Not a rad story, but...
Just a quick heads up for where I'm at now. We're still at the duplex we moved into a few years ago. The horrible neighbor is gone. The neighbor we have now is noisy too, but it's annoying rather than life-alteringly horrible, and she is at least responsive when you tell her enough is enough. Medically, I'm in a place where I can filter out the little stuff that would drive me nuts, so it's only the big stuff that needs addressed, and that's the kind of stuff anyone would be annoyed by. Having a housemate (we have a housemate!) has helped in that regard, because my beloved is a wonderful human being who also happens to be astonishingly clueless. He doesn't see stuff. He doesn't hear stuff. Unless you dump it on his lap and yell OH MY GOD IT'S ALIVE he might not notice it exists at all. Having someone else in the house saying yeah this is too much, that's nice. Good for the ol' sanity.
I spent most of last year needing some kind of ambulatory assistance. While I'm still a little shaky on some days, I'm moving around on my own again. I'm going to get a rollanator, but it won't help me with the walking. It'll just give me a place to put things so I'm not carrying them and a place to sit when I get tired. My arms are still recovering from one of those awesome stories.
I took a long time off writing and other stuff because it turns out going crazy is exhausting and at the end of the day you're just not feeling it. On the other hand, I've got material for life. I have been dabbling in game design, though. There are a few writing projects I'm poking my nose into. I feel like doing stuff again, and that's a good sign. I know they say write every day, no matter what, and generally I agree with that when it's a matter of 'meh don't wanna.' When it's a matter of 'my life is falling apart and I can't risk turning something I love into something I hate' it might be okay to take a breather. Breather taken.
Let's see, what else. I'm on Storium, enjoying that. Still MUSHing, though not nearly as much as I was. That restlessness to do stuff is cutting into it and that's a good thing. I'm really into Monsterhearts these days to the extent I'm going to Seattle once every month or every other month to play in a game. Bolt Bus makes it affordable, and seeing good friends while I'm there is medicine for the soul. I'm gardening, though this year's garden sparse and scraggly. We lost Akanke last winter to cancer and age (she was seventeen), and I'm in the process of adopting a new kitty from West Coast Dog and Cat Rescue. When my iron is back up, I'm going to donate blood regularly. I've wanted to for a long time and inertia prevented it. I want to start making jewelry again, but we'll see how things pan out with the shaky hands.
So that's about it. Doing a lot better. Not where I want to be yet, but sure glad I'm not where I was.
I spent most of last year needing some kind of ambulatory assistance. While I'm still a little shaky on some days, I'm moving around on my own again. I'm going to get a rollanator, but it won't help me with the walking. It'll just give me a place to put things so I'm not carrying them and a place to sit when I get tired. My arms are still recovering from one of those awesome stories.
I took a long time off writing and other stuff because it turns out going crazy is exhausting and at the end of the day you're just not feeling it. On the other hand, I've got material for life. I have been dabbling in game design, though. There are a few writing projects I'm poking my nose into. I feel like doing stuff again, and that's a good sign. I know they say write every day, no matter what, and generally I agree with that when it's a matter of 'meh don't wanna.' When it's a matter of 'my life is falling apart and I can't risk turning something I love into something I hate' it might be okay to take a breather. Breather taken.
Let's see, what else. I'm on Storium, enjoying that. Still MUSHing, though not nearly as much as I was. That restlessness to do stuff is cutting into it and that's a good thing. I'm really into Monsterhearts these days to the extent I'm going to Seattle once every month or every other month to play in a game. Bolt Bus makes it affordable, and seeing good friends while I'm there is medicine for the soul. I'm gardening, though this year's garden sparse and scraggly. We lost Akanke last winter to cancer and age (she was seventeen), and I'm in the process of adopting a new kitty from West Coast Dog and Cat Rescue. When my iron is back up, I'm going to donate blood regularly. I've wanted to for a long time and inertia prevented it. I want to start making jewelry again, but we'll see how things pan out with the shaky hands.
So that's about it. Doing a lot better. Not where I want to be yet, but sure glad I'm not where I was.