{{{Scrappy}}}

Damn, Scrappy. That's plenty to be anxious about.

I'm, uh, having fun dealing with different levels of risk tolerance while visiting my family. There's a bonfire tonight where a lot of people have said they are coming, and some of these people are anti-vaxxers. I'm not comfortable spending any time with grown ass adults who are anti-vaxxers, but if there are thunderstorms and we need to go inside, I definitely don't feel comfortable being indoors with these people. Not that it matters much if the rest of my family are indoors with them unmasked.

It's easier for me because I don't live here, but I'm way more comfortable than my family being the only one wearing a mask in indoor public places and being blunt about not wanting to have certain kinds of people in my life. I just scheduled a COVID-19 test for the Monday after I get back, because Jesus Christ.

Dang, that’s disturbing.

Timelies all!

{{{Scrappy}}}

Tonight Gary and I going to a concert by ourselves. We have a babysitter lined up.This is the first time in over a year for us to do this.

Oh, Shrift, that is not good. gonna pray for good weather.

That is a lot, scrappy! Hoping for the best.

Good luck, shrift.

I am still living in the non-covid world, possibly unwisely, but I have had a really fun day. Drag brunch, random shopping, another drink and snack at a good restaurant, and now I'm awaiting houseguests. I need to drink more water before they get here.

Thanks, y'all.

I'm, uh, having fun dealing with different levels of risk tolerance while visiting my family.

There was that glimmer of hope for a bit that we might have a normal summer. My anger level is almost as high as my doctors. They are outright pissed. It was one thing for them to deal with it last summer when there wasn't a way to be safe. Now they are exhausted and dreading another big surge.

I'm sorry that you have to deal with this, shrift.

Best luck, Scrappy. And shrift. And Sheryl.

Hi!! First of all, thank you so much for the healing vibes, prayers, light, and love - I've been feeling it and it's helped as it always has for the past 20-some years.

Also, thank you for the donations and gifts. It was incredible to have the resources to order a bunch of things I needed to get for home to make things easier (wedge for my bed, journal and BPC for home/car, shower accessories, etc).

I got home yesterday and it's been a fantastic 36 hours in my own house, with my own shit, and sleeping with no vitals checks every two hours.

I've been EXCEPTIONALLY LUCKY to have amazing medical professionals, friends, family ... everything over the past week ... that have come out to help and finish mowing and take care of the animals and cutting up fruit and taking my car to the tire place.

Prognosis is good; Two AVM evacuated about a week apart. Seems circumstantial with a little bit of heredity thrown in. I've been over a week without nicotine and have cut down on a lot of caffeine. Taking my BP every 4-6 hours and keeping photos of each reading for my many, many new doctor's appointments. Two new BP meds plus baby aspirin and some Tramadol while the pain is still pretty much always there.

Em was a total rock star. She and Joe filled in some blanks for me this morning and I learned that she had to give me CPR because I had some foaming at the mouth and was primarily unresponsive. My sweet, sensitize, amazing girl had to give her mommy mouth to mouth. What kind of 2021 nonsense is THAT?!?!?

So, yeah. Been an interesting week. SMDH (though not to roughly).