Spanglemonkey

Sized Cats

A dream about someone cloning my cat in sizes ranging from miniature to very large. I didn't like it and tried to stop it but failed, and all the cats were running around. Gosh. What does it all mean!

I do have another demented cat that I keep in the garage, where she is happy with her own chair and the heat from the furnace. She runs around outside sometimes. Crazy in her eyes.

Today I see my staffnord docs, first the general pain clinic docs and then the rheumy. They're so impressive.

Imagining a blog called "collective wisdom" on which people gather the information other people need in their lives.

Last night I tried to write about faith. It meandered quite a bit. I don't know if it made sense and I'm off to read it. Have a good day!

Hands!

Eddie Izzard was brilliant, as far as I could tell when I could keep my eyes open. Seems I go to sleep at 9 no matter where I am or what's going on.

Dreamed I got fired for too many sick days. Which seems entirely possible sometimes, because I have something every week for which I take leave without pay. Not sure that ADA would allow them to fire me, but yeah. Suckage that I can't make up time on other days any more, because this new company is complying with California law. Grr.

Anyway, still alive and kicking, wanted to check in en blogge because I've neglected it for so long. Trying not to use my hand much because of the pain, though, so saying goodbye for now. Back soon.

The Big City!

Yes, I'm still around. Somehow not really blogging any more. I'm a different person than I was a few years ago. Just different. Somehow I don't need to record my every thought. Possibly it's because I'm medicated properlly? Or something else. Who knows.

Tonight I'm taking Eliz and her boyfriend The Boy Scout to the city to see Ed die Iz zard! YEAH MAN! I'm so excited. Only problem is it starts at 10. I took a disco nap (a term I was soundly told puts me with the dinosaurs) so I'm set.

 

LIghts and Water

Good morning, world. It's very cold here this morning and half my lights have stopped working because they are doing electrical work upstairs. Apparently my lights are in the same system. It's about half the house so I have work-arounds and extension cords all over. The landlord was all, "We'll be done on Monday..." Ack.

Why are my lights attached to theirs anyway? WTF! And I have a fucking T Swift song in my head! AAAAGH!

But today Ep and I are taking a walk by the beach. I read in the paper that "sneaker" waves are sucking people out to sea, 3 so far this week, so I want to stay up on the trail and not near the water. Somehow getting sucked out to sea isn't attractive to me today.

Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit!

Last night I totally made out with the guy I met online. OMG! I haven't been touched since Manny six or so years ago. It was strange and wonderful at the same time. Because, of coursre, he's not Manny and touches in a different way. He even smells different. As usual, we didn't have much time because he had to be somewhere, going to the city with friends to a party. And I wanted to go to the Unit arians to play board games and watch the time go by. Anyway, it was an auspicious beginning, even as the year wound down.

And I forgot to take medication last night so I'm trying lyri ca in the morning. We'll see how it affects me because tomorrow I'm supposed to do the same thing, as I titrate up to two a day.

Me Happy! Me!

A very nice xmas, when I finally made it to CO. My flight was cancelled on Friday so I flew out on Sunday on a different airline. And! It was business class on SW so I managed to finagle sitting in the front row both ways, with it's awesome stretch-out-legs room. It turned out that all of us in the front row had RA, on the way from CO to CA. Kind of funny, that. We need more room, we RAers.

I stood up in church today and gave some joyous testimony that I LOVE being accepted at the staffnord pain clinic. I feel good! I'm taking cel e brex and ly ri ca and the combination seems to get rid of the pain left over from the Ore n cia! I'm really feeling rather great. I might even try the elliptical later today. Wouldn't that be something!

Happy. I'm off to the therapist, too. All the pampering for me, me, me.

The Countdown to The Day

Lots of ankle pain this morning. I kind of overdid it yesterday, but it felt so good to be out and walking around that I just went for it. The sun was shining, I had no pain...

Woke up at 5. It seems I'm just programmed for that for the moment. But hey, I'm not working until thursday, so all's well. I got all the present wrapped and under the ficus tree, and did some laundry, and now I'm going to put my foot up for a while.

Lots' o good

Had a really good appointment at teh stan fordd pain clinic. It was very thorough and I feel as though I will be hooked up with some good care. Yay! I won't have to piece toegether different doctors, but they will be a team to start off. Yeah.

All Is Well

Weekend, whooosh. Back to the paper mine for me. I will probably do a lot of work for the boss I really like out of my three new bosses. He said "I'll go to YOU for this!" and we both were all excited about the project. That's cool.

It's nice to actually like going to work. Yeah.

Today I have my IV infusion so I get to have a nice long chat with the minister, who is coming with me. Lucky me.

Say What?

Wow, has it been this long?

I was listening to the radio and the DJ was talking about the murder of all those children, and then she played Leo nard Co hen's Hall elujah, and I cried. It's just all near the surface because of that tragedy. How awful, just terrible.

But all in all I am in a pretty good mood. Today I woke up at 6 again, just like yesterday. Seems I'm on a work schedule and I can't do anything but the same every day. That's all right. Yesterday Manny's dad and stepmom came over and we had our annual crab feed. Yum.

I'm going to work on my photos from the 70s, putting them in a new album, and listen to my audio book. I figured out that because I spend all day, 8 hours, on the computer intently looking at documents, I have simply stopped reading, but listening to them on audible is just about as good. So that's great.