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Hump Day Afternoon Ramblings

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Good Afternoon, World!!! At 8:30 this morning, Seattle time, I had my fifth and final iron infusion. In fact, I had to have five iron infusions within a two-week period due to being so anemic. I’m feeling less fatigued and I have more energy which I am so very grateful.

Since being home for a few hours now, I have been cuddling with my cat, Billie and reading To Shape A Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. It is the first book in a trilogy in the Nampeshiweisit series. It is a really great book so far and I highly recommend it.

After I am done writing this blog post, I am going turn on a podcast to listen to and do some artwork. I’m going to listen the podcast Philosophize This by Stephen West. I am not caught up yet, but I really like the podcast and learning new things about philosophy. As far as the type of artwork, I am going to do, I am unsure at the moment. I’m not sure if I am going to color or do diamond art/painting. I might end up doing both.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Tuesday Evening Ramblings

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Good Evening, World!!! Today was a long day at work for various reasons and when I got off work my uncle called me regarding my grandpa. My grandpa fell in his backyard and ended up breaking his femur bone and will have surgery tomorrow. Sadly, I am unable to visit him in the hospital as I live in Seattle and he live in Spokane. (Spokane is in eastern Washington while Seattle is in western Washington.) My grandpa is 96 years old and I’m worried that he might not make it through surgery due to his age. I love my grandpa so very much and not sure if I can handle losing him especially so close to the holidays. My uncle told me he will be fine but I sitll worry.

Since we are on the topic of health, my cat, Billie, is still here on earth and thankfully has not crossed the rainbow bridge. As I mentioned in previous blog post, Billie has terminal cancer and is on palliative care here at home with me. I love my cat, Billie so very much and he has been with me through both good and bad moments for the last almost seven months. I just wish he did not have cancer.

To help me cope with a long day at work, my cat, Billie’s cancer and my grandpa’s broken femur bone and his surgery tomorrow, I am going to vedge out and read as I cuddle with my cat, Billie. I am reading To Shape A Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. It is the first book in a trilogy in the Nampeshiweisit series. I am really enjoying the book. I really do enjoy reading and it also helps me forget reality for a few moments.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie and read. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Anxiety Over My Cat, Billie’s Health

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Good Afternoon, World!!! Right now, I am having some major anxiety over my cat, Billie and his health. Billie vomited three times this morning. It was not a scarf and barf type of situation. I did email Billie’s vet’s office knowing they might not read the email on the weekend much less respond. One of Billie’s vets did respond giving me some options regarding an antinausea med. I declined as I want to make sure Billie eats and does not vomit again. I’m not sure how much longer Billie has as he has terminal cancer.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie and read. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Really Early Halloween Morning Ramblings

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Good Morning and Happy Halloween, World!!! It is 4:38 in the morning here in Seattle and have been awake for almost 24 hours, which means I am extremely tired. Since I have been able to sleep, I have been reading. Specifically, I have been reading Carrie by Stephen King which I finished in a day and started reading Christine by Stephen King about two hours ago. I’m reading horror books due to it being Halloween.

As much as I wish I was able to sleep and enjoy reading, I’m grateful to spend as many waking hours as possible with my cat, Billie. As I mentioned in my last post, Billie has terminal cancer and is in palliative care here at home with me. I’m not sure how much time he has and neither do his vets but I’m grateful to have time with my sweet boy, Billie.

Since we are on the topic of health in regard to my cat, let’s talk about my health issues. Thankfully, my health issues don’t include cancer or anything terminal. I am dealing with anemia, which means I have low iron. I am so anemic that I have to get iron infusions twice a week for three weeks in a row. I have two more iron infusions left which is this coming up week.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie, read and hopefully eventually go to sleep. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Middle of the Night Ramblings

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Good Morning, World!!! It is almost three o’clock in the morning here in Seattle and I am having trouble once again. I am pretty sure that the reason I am unable to is a combination of insomnia and C-PTSD. Dealing with both sucks especially when they are both acting up at the same time.

My health has not been the best lately. Mainly due having a kidney stone since February and getting a stint to help pass the kidney stone. I am unsure if the kidney stone has passed or not, but I will be having a procedure done this Tuesday to help the kidney stone pass if it hasn’t pass yet as well to get the stint out.

