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gwynI shouldn't even be taking the time to post this--Yuletide is still kicking my ass, partly because I keep getting work in as the magazine is trying to rush to beat end of year for an issue that I started working on back in freaking July. I love my assignment, but I keep getting hung up on other stuff, and now there's Christmas to put up, and I'm so behind. I have no doubts I'll finish it maybe tonight or tomorrow, but I want to do significant rewrites and edits, and get nervous whenever I put up unpolished things to meet the deadline and edit later. Especially with the archive being dodgy a lot lately.
This week, I've had the weirdest cold. I started feeling feverish and headachey Saturday night, and by Sunday could tell I was coming down with something. I was pretty upset, because I had waited months for a dermatologist appt. scheduled for Tuesday, and it takes so freaking long to get in even when you have something concerning (there's been this reddish spot on my cheek for a while, and I know not to wait too long but I didn't want to deal with the expense, considering my $8,000 deductible). But then I started feeling not sick, like, I was just congested a little, and achey, had a bit of a thick feeling in my lungs. It just stayed like that, so I thought, well, okay, I don't have a cold, but spent a lot of time in bed and slept a little more when I could.
Felt middling on Tuesday, so went in. She found three suspicious spots and removed them with the cauterizing thing for biopsy, and ugh, god, it hurrrrts. The one on my cheek possibly most of all because the anesthetic shot was right below my eye and the area is very swollen plus itchy. The one on my arm isn't terrible, but it's oozy, and the one on my back is impossible to see and so I'm trying to put bandages on in reverse in the mirror while trying to get it on the spot, and keep getting the adhesive on the wound. Annoying and painful. But at least this time they believed me when I told them how much I bleed, so they covered things well enough I didn't ooze blood all the way home while I'm sitting in terrible traffic and can't do anything.
It was time to get my blood work done, too, for the cancer checkup, and she had to go in my hand this time because I was so shaky and kind of...blanched by the biopsy spots. So now my hand hurts, my back hurts, and my cheek really hurts, it's so fun. Adventures in health care. I'm...actually pretty scared about what this will cost, especially if anything turns out to require surgery. When I had the Moh's surgery two years ago, I had excellent insurance and a small deductible that had already been met because of the cancer. Now I've got this...travesty, and I have a bad feeling I'll have a gofundme in my future. Blech.
Anyway, the weird thing was that I still felt sick this whole week after that, and I really hope I didn't infect anyone. It's just been the strangest cold, and I got mild food poisoning on Wednesday, which didn't help. I've definitely had much, much worse food-borne illness, but it was still one of the more intense cases I've had, and that's a very strange situation when you're already having this weird cold-but-not-a-cold.
I had a great time withminim_calibre on our girls weekend. The spa was lovely, and I found a bowl at the antique mall so I can try that peasant bread recipe a few of you have raved about (I have a lot of vintage Pyrex, but none in the shape and sizes the bread recipe mentions). And Knives Out was a total hoot, and I loved seeing Chris in his cozy, ratty sweaters, though I'm deeply amused it's become such a weird phenomenon. We went afterward for a drink to discuss it, because I had a tough time following the "donut hole within the donut hole" resolution, especially since people were laughing so much and it was an incredibly small theatre. I really would love to see it again--I missed a few things because people moving about (they bring stuff to your seat there) or whacking my head, plus it was just so much fun. I can't wait to see Ana de Armas again in the new Bond movie.
Is it stupid to get holiday cards close to the holiday? I honestly don't know if I have enough time to do cards until after Yuletide is due, but that puts it really close to the holiday. I don't know. I don't want to be one of those people who mail them out after Christmas, but at this rate they could arrive on like Christmas Eve or something. As it is, I can only manage about one holiday thing a day, so there's precious little holiday cheer here.
This week, I've had the weirdest cold. I started feeling feverish and headachey Saturday night, and by Sunday could tell I was coming down with something. I was pretty upset, because I had waited months for a dermatologist appt. scheduled for Tuesday, and it takes so freaking long to get in even when you have something concerning (there's been this reddish spot on my cheek for a while, and I know not to wait too long but I didn't want to deal with the expense, considering my $8,000 deductible). But then I started feeling not sick, like, I was just congested a little, and achey, had a bit of a thick feeling in my lungs. It just stayed like that, so I thought, well, okay, I don't have a cold, but spent a lot of time in bed and slept a little more when I could.
