Grateful Little Victories

When every day is a struggle with illness, you learn to be grateful for the little victories.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Naps & Cats

Long naps, snuggled by warm kitties.

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Friday, September 28, 2012

Ninja Nurse vanish – in a cloud of (albuterol) mist!

Making silly "nurse ninja" jokes while sitting through another ER trip.

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The choice to do little

Making the choice to do only what I felt up to.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

I haz a smartphone!

Laying in bed and tinkering with my new (hand-me-down) smartphone until it was just right. :)

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

First fall blush of color

Getting to see the first lovely changes in color as the trees realized that autumn is here.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Togetherness AND Distraction

Despite being unable to swallow food and being barely able to speak, I got to spend time with my love in a game - yay togetherness AND distraction!

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Monday, September 24, 2012

White is usually a magnet for EVERYTHING

Wearing a white sweater and managing to NOT get anything on it.

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Every so often, pick-up groups are good

Grouping with friendly strangers in Guild Wars 2.

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Friends help make it better

Spending an hour on the phone with a dear friend in the wee hours of the day, and then spending a few hours on Ventrilo with my spirit-twin this evening.

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Friday, September 21, 2012

I showed up and I didn’t break down (in front of anyone)

I went to work, and I made it all 8 hours without breaking down in front of coworkers.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Make the choice to choose

Making the choice to come home and rest, rather than pushing to finish my errands when my body rebelled.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/18/12 – I love UUs

Finding that the local UU minister a) noticed that I wasn't at church for a long time and b) was engaged enough to contact me and see if I was OK, even though I'm NOT A MEMBER. I [heart] Unitarian Universalists.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/17/12 – Scanner functionality required

Getting the scanner communicating with Windows 7 so that I could catch up on 2 weeks of GLV cards!

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Broken computer backlog, 9/16/12 – Lizard nails

Bronze-green OPI nail polish on sale (buy 1, get 2 free) - I have lizard nails!

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Broken computer backlog, 9/15/12 – Tinkering to make it all just so

Finally having everything set up the way I want it on the computer.  ZOOM!

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Broken computer backlog, 9/14/12 – Hardware and software

Getting the remaining parts and software to get my computer up and running.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Broken computer backlog, 9/13/12 – Kitty cuddles and Charmed

Curling up with kitties and season 1 of Charmed.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/12/12 – They were hidden from me!

Discovering a hidden cache of pizza rolls.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/11/12 – The rebuilding begins

Getting a new 1 TB hard drive to rebuild my computer.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/10/12 – Fundraiser candles in tasty scents

Getting a (very strongly scented) MacIntosh apple candle.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/9/12 – Meatloaf night

Helping make a fabulous meatloaf dinner~

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Broken computer backlog, 9/8/12 – Fall weather begins to descend

Enjoying the beginning of fall-like weather in PA.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Broken computer backlog, 9/7/12 – I have a McFiddler!

Getting the premier album "Hazardous Fiddle" by my favorite barefoot, blue-haired fiddler, Amy McNally!

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Broken computer backlog, 9/6/12 – Compassionate bus driver

A compassionate bus driver who, when I was limping, let me off in front of my building, instead of a block and a half down.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/5/12 – Netflix DVDs

Seeing that red envelope mixed in the mail as I just added DVDs back on with Netflix

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Broken computer backlog, 9/4/12 – PJs and nothing productive

Spending the day snuggled up in my PJs, doing absolutely nothing productive!

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Broken computer backlog, 9/3/12 – Bath time

Taking a long, relaxing bath.

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Broken computer backlog, 9/2/12 – Laptop to the rescue

Being able to set up & use my old laptop when my desktop PC stops functioning properly.

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Blessed solitude and quiet

Spending some time in blessed solitude - introvert recharge time!

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Saturday, September 1, 2012

To the hospital and home again

Going to the hospital as instructed, and getting to COME HOME after tests and treatment, rather than being admitted.

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      • Naps & Cats
      • Ninja Nurse vanish – in a cloud of (albuterol) mist!
      • The choice to do little
      • I haz a smartphone!
      • First fall blush of color
      • Togetherness AND Distraction
      • White is usually a magnet for EVERYTHING
      • Every so often, pick-up groups are good
      • Friends help make it better
      • I showed up and I didn’t break down (in front of a...
      • Make the choice to choose
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/18/12 – I love UUs
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/17/12 – Scanner functio...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/16/12 – Lizard nails
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/15/12 – Tinkering to ma...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/14/12 – Hardware and so...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/13/12 – Kitty cuddles a...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/12/12 – They were hidde...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/11/12 – The rebuilding ...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/10/12 – Fundraiser cand...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/9/12 – Meatloaf night
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/8/12 – Fall weather beg...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/7/12 – I have a McFiddler!
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/6/12 – Compassionate bu...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/5/12 – Netflix DVDs
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/4/12 – PJs and nothing ...
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/3/12 – Bath time
      • Broken computer backlog, 9/2/12 – Laptop to the re...
      • Blessed solitude and quiet
      • To the hospital and home again
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