I slept for a good portion of the day. I expected it to happen after spending the past two days at shearings, and I wasn't disappointed. It was not a restful sleep, though, so that could have gone better. You know the type of sleep that usually happens either during the day or around the time you need to wake up? You're struggling to awaken and ( Read more... )

travestine had asked about the results of the neuropsych tests that I took last month. I met with the psychologist (at least I think she's a psychologist) yesterday, and I was mostly pleased with the results. The best news is that there doesn't seem to be any neurological damage at the root of my problems. The memory problems and lack of concentration ( Read more... )

I spent several hours in the car this afternoon driving to and from Toronto to pick up Maddie and Dar from their trip to Cape Breton. I was happy to do it; I missed them, and their trip was just . . . surreal. (Not my story to tell yet.) The day was very warm and very sunny. I slathered on the SPF 60 sunscreen and off I went ( Read more... )

Today is World Lupus Day. In honor of the day, I'm feeling rather crappy, because far be it from me not to celebrate when the occasion calls. I'm also supposed to be wearing purple or orange - which for some reason are the colors associated with Lupus - but it turns out that I own nothing purple and my only piece of orange clothing is a lovely ( Read more... )

1. There are some mad bacon lovers out there, and for them I provide this link to the bacon explosion. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pig snout, but I can think of several people who would just squeee over this. So here you go ( Read more... )

Well, the wait is over. That "buffalo hump" side effect of prednisone that I've been worrying about acquiring has shown up. I just noticed it this afternoon, but it's probably been evident for a little while now. Damn. It's just vanity, really. And I've never really had anything to be vain about as far as my appearance goes, so this isn't ( Read more... )

I've been waiting to post until I had something definitive from my rheumatologist, but that doesn't look to be happening this week after all, so this is just an update. It's a long one, so I'll cut tag it. BTW, the icon for this isn't meant to be taken literally; I just don't have anything else that screams major *head desk* :)
( It's a movie of the week. Or maybe an ep from Arrested Development. )

1. I discovered where the nearest laundromat is to us. Birdland Plaza in Elmira, about 15 minutes away. This is a very good thing because ( Read more... )

No sun today on this Sunday, but it was relatively livable outside nevertheless. Mark and I grabbed a couple of shovels and took out the drifting snow that had held my car hostage, then we proceeded to attack the rest of the driveway. Man, I really, really hope that that is the last of the shoveling we'll be doing this year ( Read more... )

It's easier to post pictures, eh. Stringing words together requires effort, and by the end of the day effort and I are barely speaking. Because that would require . . . effort. You see my quandary.

( I went to see my old rheumatologist yesterday. Note icon. Oh, yeah. )