for living despite tragedy

 It's just with the second surgery and more major antibiotics, I am off of basically everything keeping me okay. No anti anxiety anything, no allergy meds, not even my vitamin E, and now that I'm off opiates, no painkillers either.

But I only have a couple more days of this and then however long it takes me to build up back to decent, mood wise.

I still do cherish everyone and such, but I can't concentrate or settle or relax right now. I am however coloring a bunch of mandalas from an old art therapy book of mine and organizing my bookmarks and catching up on my podcasts.

*waves*

having cried it out, but still, this no insurance thing sucks. *sigh*

 Well, at least doctor's visits aren't terribly expensive? *laughs weakly*

It was $93 to see the dermatologist and they will call me back when the surgeon is free and I've spent enough time on antibiotics.

The bad news was how much the antibiotics cost sans insurance: $190.87

*sigh* At least it's getting done and the doctor was nice. She nerded out (her words) over the cysts and we had (slightly painful) fun getting samples to culture. And she thinks the antibiotics will relieve a lot of the pain too, which will be amazing.

I have been so excited to tell you lot what I've been reading that I completely missed posting yesterday because I am easily distracted. ;(

What did you just finish reading? Mary Robinette Kowal's sorta Jane Austen + magic series. (The first one is called Shades of Milk and Honey.) I was on Jim C. Hines's blog looking for something interesting to read that 1) wasn't dystopian or post-apocalyptic; 2) was longer than a single book; 3) was written by a woman. His review made the book series sound right up my alley and I basically fell in love and ate them all up.

What are you reading now? The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. I finally downloaded the first couple of chapters of the first book when I was searching around book blogs for reviews of Kowal's book, so I could find more books along the same lines. Well, the google search returned a bunch of book blogs whose shorthand verdict was: Kowal's books will entertain people who like the rubbish that is the Parasol series. (No lie, the first blog I found actually used that frequently in reviews as a shorthand - good for people who like the Parasol series.)

You all know me: I went ahead and got the series and rushed through them just to see how it ended. It was so good that I have immediately started to reread slower to enjoy the world and take it all in now that I know what happens.

What do you expect to read next? The comic series Lumberjanes! Girl Scouts solving mysteries and beating monsters, what's not to love?

1. Reading stuff again \o/
2. Got a couple of movie tickets as a present from my Gramps, went to see How to Train Your Dragon 2 - it was great!
3. Through a combination of ibuprofen and sitting very carefully, I currently don't hurt :)

*sigh* My appointment Tuesday honestly can't come soon enough :/

Long week so far, as always ;)

1. Over with the cramping portion of the month
2. Mom got to sign the papers finally! \o/ We went out to celebrate
3. Now we have the internet (mostly) in the loft. Well, at least enough internet to IM reliably, which is the important part

And I lost my first post. ;)

I was going to type something long and explanatory and then I typed something short and explanatory and whatever.

Today's three things are indicative of the fact that we've moved into yet another place the hoarder lived, even if that place was his weekend loft and therefore, very much nicer than the crappy old trailer.

1. Bought (and could afford!) cleaning supplies.
2. Cleaned out half of the pantry, then scrubbed cobwebs and pollen away.
3. Enjoyed dinner and a movie and a shower! IN MY OWN HOME.

chestnut_pod challenged me yesterday to write three good things instead of doing what I normally do, which is pretend the Internet doesn't exist until everything is better. (Well, three lawsuits and whatnot, five months later, the getting better might take a while.)

So.

1. We are moving across to the loft officially. Today we cleaned out the fridge there and sorted a bunch of clothes and dishes! \o/
2. I was given a couple of books by shanaqui and I have been using a gift card my Gramps gave me to B&N. Books are nice.
3. I have made all of my deadlines this week!