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It's Tuesday!! We survived Monday! Actually, Monday was pretty good for me. Busy, as expected, but not terrible. People were mostly nice, and I was able to get some people in quickly for needed appointments, so I was happy. My final packages came in, so that was good, though fedex is on crack. One was supposed to require a signature, and so Jess was waiting in the living room for them to come, but they just left it. More on that later.

My knee has been SUPER pissed off the last two days. I'm not sure what I did to it, but it has not been happy at all. Yesterday, I was limping around like I was 90. Today it feels a little better, but still tentative. We'll see how it goes.

It's Farmer's market day! I'll see how my knee is and go from there. I'd also like to go up to Sam's club and get a few things, so I may do that as well. There's a few things you can't get online that are club only, so I might drag myself up there. I can always borrow a scooter there if my knee balks. I just have to see whether Jess wants to come with. I could go after the farmer's market or I could wait til after we walk the dog.

It's out anniversary in a few days. On 6/21, it'll be 22 years since we handfasted. I remember it very well, yet not at all. The night before there had been a midnight release party that Jess was working at Barnes and Nobel. I had gone as well, and it was a lot of fun, for the book series that shall not be named because JKR is a twat. We both were dragging the next day, but I was up early to go fetch the cake, and take care of some of the minor details. I wore a denim dress that I loved, and Jess wore a flame colored dress and looked amazing. I wouldn't mind renewing our vows after their top surgery, and getting some pictures of them in a suit.

One of my purchases was a starter kit from Vampire Vineyards. I mostly got it because my sister likes wine, and I like to cook with wine. I'm not a huge fan of dry wines, but I figured what the hell. Plus, it came with a bottle of Fangria Sangria. Holy shit that was good. We finished the entire bottle and were all mildly tipsy. I will definitely be getting another bottle. They're not super expensive, but very tasty. And the Pinot Noir sauce I made for the pork was very good, too.

As a result of the wine, I'm a little sleepy today. Not hung over, just a bit tired.

And on that note, I shall go forth and drink some more coffee. Everyone have an outstanding Tuesday!

It's father's day, and I'm a little wistful this morning. On one hand, I'm so grateful that the exhausting ordeal that was his last years is over, before anyone but me did permanent damage to themselves. On the other, I miss being out and finding some sort of little treat, and taking it home to him. He was so picky that it was always a little thrill to find something that he'd eat. Overall, though, I feel a little bad that I don't miss him more, but the father that I miss is not the person who was there the last 2 years. I don't miss that person at all. I'm just glad he's at peace, and that at the end he went easily.

Today, correction from yesterday, we do have some things to do. We're going out for lunch to a steakhouse with my friend from 911. She's the only good thing that came out of that shitshow. I regret that I let it effect my mental health, but it got me where I am not, so I don't actually regret doing it. Then, I'm debating on going to the pool for an hour and swimming, and then we have game with the lovely poisontaster DMing. It's going to be a fun, relaxing day and I'm here for it. The pool is contingent on the weather, of course. Right now it looks pretty dreary.

Tomorrow, it's back to work, and hopefully to get some interest in the application.

Yesterday was a lot of fun, but good lord, I am not cut out for the heat. By the time we got home, all I could do was fall over. I was no more good the rest of the day. We got street food, but by then I was too hot to eat it. I had one bite, which was excellent, and then realized that if I persisted, I'd be vomiting on the table.

I had brought some beads that I purchased from amazon. I felt a little silly, putting them onto the table, but they were super popular, so I'm glad I did. We had so many people thank us for what we do and for coming out. We were there in support of the Hopkins Gender Expansive Clinic, and a lot of people were very interested. Some came over to say thank you, because they're already patients. Including one who had the very surgery Jess wants to have. So they got a look at what they could look like in a year's time, which was very cool.

I'm debating between cooking breakfast versus having a donut. I probably will cook something. Maybe pancakes and sausage. I have some sausage that I got at the farmer's market. Tonight, we'll have leftovers, since we're going out to lunch late.

And now, I shall drink my coffee and relax until it's time to make breakfast. Everyone have an amazing Sunday!

It is so early. I got up a little bit early to go fetch Friday the 13th themed donuts, and I'm kind of regretting my life choices.

