Grateful Little Victories

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

Friday, November 30, 2012

All right, you bastards

A Civ V "smackdown" with 3 of my favorite friends to swear at.

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

What's this? Energy?!

For the first time in weeks, I have the energy to be PRODUCTIVE!

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Groggy when we called him

Finding out that my future father-in-law had a successful surgery and will be fine.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

We can wait until I'm abnormal again

Going into my hematology appointment and learning my IgG levels are still high enough that I can skip this IVIG treatment.

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Marathon gaming session

Waking at a (relatively) reasonable hour despite the RIDICULOUS hour I went to sleep.  (Damn you, Civilization V on sale from Steam!)

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Warm & fuzzy snuggles

Falling asleep & waking up, comforted and snuggled by two fuzzy, purring kitties and one warm, snuggly human.

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It was a cold, snowy drive

Making it through a total of ~7 hours of driving (solo) to see family and attend a musically-themed baby shower for my cousin.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

Nightmares you can't escape from suck

Despite needing to be woken from a nightmare, I got up and made potatoes and eggs for breakfast.

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Hunting for a formal, pretty, dark green gown

Here we go...  Beginning the terrifying process of wedding planning - do you know how HARD it is to find formal, ATTRACTIVE, plus size gowns in green?

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Day before Thanksgiving shopping

Going shopping for scarves, nail polish, and ingredients for an awesome-smelling chicken curry (in the crock pot, à la Noël).

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Governmental hoop-jumping

Filling out the appropriate Official Paperwork to apply for supplemental health coverage with my Medicare.

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Non-healing wound = vet time

Taking a (surprisingly chill) cat to an early morning vet appointment.

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Monday, November 19, 2012

International Survivors of Suicide Day – November 19th

I helped spread awareness of International Survivors of Suicide Day - November 19th. (Red colored heart and the name Amy)

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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Finding your tribe

Watching an inspired and inspiring TED talk by the incredible Heather Dale.

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Faith in humanity: restored

Seeing at least 3 things online that helped restore some faith in humanity.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Bananas or Brasso, take your pick

Successfully saved a badly scratched CD with a BANANA PEEL of all things!

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Hall of mirrors

Beginning to mirror all my GLV posts to my newly-created Tumblr account.

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Well, I did promise

Doing nothing more strenuous or productive than watching a marathon of Newsroom.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Not a bad drive at all

Both making excellent time on the drive home AND not being completely worthless at the end.

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Windycon backlog, 11/11/12 – An extra night in My City

Deciding not to drive home, but stay an extra night with my sister.

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Windycon backlog, 11/10/12 - And it’s so pretty, too…

Wearing my corset for about 5 hours and being able to forego using my cane for awhile!

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Windycon backlog, 11/9/12 - This is harder than it sounds

Successfully making it through 13 hours of driving without spontaneously dislocating anything!

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

A zombie-filled good time

Getting ready for a trip to Chicago for a weekend of AWESOME and WIN with friends at Windycon! In the corner, "Braiiiins..."

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Do you really have to go?

Finishing my last day of work with hugs and expressions of appreciation from coworkers.

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

A civic duty and privilege

I voted. And I watched downtown Pittsburgh erupt in cheers as the results were announced.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

I WILL help you.

Helping ou the "new girl" on her first night off training - whether she was willing to ask or not!

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Monday, November 5, 2012

The sizing of US women’s clothes is… inconsistent

New jeans that fit

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Saturday, November 3, 2012

I'm very particular about what programs I use

Recovering files from my old computer, including the install files for the programs I use for NaNoWriMo...

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Friday, November 2, 2012

2 references in my pocket

Getting a solidly good recommendation and reference from 2 shift leads.

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Car maintenance is good

Having the car fixed so that we're not breathing CO from an exhaust leak into the interior of the car.

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

And with a headache that wouldn't quit

I got out of bed for at least 6 hours and fed myself twice.

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      • All right, you bastards
      • What's this? Energy?!
      • Groggy when we called him
      • We can wait until I'm abnormal again
      • Marathon gaming session
      • Warm & fuzzy snuggles
      • It was a cold, snowy drive
      • Nightmares you can't escape from suck
      • Hunting for a formal, pretty, dark green gown
      • Day before Thanksgiving shopping
      • Governmental hoop-jumping
      • Non-healing wound = vet time
      • International Survivors of Suicide Day – November ...
      • Finding your tribe
      • Faith in humanity: restored
      • Bananas or Brasso, take your pick
      • Hall of mirrors
      • Well, I did promise
      • Not a bad drive at all
      • Windycon backlog, 11/11/12 – An extra night in My ...
      • Windycon backlog, 11/10/12 - And it’s so pretty, too…
      • Windycon backlog, 11/9/12 - This is harder than it...
      • A zombie-filled good time
      • Do you really have to go?
      • A civic duty and privilege
      • I WILL help you.
      • The sizing of US women’s clothes is… inconsistent
      • I'm very particular about what programs I use
      • 2 references in my pocket
      • Car maintenance is good
      • And with a headache that wouldn't quit
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  • Guidance, Healing, and Love by Sydney
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The Usual Suspects - some of my standard reading list

  • A Day in the (Fat) Life
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  • Leah Raeder
  • Life on the Fat Farm
  • Live.Like.A.Rockstar
  • Noël Lynne Figart
  • Whatever
  • WilWheaton.net
  • Zen Habits

Time for a break - comics I read regularly

  • Ctrl+Alt+Del
  • Dork Tower
  • El Goonish Shive
  • Gods Playing Poker
  • Joy of Tech
  • Misfile
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  • XKCD
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