Category: Life

Good things for the week of February 15th.

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Yeah, I skipped good things for a while, but I’m back to post them today!

  1. Therapy appointments, especially after getting a new phone, and really having to learn how to use it.
  2. Ditching Thunderbird, because it’s just been a hassle, I can’t stand conversation threading, and as of now, there’s no way to disable it, but not only that, it’s started asking me every time I go to delete an email. Really I just pressed delete, stop asking me if I want to confirm deletion of that message, thanks! So far, I’ve installed Microsoft mail, but if anyone has any accessible alternatives, I’ll take them.
  3. New phones, you might be asking what? It has been an interesting experience, one I put off for way too long, getting to learn the new iPhone, unfortunately I bricked my old one though, so no using it after that. I needed a new phone!

Here’s a slight prayer request, the volunteer who takes me to church told me she’ll be house sitting throughout all of March and April. The church is aware of this, so hopefully they can find a ride for me, if not, it’s back to using rideshare.

Updates from me.

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Life has been good here lately. As my mom asked recently, “you’ve been going to church every week? the answer is yes! Right now, I’m going every Sunday. The church knows I’m looking for aride. I was able to talk to the assistant Pastor, and someone in the children’s ministry.
I’m also trying to apply for more funding from the state, for a few more hours from me, for errands that i can’t do once a week. I really only need 5 more hours a week, for the errands, and the extra things that I would like to do. I really enjoy baking! I would also like to do a few extra things, if possible! They’re mostly crafty things, like pottery, i like to make clay pots etc, but I was thinking of using an air drying clay, so you don’t have to fire them, I can do whatever I want afterwards with them, hah! Hopefully they accept my application.
I really want to start journaling this year, I enjoy reflective writing . Part of that is my interest in questions and journal prompts, which I really enjoy!
Speaking of baking, I usually never do much for New years eve, but a friend and I baked cookies! It was a whole bunch of fun times, and I was at their house until 10:00 at night!

I went to church today!

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I took a trip to church today, after the events of yesterday. The driver showed up here at just shortly after 8:30 to pick me up. He didn’t call or text to let me know he was here though, so I was waiting for a little while.
I really enjoyed the service! I hadn’t been to church in a long time! I went to a different church, than I went to earlier this year, because even though I liked the sermon format, I had trouble following the worship that was all over the place with the variety of songs they would sing.
I ended up going to a Church of God church that I attended for a time in 2017 and 2018. I’m definitely going to be going back there, because it was a very welcoming atmosphere! Not only that, but the sermon was epic! The pasttor talked about everything I’d been saying for years. It was a message on thanks giving and gratitude, but it was about why we only praise God in the good times, and not when we’re facing challenges. I was agreeing with everything he was saying, because this is my life story in church. I’ve gone to a church that really doesn’t preach this kind of message in the past!

Quick updates from me.

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Just a few quick things from me, because i need to post here more often.

  1. I had an MRI today. My Doctors are trying to determine why I’m losing hearing on one side, and not the other.
  2. I had a yearly routine physical yesterday.
  3. During the Uber trip to the MRI, I think I found a ride to church. The drivers around here offer to transport people privately, as it’s a fairly small town, so a couple of them did so with me.
  4. Next year, I’ll be undertaking at least two blog challenges, if not a third, so prepare for a whole lot more posting!

My caregiver is quitting!

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I found out last week that she’ll be leaving on Wednesday. I’ve had her for over a year, and I’ve really enjoyed having her. She’s been really good to work with, and cool to get to know!!! We’ll be celebrating my birthday on Wednesday. I’m ordering chinese that day, as my birthday is on Monday. I’m doing this so she can help with the delivery.

I’m now an MTI graduate!

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I graduated from my seven month long bible class today! I had to go back to my old church to do so. There were times that I really, really wanted to quit the class! In fact, I was just done with the whole thing last month, and thought I would drop out before the end. Thankfully I didn’t, and got to stand on the stage, and receive my certificate with the others.
The service was streamed, so I have a link with a time code. I thought what a local pastor said was really cool, so I started the time a bit before our portion. Apparently my former church has been helping them recover from some recent flooding we’ve had.
link to the service stream.