Today, we shall have donuts for breakfast, and then I'm going to work, and then? Date night. We haven't decided where we're going to dinner. There's a couple of places that we're considering. It's difficult finding somewhere with good food that also doesn't require special attire. I'm not wanting to dress up. I just don't have the clothes for it. I should really consider getting a skirt or dress for that, though then I have to think about shoes. Maybe I'll just visit the mall.

Tomorrow is Trans Pride, followed by game. Right now they're callling for overcast skies with maybe a bit of rain thrown in. But only 80 degrees, which is good.

I went yesterday for my glasses, and got my new prescription. We'll see how I like the progressives I ordered. Apparently, my eyes hadn't changed much. I'm going to get a fun backup pair from Firmoo.

Of course, after the eye exam, I had the WORST headache. I was really just good to go lay down, but I walked the dog and ate dinner. I'm still a little headachey this morning, so I'm going to go take some tylenol and ibuprofen and see if we can get rid of that.

Yesterday, I also put in for a job at Hopkins. It's not in my dept, and I'm not sure I'm even going to get an interview, but I gave it a shot, and that's what matters. I'm going to let my bosses know today.

I have my one on one today, so that'll be a quick meeting. I'm a little concerned that I put my current manager in as my reference, but she's going on maternity leave soon, so I may ask her today if I should switch the email address over to one of the other supervisors.

If I were to get it, it would definitely be more money and more responsibilty, but we'll see.

Okay, and now, I go put on pants and get donuts. Everyone have an excellent Friday!

I am deeply snotty this morning, with a slight tickle in my throat. I don't think it's anything except allergies, but it's annoying. I'm just going to drink my coffee and see where I am in about 30 min. If need be, I can buy some Ricola to coat my throat.

Yesterday was a busy day. I had work, then farmer's market, then over to the pharmacy. Yet again, it occurred to me what a little hermit I've become. The farmer's market is precisely two exits in one direction and the pharmacy is 3 exits in the other. But going out feels like such a foreign thing these days. Especially things that require me to go towards our old neighborhood like the pharmacy does.

That area feels alien now. I lived there for 52 years, but after 6 months away, I don't feel like I belong there anymore. It's a weird feeling.

I bought way too much at the farmer's market. I have white turnips, beets, radishes, and a whole load of baked goods.

Tonight, I believe I shall make the turnips. I'll save the greens for another day. Maybe I can cook them up later in the week--after I look up some recipes, The big question will be whether I want to cook them with some potatoes, or just mash them up as is.

My packages have slowly started to trickle in. I got my shirts from Torrid, and my sister and Jess' new water cups. Jess' tshirt "trans rights or I bites" with a pissed off possum showed up. More stuff is going to be coming the rest of the week.

I moved the dogs grooming to the weekend of 6/21, because it was on Pride Weekend, and htat would have been insanely difficult.

I've got a full weekend this week. first up, on Saturday, I'm working the Trans Pride booth for Hopkins. Then, immediately afterwards, we'll have a game, then I crash and Jess has a game in the evening. Sunday, I'm going out for lunch with a friend, and then in the evening, we have another game.

But first, I've got three more days of work to get through.

Oh, we also built our dresser yesterday! We finally have somewhere other than shelves to put our stuff. It fit right in our closet. We look so organized at the moment! I have an underwear drawer! It's lovely. We have one more thing to build--a file cabinet to go beside my desk where I can put some of my stuff and the printer.

The fucking pantry is still unavailable from IKEA, so I suppose I'll start looking elsewhere. Annoying. I really liked that combo. It would have worked so well in the space.

Okay, time to go forth and get myself together. Everyone have an awesome Wednesday!

And we're back to Monday again! Yesterday ended up being a mostly chill day. We played a game at noon with Jess' friends, but the afternoon got cancelled on account of our DM having a really bad cold. Which honestly was okay. The game would have been super fun, but the rest was nice too.

So, I got the "Too Good to Go" app, which will put up restaurants in the area that sell "suprise packages." Mostly leftover food, or little meals for cheap. They're usually worth about $18, and sell for $6.99. I've used it a couple of times to gread effect, and decided to do it again. We tried a food truck called "Y'all Hungry."

It was the sketchiest food truck in existence, but the food was really good. I think they're just starting out, so theirs was $4.99 a portion. For that $4.99, you got an enormous pulled pork sandwich with this slightly spicy bbq sauce that I loved. Baked beans and corn on the cob, a piece of cornbread and a bottle of water. Not half bad.

