Of J and Joy

13,944 Days Alive

$75 for Insulin

4 Insulin Pens

J is coming! They’re almost here. I’m so excited.

We’re talking on the phone now while she’s driving in from Ohio.

I’m going to go read and chat with her more.

Take your meds, folks.

Of Insurance and Insulin Costs

13,941 Days Alive

4 Months Without Insulin Approval from My Health Insurance

I’m frustrated with the American healthcare system. It’s so broken. And I’m trying to keep my chin up, but damn is it hard.

I really don’t have more words in me right now. I hope my friends and family in Florida get through the hurricane safely and that tomorrow is a better day than today.

Take your meds, folks.

Prompt Answer: AU Life

Describe your life in an alternate universe.

I guess it depends on the Universe we’re speaking of, honestly.

Maybe in another space, I live in a tiny cottage with a cat who chases sunbeams. There are plants growing everywhere because I don’t kill them with inattention or overwatering. My house smells of lemon cleaner, incense, and books. There’s clutter everywhere, but everything has its place. Maybe I knit more than crochet in this world.

Or maybe I live in a rambling old Queen Anne with a handful of friends? There’s laughter and the smell of fresh baked bread always in the air. Creaky stairs and a big bed in a small room I share with a partner or a bed hog of a pet corgi that needs a set of tiny stairs to get up on the bed with me.

Maybe I’m a mutant with the powers of telekinesis and precognition channeled through vision.

Or even further into non-reality, I live a life without constant pain. Without myopic eyes and a body slowly betraying me, I am a marathon runner and champion chili maker.

Who knows what we are in other worlds?

Of Soup and Sleep

13,906 Days Alive

3.25 Cups of Chicken Stock

1 Pound of Mushrooms

So, I really need to get to bed. But I made mushroom and onion soup and Caesar salad for dinner. It was delicious and took less than an hour.

Now, I overslept by an hour today, so I’m going to bed now.

Take your meds, folks.