DIY medical care: bites, bumps, and boiling water
Ever look at a bite or bump on your skin and think, ” Can I treat that myself? Now y’all know I’m a nurse and I don’t advocate anyone treating themselves when maybe a Dr should take a look first, but then there’s me and those like me. And……I’ve been a nurse a long, long […]
REtire or WEtire?
Who’s retiring? It seems as Ive aged that everyone around me is aging too. And I look at my friends and think, is that me? Getting close to retirement like them? Do I look old already? Several have asked me when you are going to retire. Um, not on my radar, I say.. Except my […]
Freezing my butt off with skin like a lizard.
Again! The condo I live in is made of tissue paper. The furnace is going on almost constantly, trying to keep the space at a barely warm 69. The floor is like ice, both the fake wood planks and tile in the bathroom. Getting out of the shower invokes memories of my childhood, living in […]
Swipe left or right?
Can’t I swipe up for maybe? I’ve been single for nearly two years now, and sometimes I think it might be nice to have a friend. Or a companion or a partner. But maybe not. I’ve been divorced for almost 10 years. It feels like yesterday I signed the papers to cut him out of […]
Toe Woes and Cocktails
So here I am after a 3rd urgent toe surgery on the toe that keeps on giving… and losing.. A quick synopsis of the toe chronicles: First surgery was 9 weeks ago to correct three toe deformities from rheumatoid arthritis. 2 weeks later the 2nd toe announces she is not perfusing all the way. “It’s […]
Bubbles Anyone?
Bubbles for me. What does bubbles mean to you? If I was younger I might say “bubble bath” or those plastic soap bubble makers for kids. Or even the pillow of bubbles used to bathe me during a Turkish bath I experienced in Turkey. But that’s another blog itself. But not now. I’m talking drinkable […]
Dumpster Diving and ADD
It wasn’t the champagne I swear. I hadn’t even started drinking yet. I’ve had so much to do in the past week, planning a get together at my apartment which I have not done since arriving home from Spain about 12.5 months ago. It would seem my ex-pat to re-pat re-integration from Spain to the […]
A One Pickle Night
What does that mean? Insomnia. I keep waking up at 2:15 am. Not 4:15 not 5:15, but 2:15. What the heck? I’ve tried melatonin, hot teas, meditation, and a few medications not mentioned here. What happens when I can’t sleep? I wake up and pee, get back in bed, and lay there. Then the mind […]
Ass Backwards
The official definition of Ass backward is doing something in a manner incongruously or preposterously counter to what is customary, probable, or feasible. Ever get to the gym and see you have your workout shorts on backward? Or the tag on your shirt is outside and you find out later no one ever told you? […]
Endings and Beginnings
I saw a little dead bird on the 5th-floor stairwell today when I went to climb the stairs. I remember this bird or at least one that looked just like it a few weeks ago that was trapped and kept flying into the glass windows that enclosed the stairs. I tried as hard as I […]