Today, I ordered an IKEA bag. Last time I did IKEA, I got a shitton of chocolate, so this should be interesting. I wanted to go over there anyway to look at a cabinet that might work as a pantry for us. I need to see the actual size, to see if it'll fit all the shit that currently lives on our counters. It's called the Skruvby. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/skruvby-storage-combination-black-blue-s89561337/

I think it might be enough, and I know I can put together IKEA furniture. I had 7 years to practice that shit.

Tomorrow is farmer's market! Apparently the first raspberries have arrived--excite! I will get my little bag and go find some things!

First, though. Monday. It's going to be super busy, I have no doubt. But on the plus side, I have extra strong Tim Horton's Dark Roast coffee. (Good lord Canada, you okay? This shit is straight motor oil-I love it, but wow.)

And on that note, I'm going to hop off and go get myself together. Everyone have a stellar Monday!

It's Saturday!

Half of Fridays plans got cancelled on account of not giving a fuck. We are still new computerless and we didn't make it to the steak house. Instead we went to a steak and sushi buffet. It was okay--standard buffet fare, though the abundance of seafood was very good. I had crab legs, stone crab claws, plus lobster tail and a pretty credible NY strip steak. Also some pretty good sushi. All that for $36 sounds pretty good to me.

One thing that did not get scrapped was my hair. It's not exactly what the picture showed, but I love it. It's bright and happy and fun and it makes me feel good. Picture below the cut.

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I'm going to go grab a shower and wash it out for the first time, so we'll see how much the tub looks like I slaughtered a muppet.

Today, we take Mao to be cremated. He's waited a long time, so it's good that we're finally doing it.

Then later, we have bowling with the work crew, which should be fun.

Tomorrow is all games all the time which will be fun. Okay, gonna go shower! Everyone have a perfect Saturday!

It's Thursday! We've almost made it to Friday!

Yesterday was a momentous day. The house is officially sold. The albatross is gone. The house that felt like my personal antagonist. (By the end, when there were problems, it felt like it was having problems at me personally.) Perversely, I'm having feelings about it.

I feel relieved, because it's over, but also a bit sad. It had been my grandparent's house since before I was born. We lived there until I was two with them, and then went to the apartments, which were literally around the corner. Then, when I was 17, we moved back in to take care of my grandmother. I'm 52 now, so that's better than half my life tied up in one place.

I remember it how it was, sparkling clean. All the years of Christmas morning, going over to open our pile of presents in front of my parents and grand parents, followed by the parade of family and friends. And all the animals that house saw. Tammy, Freddy, Sandy, Tigger, Flakey, Willow, Millie, Gracie, Mao, Samwise, Koty, Kyan, Tucker down to our current pair, Boodle and Yoda. All those memories. So many good things are bound up in those four walls.

But lately, there's been more bad things than good. Watching my grandmother die, my mother's death, Dad's slow deterioration. The flood in the basement, the heat being turned off for three long painful winters. The constant fear that if something happened, we wouldn't be able to afford it. The fear every rain or snow that this would be the time the roof leaked. It was a constant stressor. And with Dad taking up most of our time and energy, cleaning wasn't even a vague possibility. We spent our lives in constant filth, and no one had the spoons left to do anything about it.

Since we moved, so many physical symptoms have eased up. my asthma has improved, my anxiety, though still there, has gotten better.

Still, I feel wistful for what was and for now, what will never be again. I hope the new owners do an amazing job of refurbishing it. I hope it holds another family soon, and I hope they have good years in it. I'm just going to miss the good things that we had.

Tomorrow, I get off work early, and go to the hair dresser to see if she can make my hair look cool. It's way too long at the moment, but I haven't been able to afford to get it cut. I'm also getting it colored, because a vacation from gray sounds lovely. I will post a picture tomorrow, once it's done.

Then, we go to pick up Jess' new computer, and have dinner, and then come home. We're trying out Rodizigo Grill, which is an all you can eat Brazillian steakhouse. I'm looking at it as a possibility for the get together in August. It's a little cheaper than Fogo, so I want to see how the food stacks up.

Okay, time for me to get myself together. Everyone have an amazing Thursday!