On a more positive note, I went to Seattle POP Cats Convention yesterday and willing be attending again later today. It is my first ever cat convention. Not as big as comic cons but still worth attending. I am so glad that I chose to attend. There is also another cat convention here in Seattle in November. It is called Sea-Meow Con. I am planning on attending when they go on sale.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie as I attempt to go back to sleep. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Weekly Plans

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Sunday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Volunteer at PAWS Cat City
  • Artwork (color and/or diamond art/painting)
  • Read

Monday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Artwork (color and/or diamond art/painting)
  • Read

Tuesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Artwork (coloring and/or diamond art/painting)
  • Read

Wednesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • In person appointment with psychiatric nurse practitioner
  • In person appointment with therapist
  • Belated birthday lunch with partner
  • Telemedicine appointment with nutritionist
  • Artwork (coloring and/or diamond art/painting)
  • Read

Thursday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Work
  • Artwork (coloring and/or diamond art/painting)
  • Read

Friday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • In person kidney stone doctor appointment for follow up for hospitalization a few weeks ago
  • Laundry
  • Artwork (coloring and/or diamond art/painting)
  • Read

Saturday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Artwork (coloring and/or diamond art/painting)
  • Read
  • Do as little as possible

Weekly Check-In

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Good Evening, World!!! As I mentioned earlier this week that I want to start blogging more regularly that includes Weekly Check-Ins on Saturday evenings and that is want I am currently doing. I started out the week attending the fourth and final day of Emerald City Con (ECCC) which I had blast. I’m glad I ended last weekend attending ECCC.

I then spent the rest of the week working my regular job as well as volunteering at PAWS Cat City. Working and volunteering have worn me out and I am happy that I was able to be able to do both especially since I’ve been dealing with health issues regarding kidney stones and a kidney infection as well as a bladder infection. I did go to my doctor’s appointment yesterday and it went well. I was told to keep and go to my urology appointment next week.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie as I read. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Friday the 13th Ramblings

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Good Afternoon, World!!! As you know it is Friday the 13th. Many people are superstitious about Friday the 13th for some reason that I don’t understand. I usually watch horror movies and/or read horror books Today I have been reading a horror book for most of today and mostly like will continue to do so. Considering it is snowing is Seattle and it is good day to read any time of book. I personally don’t like the snow so I am thrilled that I can just stay home and read.

I did have a follow appointment with my regular doctor regarding my hospital stays a couple of weeks ago due to kidney stones, kidney infection and a bladder infection. We discussed ways to prevent bladder infections as well as kidney infections and encouraged me to work with the kidney stone specialist in the urology department. I plan on following through with what my doctor suggested as having kidney stones, a kidney infection and bladder infection suck.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to go back to reading my horror book as I cuddle with my cat, Billie and spending the rest of today and all of tomorrow not surrounded by people as I all peopled out from the last two weeks.. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Post Emerald City Comic Con Thinking

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Good Evening, World!!! The last couple of days I have been thinking about a couple of things regarding attending Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) as well as attending past conferences and other types of conventions. The things that I have thinking about regarding attending Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) as well as attending conferences and other types of conventions is regarding how much I eat, what I eat and the amount of water I drink. I bring this up as for me I either don’t drink enough water to stay hydrated and don’t eat very well, or I drink enough water and eat pretty healthy. When I end up not staying hydrated, I tend to hold my bladder and end up with a bladder infection which is similar to not eating very well, I end up constipated which is almost as uncomfortable as having a bladder infection. Then there are conventions and conferences such as this past ECCC that I drank plenty of water to stay hydrated and ate healthy as well as regularly which helped a great deal with not being constipated. I know this is a weird thing to think about but with recent health issues I think I am going make more an effort to be more aware of my hydration and eating habits when I attend such events.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is now time to cuddle with my cat, Billie. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Lunch Time Ramblings

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Good Afternoon, World!!! I really didn’t have anything to worry about regarding pay. Yes, my vacation time is gone as of this Thursday, and I had to use my personal holiday and most of my vacation time for missing last week due to health issues, at least I get to attend the first day of Emerald City Comic Con. I’m just relieved I get paid for last week and this Thursday and that everything worked out in my favor.

I’m also excited about tomorrow as I start co-facilitating a group. Specifically, I will be co-facilitating a CBTp group. I am not able to be the main facilitator due to the fact that I do have the degree or licensure to do so, and I am okay with that as I am able to bring the peer perspective to the clients I help. I will be co-facilitating with a colleague on my team as well as another colleague who works on a different team. I am really looking forward doing this group.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is now time to go get my lunch and eat it. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!