While still waiting on the biopsy stuff, the visual diagnosis is Grade D esophagitis with hiatal hernia Which is probably the hernia they encountered when getting my tubes removed that wasn’t a diaphragmatic hernia which they thought. Stomach just pushing up into my esophagus nbd

One upper endoscopy down. Apparently I need another in 12 weeks. Yay. Brain MRIs on Thursday. I love testing

Napping with me earlier all snuggled in my sweater

Kitty update: we convinced it to move along further to where it could get down on a lower section of the fence and it disappeared. Phew

Sent my lil brother out to see about coaxing him down before I try to haul a ladder into my neighbor’s weed patch

A random cat just came in the yard so of course Riley chased it & it climbed the fence to get away & I’m stressed it can’t get back down. Riley is very proud of herself though

I only have one more plant store I really really want to go to in Syracuse - Lost Things Plant Shop. I’ve battled going since March when I learned about it cause I would probably end up selling my soul for plants but soon I shall make the journey

Miss Riley this morning

I had to move some plants around a few weeks ago & Big Bertha now lives higher up. She is growing towards the mirrors which is strangely hilarious to me. I even turned her a little & she keeps going back to them. Lil narcissist over here

Neon Pothos, spider plant, & potted props of my golden & p’n’joy pothos together since they were ready. Off to plant quarantine to make sure nothing is on them. $10 for the two new plants; I’m calling it an early birthday present to myself

Lying in bed with Riley watching a jelly fish live stream on silent so I can hear the crickets outside my window

Sketch today. Used a photo reference of the amazing @jacs-not-jazz.bsky.social

Fibro flare. Fibro flare. Does whatever the fuck a fibro flare wants. Will it stop? Can I sleep? No. Because fibromyalgia

Who the fuck is shooting off fireworks?

And here she is snoring like an angel as I watch Jurassic Park and compulsively organize the already organized in my room

Riley had the dirtiest nose earlier and I tried to take photos but she said nah and it’s too funny not to share my attempt

Americans trying to end a phone call with each other will never not be hilarious to me. Like why do we struggle so much? It’s five extra minutes of the same goodbye things and we just accept our awkward goodbyes

Existential voice mail

Two days later it’s still kinda red

I also ended up waking up to a Charlie horse the other morning & can’t stretch it out or get the pain spot in my calf to go away even doing days of compression socks so that’s potentially problematic Anyways happy Monday & fall & stuffs

Bits of the past few days I did my ajovy shot on Saturday & ended up dealing with this wild bump in my allergies that actually made me sick & I dunno if it’s tied to the shot (happened not long after) or I’m just battling getting sick (both are probably true). Red around it so yeah. I feel bleh

Look at my tiny pepper! Proud at least one tried in my grand pepper experiment this summer

Sweet bb

I’m considering it an early birthday present to myself. Two weeks early but that don’t mean anything

This big ole baby called to me. Honestly hadn’t committed to getting one just wanted to look but after seeing Tasia again I ended up getting one as a sign

Finally have my car registered and inspected in NY. Saw a wegman’s across the street & said “ooooo a celebration plant!” then proceeded to run into someone I went to HS with & haven’t seen in almost 20 years. Fucking wild

Same Riley same

A tale of two plants one of which is reaching towards the light like expected and one that decided to just go straight upwards because apparently the ceiling is calling it. Plants really do what they want and I respect them for it

Until I got to High Lonesome I genuinely thought apple might be trying to say something with this mix especially the first four songs

Seriously, this child

Granted, the sun coming up in PA looked weird too so maybe I did drive through another dimension. Looked weird not in a conspiracy theory way, it just seemed to big & the wrong shade of red-orange & it seemed like the edges were trying to escape the circle like smearing paint out

Anyway here’s Riley while I question how I made it home

Y’all I might have driven through another universe this morning because I can’t find shit on the car on fire at an off ramp but the image of it is burned into my mind It stood out since it was so early and the world was just waking up while this car blazed against trees

Just a pup in her happy place

For the the little things I struggle with in Foundation TV vs books, the absolute best change was the introduction of the genetic dynasty

I’m still thinking about Foundation’s S3 finale. I feel like the show’s changes have absolutely made it better than the books which is rare but holy hell Empire’s storyline was beyond anything I imagined (especially for Day & Dusk)

Reunited

I love driving in the early morning through fog and a gently rising sun. Tho this morning it was broken up by driving by a car that was flipped and on fire. That was wild

Whenever there’s a party I am always outside hiding in the bushes. I love that college friends search there first before trying other areas. I’m just more at home in a sketchy little corner. Look for the smoking bush and there I am If nothing else, I am rather consistent with this kind of thing

Having to wait in my car two hours until I can check in will probably help. Unless it makes me sleepy. It’s kind of making me sleepy

Made it to Cleveland for the wedding. Brain is starting the brain thing but it held until I got to the hotel lot so thanks brain, take a breather, & let’s not time out on me before the festivities. Just glad it didn’t time out driving like it did in January. That shit terrified me

Last night’s movie choices were exactly what needed to go together ok. Banging soundtrack to banging soundtrack. Laugh to laugh. Blew Barbenheimer out of the water in every way

Watching Space Jam then O Brother Where Art Thou back to back was just described to me as my personal Barbenheimer. Only it was better. Much much much better.

When I was a kid I thought the song Iris was used for Godzilla (came out same time as City of Angels) which makes sense because why would he want the world to see him? We don’t understand. I get it. I still think it was used for the wrong movie 20+ years later. I will die on this hill

There is nothing worse then listening to the sound of your own voice. My customer service voice is so specific in its pitch that having to listen to one of my calls just now threw me. Who is that high pitched child asking questions and who put them in charge

Riley’s morning snuggle game was next level today and she did not want me to go to work I didn’t either, snuggling with Riley would have been a great day

Y’all what is going on in my brain lately? My brain is not braining these days beyond its usual ADHD and fibro fog stuff

Mentally gearing up to sleep in my car Saturday after the wedding- driving to Cleveland for it that day then have to turn around Sunday to get back home. My body is already fucked so let’s go with it How I did any of this in my 20s in beyond me

I’d like all the things flaring in my body to just take a break and just not flare that would be great thanks