Those are some unduly chill neighbors, dcp. I’m glad it wasn’t a real emergency.

I hope your dad’s appointment goes and goes well, Steph, and that he’s reasonably pleasant to you in the process.

Since my doctor’s appointment last month I’ve upped my activity from 1-2,000 steps a day to 6,000 steps a day. Slight muscle aches aside, I do feel better. I’m lucky that it’s a fairly simple fix for some minor health issues, but it’s just so boring. I’ve started joining my friends on their Pokemon rambles, which helps. Maybe if I can get to a good point, physically, I’ll look into scuba.

Those are some unduly chill neighbors, dcp. I’m glad it wasn’t a real emergency.

Seriously. Yikes.

I have my PT evaluation today for my hip. We'll see how it goes. Have to have a solution because the pharmaceutical solutions don't work for me. Next step on the ladder is an injection. Will see. The biggest thing I can do to help is lose the weight I have gained back.

Guess who doesn’t want to work today????? . . . . It’s me.

Pulling myself out of grief and anxiety funk. I actually made a dinner last night that involved slightly more than just putting things in the oven. It’s a start.

Good for you msbelle. And Calli too.

dcp, so glad it was just a disturbance in the end. Your neighbors I do not understand.

Dcp glad it was not a real issue but yikes!

Also yikes—why does a whole swath of my side feel weirdly abraded? For no reason? I don’t see a rash or anything and can’t think why that side would be roughed up. Am crossing my fingers it’s not like, the beginning of shingles or something. Wtf.

Super crossing my fingers for you on that, too, meara!

Sending love to you all and all the Dads

I will join lisah and ND in sending all the ~ma~ and comfort to the Buffistas and dads who want or need it.

(I'm not ready to talk about my week yet, but I have reconnected with a couple of Bay Area-local friends, and that has helped enormously. I'm ok, surviving but not yet thriving, as they say.)

Today Tim had his 6-month follow-up for his back surgery, and the doctor said he's doing extremely well. At this point, he’s allowed to do basically whatever he wants, because the vertebrae are fusing and the muscles involved in bending or twisting aren’t going to be strong enough to fuck up the fusion at this point. (I told him it’s back to cage fighting for him.) He also gets to go back on NSAIDs, which is a huge relief. NSAIDs can inhibit bone growth, and he had been taking a prescription NSAID for his RA pain, so he had to stop it for the first 6 months of recovery to be sure the vertebrae fused properly. Having to stop taking the NSAID really sucked, so being able to restart it will reduce his RA pain and just improve his quality of life that much more.

Glad to see good Tim news!

Hugs and hairpats for all the less good news as may be accepted