I have always, always been a nail-biter and cuticle-picker. You can tell from the scant photos of my fingers on the Internet because I have almost always hidden them when showing pictures of me holding something. I have not destroyed my fingers since March, which is the longest I think I've gone. I'm not saying I'll never relapse, but I think I'm in a good enough place where I can write about what worked. How'd I get here? I mostly stopped biting my nails during the worst of the Covid ...
Friday 5: Be curious, not judgmental
Happy Friday, which is also National Take Your Dog to Work Day (in 2020 I brought my work home to my dog, who has now spent half of his life with people home all day every day), National Hydration Day, and National Detroit Pizza Day. Midwestern pizza is very heavy and will stop your heart. It's the first official Friday of Summer. It wasn't my Friday off, but I don't mind my summer Fridays "on" because I get so much work done. I call them git'er'done Fridays. We would normally be going ...
My first colonoscopy
As you can tell, I survived my colonoscopy! It didn't hurt at all and it was very quick. If you're an over-50 person or anyone who needs to have one done and are curious about it than do I have a blog post for you! The Prep:Everyone will tell you that the prep is the worst and they are 100% correct. The first part of my prep is here but the 4pm Gatorade/Miralax concoction was an evening-ruiner. I am a slow drinker. I can make my morning 12oz cup of coffee last an hour. Drinking 64oz in 2 ...
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Sleepy Tuesday
Here's a little lunchtime blog for you! My colonoscopy prep began with a few tiny laxatives taken before bed last night. My biggest worry was being hangry all day but after a very early (4am) and ...eventful... morning I really don't want to eat at all. My breakfast was a mug of chicken broth, a cup of black coffee, and a cup of white grape juice. I'd skip the coffee but I get a headache if I don't have caffeine in the morning. By the way, my coffee consumption is down from three cups a ...
Friday 5: Themeless
Happy Friday, which is also National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day and National Donald Duck Day! I'm down with Donald Duck, but not so sure about the pie. This week I was in Atlantic City from Monday morning until Wednesday afternoon and spent the last few days decompressing and catching up. The conference thing takes a lot out of me especially since my WFH days are spent with a dog. I came home to the smoke and haze caused by fires around Quebec, Canada. The air smelled like a bonfire and ...
Good news from the Third Rodeo!
I DO NOT NEED A BIOPSY! WOOOOO! I had my follow-up mammogram this morning and the new views revealed that the new spots are microcysts and calcifications similar to the ones biopsied in 2019. This is part and parcel of how breast tissue changes as you age. I am thankful to my own breast for not trying to murder me and exhausted. I regret forgetting the Tylenol 1 hour before because those were some high-pressure images! My next medical adventure will be my first colonoscopy. I did ...
So about that mammogram…
Welp, I had my mammogram and ultrasound on Tuesday and I heard nothing on Wednesday and thought I was fine. And I heard nothing on Thursday and thought I was fine. I checked the patient portal first thing Friday morning and nothing was uploaded and I thought I was fine. And then I received the phone call at 11am Friday that things were not fine. I need three areas (which are hopefully benign cysts) in my left breast biopsied. I had a biopsy of my right breast done in October 2019 and it was ...
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
I'm not a competitive person when it comes to physical activity. I've always been clumsy and short of breath - team sports other than bowling were never my jam. Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey, allegedly However, I am VERY competitive when I know I can win. Trivia, board games, card games, competing against myself - I was raised to be a winner. You put 40 pieces in the puzzle? I will ...
Sunshine, Sadness, and Social Distancing
2020 continues to be a gigantic mirror maze. When we're finally comfortable enough to move forward a few steps we run right into a pane of glass. New Jersey is slowly 'opening back up' because our transmission rate has fallen so much. Yay for everyone who's going out. Me? I'm staying home as much as I can. I didn't go to any BLM protests because I do not want to catch COVID. I'm cycling through all sorts of guilt about that. TNP has us all working from home until after Labor Day. I cried a ...
Fit Journal — March 2019
I’m taking an online class to help me be accountable w/r/t fitness: physical and emotional. This is my (tardy) monthly journal entry. What are some of your expectations that do not match up with reality? I expect myself to be an all-or-nothing person. I expect to be able to, when dieting, completely give up all junk food. This isn't the case. This NEVER has been the case. I don't know why I think this can the case. Let's take my favorite snack chip ever. Cool Ranch ...
Resolutions update: January
We are twenty-two days into January. Most (of my) resolutions die by now, so here's an update on Where have I been? What do I want? Beauty: My nails are growing, but I had to trim them down (!) because they got in the way of the guitar strings. Like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. Face and floss are good. My face has stopped breaking out and flaking off at the same time, which is a relief. I'm chalking that up to all of the moisturizers I'm using. Neutrogena's Hydro Boost Face ...
