That is way too much, Pix.

I don’t mean to downplay any of it, but this in particular is hitting my lizard brain as terrible.

No, I'm doing the dark humor thing because I'll freak out if I think about it too much. I'm lucky I seem to have only a very mild outbreak — a dendritic lesion in one cornea and a small rash next to my eye — but it being in my eye is not good news, especially since it's likely I've had this lesion for two weeks. Urgent Care doc diagnosed it as an abrasion initially. Doctors recommend antivirals within a couple of days of the outbreak to lessen long-term complications, and I'm way past that. I could have corneal scarring or any number of other scary complications, and the painful symptoms can last for months even if they do eventually go away. So...I guess I'm just treating it as a ha-ha-shingles-in-my-eye-I-have-the-pox because I have to. I'm on antiviral eyedrops four times a day and antiviral antibiotics three times a day for 10 days. Time will tell.

Come on antivirals, time to be magically effective!

This is ridiculous! I am angry!

I appreciate your anger on my behalf, Sophia! It's frustrating as fuck.

Oh, Pix, that's a daunting of stressors, an unfair pile-on.

Got back from Buffalo last night. Mr. S was discharged from the hospital on Friday, and stayed with the nanny over the weekend. We have referrals to various therapists for him. Let's see how it goes.

Meant to say I'm wishing you all the best. This is so hard.

Shingles in the eye is no bueno!! I’m so glad they figured it out and you’re getting treated.

I read that a GOp Senator sent a letter to Congress and Harris pushing them to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Biden because if he can't run for President then how can he be President? Which I am not surprised about..

Since all kinda of unprecedented things are happening can we have Biden stepping aside, Harris becoming President, picking a solid VP choice, then something huge and positive happening while she is President that would really bring people to vote for her and she is elected President and a rogue wormhole opens up and sucks a bunch of MAGA politicians and then the Hellmourh opens up and takes the rest and we live happily ever after in a very boring, full world . And Elon Musk decides to give up technology and go on a solo trek through some where remote and no one hears from him again....

I'm sleep deprived. But I do really wish something majorly positive that is big and noticeable to a lot of people happens with the Democrats to get more people voting in November.

I can get behind that scenario, askye.

My biggest hope lies with this getting more young folk out to vote.

No idea what the Trump campaign will actually do, but I will watch with popcorn if they force Vance to drop out and have to select a new VP.

Vance being forced out would be delightful. The cult would accept whatever excuse they gave. No clue what the odds are of it happening.