Hiding in the dark, listening to: ‘Devour the Dark’ by Nikki St. Crowe Head hurts today

100 DAYS!!!! I’ve been fighting this infection with antibiotics (oral+IV) for 100 days! Do I get a sticker? Should I bake something to commemorate/commiserate the occasion? #healthsky #boneinfection

Dear ___ Want to save real healthcare dollars? Make it so the walk-in can’t call you to say “Your test results are back & the Dr wants to see you” To have everything be “looking much better” with no need for follow-up or repeat tests Sincerely, Everyone #canadahealthcare #couldhavebeenanemail

Pic of me right now: (not even sure how this is even possible but it’s making me queasy)

Alrighty-o driveway is shovelled… enough… for today. Car is cleared off! About half of it was maybe 10cm, but the drifts grew toward the road where it was a good 30cm & heavy from the plow Not as bad as the GTHA to the south. Thank Goodness For That!!!! (Nurse can pull in safely & turn around)

Me: I am going to make some molasses baked beans in the oven at a low temp to help keep the house warm. I should look up some recipes. Also Me: I hate all these recipes, why are there so many ingredients? I’m gonna wing it! Also, Also Me: *calls mom* You think I should measure? Mom: I don’t 😂🤣

As we head into Feb, I start to prep my Garden Map/Plans for the coming season. (Zone 6) By mid-Feb I start seeds for some of the plants that take a bit longer or I find harder to grow outside Nightshades 🫑🌶️🍅🍆 Rosemary, Parsley, Sage, Basil, Thyme 🧅 & Celery & Leeks 🥦 & Cauli Marigolds Kale 🇨🇦🌱🇨🇦

Politicians and Snake-Oil Salesmen… the original TikTok/Insta “influencers” Stay skeptical peeps! P.S. If you want to do a world of good, teach someone about BSers & how to check your sources for bias! The “Why is someone saying this?” is usually more important than the BS their spewing! ~C.D.

Am I wrong in thinking the 🇺🇸’s who are buying 🇨🇦 products in solidarity are funnelling more money to Trump via tariffs? Been reading some comments I appreciate the gesture, but maybe not such a good idea 🤷‍♀️ Or is it like Canada, where consumers don’t pay taxes on healthy groceries & necessities?

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Alright…. Sun is shining! The air is frozen! Almost out of buttertart squares, cause buttertart therapy is needed (re:murder) So today I’m attempting maple bacon & eggs buttertarts! Last time I managed to mod the recipe to add 2 extra eggs. Today I’m gonna fully turn it into a breakfast food!

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Today went well. Got all the medical stuff done and finally bought batteries for my smoke detectors. Watching the anime “Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill” tonight.

Nurse just left, PICC dressing changed, tubes changed. Drinking my coffee, then off to the city for a day of doctors (x2) & blood work, scan (u/s) Charging my headphones to listen to an audiobook. (60-90 mins in each waiting room is typical) If I was disciplined, I’d take a notebook to write my📚

I’m not crying, you’re crying!! .. No wait, it’s me, I’m crying You would be too if your freaking skull bones were infected The fact they ask me to rate my pain every week, know it’s a well-documented painful condition, and yet never prescribe anything for the pain is kinda ridiculous #onhealth

Back to the specialist tomorrow for another round of debridement! Another hearing test to check for progress. And arrange for another scan before I meet the team at Sunnybrook next month. I was hoping we could still kick this infection in my temporal bone. But it’s still looking like surgery!

PSA: If you have recently made a purchase from Canada Computers with a credit card, you will probably want to have that card cancelled. "The malware is a Magecart-style script that listens for keystrokes on input fields, validates them, and steals them." Please let your Canuck friends know.

**TaDa!!** These are called Buttertart Squares! This batch is maple-walnut cause pecans are expensive & raisins suck I am calling this ‘Canadian Therapy- Winter Storm Edition’ 🇨🇦🍁 Canadian Home-Baking Mom used to sell these, which says a lot. I love family recipes, but yes, I modified this one!

My comment on the WEF speech/rant today? Best surmised by the 22 minute US National Archive Video: youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...

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I dreamt I went to Cuba, as a humanitarian aid worker, to help them deliver food from an airport to food banks. Shortly after arrival, an insane storm rolled in. Clouds of beige dust rolling at groundlevel with electricity threaded through it. I stood on a rubber mat, you could see the blue lines…

Ontario’s Daycares Are Increasingly Staffed by Underqualified Hires - thelocal.to/ontarios-day...

Shame on you, Vancouver-based social media, Hootsuite! Ice contract😬😬 “Hootsuite … monitoring conversations and sentiment on social media related to the agencies, including talk of ICE enforcement actions in specific cities and public perception of the CBP commissioner” apple.news/AxtOK2Kt4Qwy...

