been that kind of week, so I'm sure the bitching will be strong. Plus, we cancelled last week on account of lack of attendance, Since out of our seven person team, there were four.
I figure all of our stuff should be here by next week. If there's something that crops up that we need, I'll get it local or via same or next day on Amazon.
I need to make Yoda more food today. I'll go ahead and get the pot cleaned out and start some chicken gizzards and livers on the stove, ad see what we can make up. I need to add a little more rice to this mix as his poops are back to being soft since I cut back. I may try it with rolled oats for this particular recipe. I feel like the oatmeal will pick up the flavor well.
He won't be happy that it's not goat, but he'll deal. Saturday, I'll makd some goat for him, too. And then we can switch off. Then, I'll make some more chicken, and then I'll get more meats from the Punjab Market. Maybe see if Aldi has some pork tenderloins. I know he'd like that.
He likes pork better than just about anythign, even goat. Maybe also ground pork. That would be good for him. Oooh, and I could aslo get a bone-in turkey breast. That would cook up well, and provide plenty of meat. I neeed to get more butternut squash, too. He really fucking loves the butternut squash. Add in that with a little bit of spinach or greenbeans and some rice or oats, and he's a happy boy.
I may be trying to cook every day or two over the next few weeks. That's the only way I'm going to have enough food for our vacation. I just need 22 of them, so he can have breakfast and dinner. I should be able to to work that, but it could be a lot of work.
Tomorrow night, we have Blades in the Dark, moving to a Thursday for the first time ever. I'm excited to play-it's been a while. Tomorrow, I have 1 game, and then one on Sunday as well. In between all that, I need to make food for dog, and do school work. This should be fun.
I have a follow up with my PCP on Monday to see how the Mounjaro is working. I think I need a higher dose, because it's not really bringing my sugar down. Not enough, anyway.
We'll see how that does. If not, there's Jardiance we can also try.
It's only 28 days til we leave. At this time in four weeks, I'll be sitting in the airport lounge relaxing while we wait for our flight. Jesus, that's so few days. Oh! I have a link for you. I'll repost it closer to go time, but the link to my photo album will be right here. I'm going to uplaod the pictures to that file pretty regularly, so you can see some of the gorgeous views.
Okay, time for me to get a studying. Everyone have a stellar Thursday!