'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Good luck Sophia! What a bummer.
I took my temperature earlier today because I woke up in the night feeling really weird. Like, I couldn’t decide if I was hot or cold? But my temp was normal and I feel fine now. Maybe it was a predecessor to a hot flash or something.
Covid is a terrible birthday present.
Like, I couldn’t decide if I was hot or cold?Menopause / perimenopause is terrible gift most anytime it doesn’t move along at a steady pace.
I think it should take a year, three max.
Oh yes, I am also in peri menopause and have my period. I am also having a psoriasis flare, which is so far more annoying than the COVID stuff. My weird cough has already cleared up and I just have a runny nose, no fever. But my immune system has swung into production and thus, itchy!
I went ahead and tested again this morning and still negative for a week now. DH is paranoid about me getting it again since he has the rebound, but I reject that possibility. Also, good that I can be out and about if I want!
Health~ma to all. I've been miserable this year with allergies, which I haven't had for decades. I'll go for acupuncture when I get home. I should look and see if there is someone up here that does it. I think most of my various ailments this summer are just stress over work crap, finding a home stuff, and more. I don't consciously worry or fret, but my body sometimes does it anyway.
Trying to buy a condo from a not terribly motivated Brazilian couple. They are artists and mostly I love what they did with the place, like replacing the brutal marble floors with wood and opening up what had been a second bedroom to enlarge the living areas. Needs to be painted much better colors, but it has a beach clubhouse, big wrap around balconies with ocean view and stuff. Right in Fort Lauderdale. Their realtor is annoyed with them because now they really don't want to come back from Brazil to pack up and stuff until mid-December, but she is going to see if she can get them to make a decision today. We can deal with the delay for a couple of other concessions, but we'll see what happens. [link]
The worst part of perimenopause (so far) is not being sure what's caused by it and what's caused by something else.
The worst part of perimenopause (so far) is not being sure what's caused by it and what's caused by something else.
The only thing I can confidently attribute to perimenopause is the hot flashes.* Everything else is like, Covid? Long Covid? Anxiety? Not enough sleep? Ennui? WHO THE FUCK KNOWS.
*Though I did find a supplement that helps a lot with those: [link]
I'm feeling a ridiculous sense of accomplishment for changing out the heads of my rotary razor this morning and saving $35, but as a mechanically inept person this was a big deal.
Hey, I'm impressed. Well done. We have to celebrate our accomplishments!
Wallow in that sense of mastery, Matt! Soak it up.
They have had to tear up our garage flooring to get at the drainage pipes. So it's full on Noise & Dust Committee right now. With each of these projects I have to take a deep breath before we start because it's so disruptive and it you can't have any regular rhythms or ease about the house.
But it must be done. And we'll have to do the gutters before the rainy season too.
Last night was Back to School Night which hasn't happened with SFUSD since pre-Pandemic. First time JZ and I have been able to go on campus at Matilda's school and she's a Junior.
We got there early and the girl's volleyball team was playing so we watched that. She told me her friend Naia was playing, and "she's a sophomore - she's very sweet." Matilda's high school was originally an elementary school so the rafters in the gym are relatively low, and anything that hits off the beams is still in play. Which was an amusing home court advantage.
We saw Naia later and she ran up to Matilda and was beaming and said, "Every time I looked up in the audience I saw you watching and I got so pumped!" Matilda later saw another volleyball player who looked down, and Matilda said, "Are you okay?" The girl shook her head. "Are you sad because you lost?" The girl nodded. Matilda opened her arms and the girl fell into a hug.
I presumed she was another of Matilda's friends but she didn't even know her yet. That is when I figured out that Matilda is her school's Mayor of Feels. People just come to her.
Also, she's super sassy and friendly with all her teachers. She sidled up to ceramics teacher, Ms. Stuart, and they were peeping over the back wall at the orientation, joking and gossiping. She likes to go to Mr. Aglipay's class at lunch time where she said, "You have to tell me what your skin care regimen is!" And he said, "Girl! I got you!" And her two favorite PE teachers get non-stop ribbing, which they return in kind.
She complains about school, but she's happy in her world.
Aw, that's great. Cannot believe she's a junior!
Way to go, Matt! That sounds complex and easy to mess up to me.