I've been quiet for the past couple of months -- I haven't even managed to answer all of my birthday wishes, for which I apologize -- because I've been sleeping horribly for the past couple of months.  I'm managing four hours of sleep, then dragging through my day in a daze.  I can't even consult my doctor about it, because my doctor quit the ( Read more... )

I saw this in the New York Times:


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Thanks so much to everyone who wished me a happy birthday; I really appreciate it!

I got vaccinated the day after my birthday and became a zombie for several days as a result, which is why I haven't been able to give folks individual replies yet.

I told my husband that I hated not being able to DO anything, and he replied, "You are doing something ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to the lovely and talented grooot!  I hope you have a birthday as fabulous as you are.

I'm still a zombie from my vaccination, so apologies if this is short and makes little sense. :-)

I always set an alarm for noon, to make sure I don't sleep past that time, even though I'm usually up anywhere from half an hour to three hours before then ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I got my first shot of Covid vaccine (Pfizer).  Since I've had cancer TWICE in the past five years, I'm "lucky" enough to get my shot before the general public ( Read more... )

Today is William Shatner's 90th birthday!  And since Captain Kirk was given the birthday of the actor who played him, it's also Kirk's birthday.  (That's TOS Kirk.  Reboot Kirk was evidently born prematurely.)

I quickly cobbled together a little story for the occasion; it's "Happy Birthday, Captain Kirk!"While Spock has always been my favorite ( Read more... )

I've posted a very short story for Valentine's Day, "Unconditional"Every Valentine's Day, Star Trek fans post lots of stories where Spock is taught that he HAS to make a grand romantic gesture for Valentine's Day.  Those always leave a bad taste in my mouth.  Spock's culture views the public expression of emotion as a terrible infraction, and ( Read more... )

I tried to take a multivitamin last night, and it got stuck in my throat. I vomited while trying to get it to go up or down, then breathed in some of the vomit. I kept trying to cough up the vomitus, but that just made me vomit more.

There were a couple of minutes there when I couldn't breathe at all, then many minutes when I could only breathe by ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, milotzi!  Here's hoping you manage to have a birthday as lovely as you are, in spite of the pandemic.

You post lots of lovely flowers, so let's have some flowers for you:


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