Sorry relatively long absence again. The thing of it is I've been a lot more physically active and more centered since I got home with Hermione. I wrote more about this on blogspot, but the main thing to quote another LJ person with disabilities is I've been thinking of myself as "an okay person with a disability instead of a defective normal ( Read more... )

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A couple nights ago I had this dream I was pregnant again. I woke up, not scared, just thinking I should pee on a stick, and find out for sure. Previously this would have been a nightmare for me. Of course I'm not. I am exhausted much of the time. I am, as the Catholics would say, Immaculate ( Read more... )

C and Special K have been made several batches of No Knead bread. It seems easy and Special K loves it. C said he never made bread before.

After a party for C's work, I had to spend the weekend, Monday and Tuesday in bed. The vibrations from the loud music really bothered my toe and it took me a while to figure out what the problem was.

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It turns out my toe is broken. The tons of ibuprofen I'm taking for my tendonitis were masking symptoms. Like my toe didn't swell up that much. However it remained this lovely black color and the pain started getting worse on Friday so I went to Urgent Care ( Read more... )

I haven't blogged much recently for two reasons ( Read more... )

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spoon story Shadesong blogged about describe folks who live with chronic illness or debilitating disabilities. When I was pregnant with Little T, when I was healing from Little T's traumatic birth, I guess I had fewer spoons. Though the analogy isn't quite fluid enough to really work for me personally. Ironically I'm too tired to think of a better one, ( Read more... )

We had company over which was lovely. My friends had a nice lunch in my garden while the CCS social worker did her session with Little T inside. She showed me why Little T will pull up in certain places, but not others. It made perfect sense when she explained it, but I'd have to think about on my own. I don't think very well spatially ( Read more... )

Sixteen years ago, I was at Bryn Mawr College during the Loma Prieta earthquake. A lot of kind people asked if my parents were okay. My parents live 100 miles away, so they were fine. I was touched by people's kindness and also amused by their ignorance of just how big California is ( Read more... )