Signs of Life

Another night all to myself last night. It feels selfish to admit how good it felt to have the place to myself. Well, at least as much to myself as the cats will allow. The Warrior Princess is still in a snit from being left alone for a week, and growls whenever the Clueless Wonder…

Day two of the flu Sneezing becomes a fine art My nose hurts like hell

First, and foremost, thank-you to everyone who left me a message or sent me an e-mail enquiring about me. It was a good feeling to come home today and find my in-bin overflowing. A little overwhelming, perhaps, but a good feeling none-the-less. My doctor’s appointment last Friday led to an immediate admission to the hospital….

Since my early twenties, I have been prey to a peculiar variety of migraine. Called “acephalgic migraines”, they involve no pain whatsoever, but result in diminished vision for a period of twenty minutes. Rarely, they can render me effectively blind for a short period of time, but more often they simply constrict the field of…

You know that plan to stick it out for at work for two years I mentioned in my last entry? I’m re-evaluating. I got the schedule for the next four weeks that afternoon. After next week, I’ve been cut back to two eight-hour shifts per week. No notice, no explanation, no nothing. When I approached…

Hit by lightning.  Again.  I feel like the frail off-screen distant relative of some major TV character.  You know the one.  Every weekly episode has a new throw-away one-liner.  “You remember Elaine —  Maude’s uncle’s wife’s cousin?  She just had her gall bladder removed.”  “She just got hit by a car.” “An albatross knocked her…