**Smells wood smoke** *checks house, then goes running outside in -22C windchill without a jacket to try to find it** Phew, not here. Must be blowing over from a neighbouring farm! But had to check! Piles of straw can spontaneously combust in the right conditions. + the old electrical scares me

Fighting the 🇨🇦 fascists inside our own Country, doesn’t mean we stop talking about the ones posting about wanting to TAKE OVER our country from the outside . Especially when threats are renewed over the weekend & again overnight! Fuck your 🇺🇸Fascists too! Nazis are nazis!

Still thinking about that shower room…. Next time I see it, I’m gonna draw it on autocad or sketchup or whatever If I could draw, I’d try to sketch the people. Maybe they are important… somehow. I don’t usually see strangers faces in dreams. Usually blurred

Why so I have such weird dreams about showering in a house with multiple showers/tubs in one room? Showering in a group, then finding soap in my hair when drying off… so I pop my head under the running faucet of an occupied shower, as though it’s normal… These houses look like AI designed them! 😂

Scrolling is nauseating me today. See y’all later!

😱When you hear things moving/falling in the house but your cat is sitting by your head on the back of the couch, and the dog is on her own couch across from you….. 👻👻👻 …. Living across from a 200 year old graveyard is weird some nights….

Some of y’all wouldn’t raise your hands to contribute some of your spirit energy if it meant saving the Earth from imminent destruction and it shows…..

Fixed it: Long lines of white men, some with wives, spent time away from Fox news & Rogans Podcast to sign paper pledging to join Trump’s ‘Murica “Being fucked in the ass isn’t so bad once you get used to it! Smith has been fucking us raw for years. Plus we already have no $ for healthcare” -Anon

Canadians can now offer feedback on a proposed nuclear waste storage facility in northern Ontario, as a years-long assessment of the project kicks off. Via Northwestern Ontario Newswatch: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-nucl...

Fight it out! Fight it out 'till the end of world Look around and you'll know that You're not fighting by yourself Fight it out! Fight it out for the dream of world Let's gather the power of our friends! Never gonna give up Fight it out and do our best To save our planet Earth! Dbzkai intros eh? 😅😅

Day 90/Week 12 ?Apparently? Today I napped because my body couldn’t be awake. Maybe 2 days of the ER wiped me out + Fighting bone infections is energy consuming I’m someone who would sleep less than 6 hours a night prior to getting sick, and still be full of energy But last night also sucked🤷‍♀️

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So tired of this whole reality already…. Time to drift off to where: my ducks are alive & well; houses have secret rooms & tunnels; gravity is optional; sex is weird & risk free; I am healthy Unfortunately war still seeps in (& the occasional ex) but I’m always prepared & run a fierce rebellion

Ok Vegeta blowing himself up to save his kid made me cry 😭😭😭 And I know he comes back at aome point cause I’ve already watched the Buu saga and Dragon Ball Super, and the movies … but still.…. It was very emotional

Papparapā *waves hands* Damn

Sitting in the ER. Day 2. As a Priority 1. The IV team didn’t have time to do the CathFlow before they left yesterday and needed me to come back in a snowstorm. Which involved 3 hours of prohibited shovelling (PICC line has a clot) *big sigh*

Don’t mind me, just preparing for my monthly ‘internal bleeding’ by stocking up on dark chocolate, romance novels, and Advil. Gee, wonder if a plated armour vest would help with endometriosis cramps if I chilled it in the fridge 🤣 (Seriously WTF, had to check to see it wasn’t the Onion)

Was tires of DBZ Kai skipping fights in the world tournament so dug out the DBZ dvd’s…. Oh wow! What a difference in animation… and dialogue… and content… Waiting for kiddo, the Dragon Ball geek, to wake up and call me back. I have so many questions!

Alright Mango and Pineapple are about done in the dehydrator. Ordered some silicone mats so I can do some fruit roll-ups later this week. In the Meantime…. Prepping peppers and watching DBZ Kai, Cell Games arc. Go Gohan!!!! He’s gone Hulk-level mad!

Krillin you idiot!!!!

Today in “how am I prepping for ww3?” Food security 🇨🇦 ed. This isn’t just stocking up on essential canned goods. It’s buying fresh food that is ripe, & preserving it. Goal is to have a variety of nutrients. If I have to backpack somewhere, dehydrated food is a much lighter option. Can carry more!

Today: Chores -chickens -dishes -laundry Food -soup -dehydrate veggies Exercise -recumbent bike Write -new chapter (before I lose it) Ignore -news -weather -distractions Ciao for now!

Ok finished Part II of Anne Rice’s “Interview with a Vampire” tv show on Crave. I did in fact just start it a few days ago. It’s addictive. I cried. I want to reread my books but they haven’t been unpacked. The movie sucks, but I love Anne Rice novels, and I very much enjoyed this tv adaptation!

Dear Winter, Not sure where you are right now, but stay there. Please keep your distance for 36 more hours. I require a tad more of a break, there are things I still need to do before you return. Thank You!

I don’t know who hit the reset button on Ontario’s weather machine, but thank you!! Path is cleared, driveway almost cleared. The 4 foot snow piles are halved. Almost ready for the annual February Polar Vortex boss fight!

Strange dreams for strange times.