I read an article written by someone who lived in the US and Italy comparing the two cultures. One of the things they pointed out was how Americans tend to hold grudges, whereas in Italy, someone could be screaming at someone in the morning and happily having lunch with them in the afternoon.

Oh, Americans definitely do hold grudges and are far from ( Read more... )

I finished my VR challenge ride last night. It was a 24-mile ride through southern New York. It was very lush and green for the most part. I'll be back in Lithuania tonight, continuing my way down to Greece.

I've got over 75K words done on my story! It's something I'm doing just for fun. I don't see myself sharing it. If I do share anything, it will ( Read more... )

I went to create another profile on Facebook, but it said I can't have more than two additional profiles. That's interesting because I only have one additional profile right now, and it certainly can't be counting his. Maybe it's one of the ones I deactivated. No worries, though, because I uploaded photos to my secondary account. I try to keep ( Read more... )

My Home Sweet Home coloring book came today, and I’ve definitely been on a coloring spree. There are 31 illustrations and got most of one picture done already. The drawings are very homey, with various scenes around a house: a living room with a fire going in the fireplace and a dog sleeping nearby, a garden, an attic full of different things, ( Read more... )

Looking forward to my new Home Sweet Home adult coloring book that's coming tomorrow. It's not numbered, but it's always been appealing to me for some reason.

For just $2.50, I got a cute throw for the bed with dog designs on it. I like my fuzzy pink one, but it's getting old and kind of falling apart.

Diana did see my message after all. It just ( Read more... )

I repotted my five succulent plants all by myself. It was pretty simple since they're so small. I moved them out of their 2-inch starter pots and into 4-inch pots. Each one is a different color: pink, purple, blue, green, and white. I also have a few others in muted colors that don't really excite me, but if I ever grab a few more succulents, I'll ( Read more... )

So this woman was arrested for threatening yet another insurance company that overrode doctors' orders and declined to pay for the health care she needed, whatever that was. Ridiculous. Just fucking ridiculous. Anyone can make threats. Actions speak louder than words. To arrest someone simply for making threats is a violation of free speech, in my ( Read more... )

Given that I am in a great mood despite being tired today, and the fact that my nose is better, I'm wondering once again just how helpful the spell I recently did may be. It seems like it might be a lot more helpful than I ever thought it would be because, while clonazepam can help with sleep and some of the fatigue, it can't help with nasal issues ( Read more... )

Tom's out getting his flu and COVID shots, and I'm going to take my chances this year. I'm not out enough and exposed to enough people to be worried about it. Then again, I did catch the norovirus, but still, I think I'll be okay. COVID's been around for nearly half a decade now and it hasn't affected me yet.

After a few wonderful days of energy, I’ ( Read more... )

Another day of feeling better-good sleep truly makes a difference. Rhonda and Clonazepam are wonderful, too, lol. However, the clonazepam leaves me feeling slightly hungover during the first few hours of the day. I may scale back to half a pill, as she said I could, and see how that works. I don’t want to become overly dependent on it, as helpful ( Read more... )