Of Practical Magic and Pickles

14,560 Days Alive

9,210 Ebooks Downloaded or Checked Out From the Library

484 Faxes Forwarded To Our Logger At Work

51 Days Till My 40th Birthday

2 Books I Am Waffling Between Reading

I got some homework done this evening, but not as much as I hoped to. I was in a whole lot of pain for some reason. Just general back ache and stomach pain. And then reality, realization, and annoyance set in.

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Of Iron Infusion and Ibuprofen

14,554 Days Alive

53 Minutes Spent Getting My Infusion

2 Classes to Juggle This 5-Week Semester

1 Ongoing Headache

I’m exhausted, in pain, and feel like I’m a walking bruise.

I really hope the infusion helps. The saline bag they gave me was cold. It hurt. The entire time. And yes, I said something about it three times.

I’m going to relax, try to rest.

Take your meds, folks.

Of Tuna and Tired

14,552 Days Alive

Spock turns fifteen tomorrow. He has a special can of wet food for his birthday dinner.

Did homework. Ate dinner. Now I’m going to read more of Gone Girl even though I’m not enjoying it thus far to see if I can get into it.

Take your meds, folks.

Of Ghost Hunters and Goddammit

14,550 Days Alive

2,007 Days Straight on Duolingo

24th Day of My Headache

3 Days Till Spock’s 15th Birthday/Beltane

2 New Classes Started

1 Episode of Ghost Hunters Watched with Mac

Well. I tried to go to the ER after work. Four hours in, I left without ever even being triaged. I’m going to try a different ER tomorrow, if I still have this damn headache. I didn’t even check out AMA, because they never even checked me out. Ugh. Goddamnit.

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Of Trepidation and Tiredness

14,549 Days Alive

$36.85 Spent on Med Refills Today

23rd Day of This Stupid Headache

5 Days Until My Iron Infusion Appointment

2 Dishes of Ice Cream Bought at Dari Fair

1 Call for Local Friends on the Local Subreddit Posted Today

Well. I managed to finish my first class today. Submitted all my assignments, assessments, and listened to all the lectures. I should get a solid “A” in this first class. I had a 102% at the start of the week and did pretty well on the testing parts. So I should be fine.

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Of Nat 20s and Nachos

14,548 Days Alive

22nd Day of This Stupid Freaking Headache

5 Weeks Done of Introduction to Healthcare Communication

6 White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies Received from Doordash

1 Nat 20 Rolled on a Check During Pathfinder

Today is my fifth and final week of my first college class. I have two new classes: Student Success as well as Healthcare Settings, Claim Cycles, and Claims Processing. I’m not sure what the first class is. The second class should be fairly straightforward.

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