Quick takes style post.

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I haven’t done one of these in a really long while! Well, or ever on this blog lol. There used to be a meme called seven quick takes, where people would list seven random things every Friday. I participated a few times here and there, and I’ve been wanting to do a quick takes-style post here for a while, so I thought I’d do it today. no, no guarantees I’ll get to seven!

  1. Right now, case-wise, I’m following Karen Read! That’s a very strange case, with a whole lot of twists. Yesterday, there was a day-long hearing in the case, that included a motion hearing in another case, because the prosecutor filed the motion in the wrong case, or at least it appears that way. In other words, the motion was filed in the someone elses case, but it related to Karen read. Although it involved trying to get a reporter’s phones, so it was filed in his case, yeah the reporter has a case, don’t ask, it’s Massachusetts!!
  2. I’ve had so many doctor’s appointments lately, that I’ve had to reschedule them for double booking twice, and no, I didn’t do it on purpose!! Last month, I had my semiannual endochrinology appointment, and a neurology follow-up, on the same day! This month, I had a therapy appointment and the rescheduled neurology follow-up on the exact same day!
  3. I’m testing RSS readers again, looking at self-hosting more this time, but I’m open to trying most anything! I did get to try Miniflux, and unfortunately it’s changed to a timeline view.
  4. I’m not a fan of timeline view! I’m more a fan of what I like to call “feeds list” view, but you could call it Google reader view, where it shows you the list of feeds first, then it might show you a few things, but I just want to see a list of feeds.
  5. I’d like to be able to post more infrequent, status-like things here, but the thing is, CP wants me to add a Title, so my literal brain has a bit of a dilemma, do I add a generic one, or do I not add one at all? There is a post format feature, but oddly enough it doesn’t always show up.
  6. After my next two appointments, one at the end of this month, and one next month, I’m pretty sure my therapist is releasing me. There are just a couple more things that I’d like to work on, so I’m thinking I might get into faith-based therapy if I can, or maybe do some online therapy.
  7. Last year, I wanted to archive the Simpson trial for the 30th anniversary. I’ve started that project here, but lately I’ve been lax in the project. I haven’t given up though, and I’m going to keep going, although it will probably slow down even more when Karen Read goes to trial on April 1st.
  8. Bible class was canceled last weekend because of flooding, and this weekend is spring break. We have two weeks off. I’m sure hoping to get to church this weekend, I don’t have a ride as of yet, so I’ll be relying on Uber again.

Well, looks like we had seven and one more! I’m thinking of doing this every-so-often.

Stuff going on here lately.

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I went to church yesterday! Because Uber has been a big problem here lately, and has been holding me at connecting to driver. My dad brought me to church. Oh, and also class was canceled last night, so I didn’t have to practice dealing with demons, thankfully. I’ll have to do it in a couple weeks.
I had an audiology appointment last week, and I have mild to moderate hearing loss in my right ear, but none in my left ear. Since they don’t know why there’s a difference, he suggested I go see an ENT first, which I’m sure I will do at some point. My mom is doing well, but not back to work or driving as of yet.

Mom is home.

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Dad called me earlier today to tell me she was released yesterday. He called just before I was leaving for my second doctor’s appointment of the week. The doctor’s appointment went well, accept for the fact that I thought I was going to get stranded there, because the doctor was running behind!

Counseling, and mom takes a trip to the hospital.

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I had counseling today. We mostly talked about church, and how to get my transportation covered, so that I don’t have to pay for an Uber back and forth.
On Sunday, I set up an Uber to go home, when the couple who took me home the weekend before, came and asked if I needed a ride. The driver was suppose to be at the church in two minutes, so I couldn’t cancel it. They ended up giving me $10 to cover my trip home!
Mom went to the hospital this morning. They didn’t know what was wrong at first, but the CT scan showed a small stroke. Last I checked with my sister, they were still in the emergency room, waiting to be admitted.
They’re consulting with doctor’s in Portland. Mom has a history of brain aneurisms, so putting her on blood thinners most likely wouldn’t be the best option. I told my sister that I had a doctor’s appointment today, I didn’t tell her what the appointment was. They told me that if more people come they would have to rotate, as they’re still in the ER.