Um, yeah... I just said that.
Anyway, this is a general update post, but it also has some foreshadowing on my new project.
Up first, HEATH:
In the aftermath of my afternoon in the ER, whatever was up with my kidney's is done and over with. My INR isn't 100% on track because I skipped several days of my meds trying to get it down from "oh my god, I could bleed out at any second." I get it tested every Friday, so let's just hope that it all works out.
SKIN:
I don't know if it's hard water or what. I know it's not allergies or detergent or anything like that. But my skin is ITCHY!!! I was scratching so often and so hard that I was leaving long, deep bleeding furrows in my flesh. The Beloved One had a fear that I would either scratch myself bloody or contract some sort of weird staph infection if I didn't get it looked at.
As a result, I now have a dermatologist prescribed goo that I have to slime myself with regularly. It's basically mineral oil and white petroleum jelly with a tiny bit of medicine in it to combat the itchy.
So far I don't think the medicine itself is strong enough because I'm still just as itchy if not more. However, my skin is SO HYDRATED now! Once the stuff absorbs, my skin feels wonderful. So, this isn't so bad after all.
WEIGHT GAIN:
During the homeless crisis I gained a lot of weight. I know I'm only making it worse by using TONS of real sugar in my coffee and basically living a sedentary life. Don't worry... I'm working on it. Baby steps. First things first is tackling that sugar thing. But, um, UGH! The artificial stuff tastes SO nasty. (shudder)
THE ARROW IN MY KNEE:
I blame my friend Brandy, If it weren't for some random Facebook push about something awesome she did in the Game of Thrones Ascent game, I probably could have gone my whole life without descending back into the world of Facebook games again. *le sigh*
As it stands, I'm at something like level 98 or so and climbing in the game. And THEN I decided I needed something to do while my vassles were questing and such and I decided to look into simulation games. I have no gaming budget, so I have to go with what's free, otherwise I'd just give in to the Beloved One's demands that I stop Facebook gaming and play The Sims. Nevertheless, I did find a game called City Girl Life, where I play a recent college grad moving to New York City and making a name for herself. I get to decorate an apartment, work a job and wear cute clothes. It's mindless fun and I like it.
Now, I did also download a bunch of REAL games. Free to play, via Steam. BUT, I can't play any of them because my computer is falling apart. The case is cracked. The fan is broken. It randomly overheats and shuts off. If I try to game an actual game, the computer can only handle the extra strain on the processor for about twenty-minutes.
Getting a new computer is on the list. But there are are a lot of other things that are going to have to come first.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
I'm getting good at this social media thing. I'm getting retweeted by some pretty upscale entities. I think that's pretty bad ass. It's also a skill that is going to be seriously important in the upcoming months.
NEW PROJECT:
I'm still going to try to keep up with my project of building resource lists and posting about things that I'm passionate about, but this new project is very Little One-centric. It's a new BIG THING that will operate with me in the background and allow her to serve as the public face.
Step One is having something to call it. I've brainstormed a short list of names and I'm going to start a poll on Friday, October 3rd. This will give the poll a full week to run and then the Little One and are going to announce the winning name/label/title/whatchmacallit on the evening of Friday, October 10th. Hopefully I'll have the entire project off the ground by her birthday on the 16th.
Without going into too many details. It's essentially going to be an awareness campaign / non-profit organization. I hope it will eventually take on a life of it's own and become a movement.
In general it's just really cool to have a BIG project to work on again. It's also a mommy thing and gives the Little One and I something to do together while introducing her to the value of non-traditional 'work' rolls. She has a pretty niche brain. I'm not sure that a normal 9-5 job is what's exactly in the cards for her. Opening her up to a potential career path at an early age is just kinda bad ass.
#ThisIsWhyIRock