Felt middling on Tuesday, so went in. She found three suspicious spots and removed them with the cauterizing thing for biopsy, and ugh, god, it hurrrrts. The one on my cheek possibly most of all because the anesthetic shot was right below my eye and the area is very swollen plus itchy. The one on my arm isn't terrible, but it's oozy, and the one on my back is impossible to see and so I'm trying to put bandages on in reverse in the mirror while trying to get it on the spot, and keep getting the adhesive on the wound. Annoying and painful. But at least this time they believed me when I told them how much I bleed, so they covered things well enough I didn't ooze blood all the way home while I'm sitting in terrible traffic and can't do anything.
It was time to get my blood work done, too, for the cancer checkup, and she had to go in my hand this time because I was so shaky and kind of...blanched by the biopsy spots. So now my hand hurts, my back hurts, and my cheek really hurts, it's so fun. Adventures in health care. I'm...actually pretty scared about what this will cost, especially if anything turns out to require surgery. When I had the Moh's surgery two years ago, I had excellent insurance and a small deductible that had already been met because of the cancer. Now I've got this...travesty, and I have a bad feeling I'll have a gofundme in my future. Blech.
Anyway, the weird thing was that I still felt sick this whole week after that, and I really hope I didn't infect anyone. It's just been the strangest cold, and I got mild food poisoning on Wednesday, which didn't help. I've definitely had much, much worse food-borne illness, but it was still one of the more intense cases I've had, and that's a very strange situation when you're already having this weird cold-but-not-a-cold.
I had a great time with
minim_calibre on our girls weekend. The spa was lovely, and I found a bowl at the antique mall so I can try that peasant bread recipe a few of you have raved about (I have a lot of vintage Pyrex, but none in the shape and sizes the bread recipe mentions). And Knives Out was a total hoot, and I loved seeing Chris in his cozy, ratty sweaters, though I'm deeply amused it's become such a weird phenomenon. We went afterward for a drink to discuss it, because I had a tough time following the "donut hole within the donut hole" resolution, especially since people were laughing so much and it was an incredibly small theatre. I really would love to see it again--I missed a few things because people moving about (they bring stuff to your seat there) or whacking my head, plus it was just so much fun. I can't wait to see Ana de Armas again in the new Bond movie.Is it stupid to get holiday cards close to the holiday? I honestly don't know if I have enough time to do cards until after Yuletide is due, but that puts it really close to the holiday. I don't know. I don't want to be one of those people who mail them out after Christmas, but at this rate they could arrive on like Christmas Eve or something. As it is, I can only manage about one holiday thing a day, so there's precious little holiday cheer here.
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Date: 2019-12-14 12:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-14 02:15 am (UTC)We've kept holiday things pretty minimal here: my slogan going into the season has been "Minimum effort, maximum comfort." That is, concentrating on a few key foods or decorations that make you feel good and fuck the rest.
I'm glad you liked the movie! I thought the entire cast was fantastic, and I would be happy if there was a whole series of Benoit Blanc murder mysteries to watch.
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Date: 2019-12-14 02:24 am (UTC)Hope you feel better soon.
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Date: 2019-12-14 03:36 am (UTC)I've never minded getting holiday cards late. :-)
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Date: 2019-12-14 03:57 am (UTC)wrt holiday cards - I hear there's a nice occasion in February; shoot for getting them out in time for that? personally, having a card arrive after the day doesn't matter - it's just a nice reminder that one is thought of, no matter when it's sent
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Date: 2019-12-14 04:04 am (UTC)Personally, I never mind getting holiday cards late! (...and this reminds me I should try to get some sent out)
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Date: 2019-12-14 07:45 am (UTC)Fingers crossed for the biopsies. And other things too. Plus many hugs.
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Date: 2019-12-14 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-12-14 09:52 pm (UTC)We haven't even started on Christmas cards. I always tell myself that I don't have to sign two dozen cards at once. I should do a few at at time, but somehow it's always a midnight marathon.
Ana de Armas is such a darling <3
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Date: 2019-12-14 11:06 pm (UTC)I think holiday cards are awesome well into January, so I see no reason to hold off just because it's close to Christmas. Granted I am Jewish so my sense of Christmas' importance is minimal :-) but I like getting holiday cards into January.
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Date: 2019-12-15 04:28 am (UTC)Bleah.
I don't do Christmas cards (or Hanukkah ones), but as long as they're received before New Year's, I think it's fine.
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Date: 2019-12-15 07:06 am (UTC)Well, what a horrid week. Stupid cheek, back, and hand. I hope it all turns out to not be serious and you don't have to pay and arm and a leg for care.
Glad you had a great spa day!
In my book, holiday cards are appropriate until January 6th or so. So all good in my book.