I came across the idea of "brain laundry" where you sort your light and dark thoughts. Here are some topics from today sorted by ":)" and ":/".
1. Conferences:
:) Successfully submitted two proposals--one by myself + one with E.M. And I started work on a chapter proposal which isn't due until May.
:/ Both conference proposals are fairly slapdash. Also, I wanted to submit one with Big A to jumpstart our stalled writing project, but we just didn't get around to it.
2. Surgery
:) I'm supposed to get surgery tomorrow to get a cyst taken care of. Finally! I've been putting it off for a very long time. It's a minor procedure under local anesthesia and I've been promised Taco Bell. Yay.
:/ When the nurse went through post-surgery wound care, I got majorly freaked out. I called Big A and he talked me down, but I might still bail tomorrow.
3. Charity
:) I'm lucky that my family is so supportive of giving in general and fairly mindful of my rules like not spending because we're saving to give to X, etc. Then there are unbudgeted things like GoFundMes and grocery add ons. A good percentage of the weekly grocery run is things I sock away for free pantries and people asking for stuff. Big A's family was on food stamps when his divorced mom was putting herself through school for teacher education, so he never begrudges the extra expense...
:/ But, he does NOT like it when I deliver stuff, because he's convinced it's dangerous. Although sometimes like today there is no alternative (someone needed a birthday cake for their kid and did not have a car). He likes to tell me I'm going to get trapped in a basement... because he knows how much that terrifies me. This led to a fight.
4. (Pic:) Gardening::) The box of perennials I brought home from the plant sale this Saturday on the floor of the tea garden. Bleeding Hearts, Gauras, Hellebores, and Geraniums. I'm going to plant them inside for a few weeks until it's frost-safe outside.
:/ I feel so bad when I catch myself wishing the Poinsettias, which have cheerfully been going strong since before Christmas, would die. Poor things--I should just move them somewhere where I don't have to see them all the time.
19 comments:
I hope you go through with the surgery today. You can do it!
Hmm...I'm kind of with Big A on the delivery thing. I mean, I know sometimes it's what you do, and I have also done it for my old buy nothing group, but still...
I didn't know you and he had a writing project!
Good Luck.
Good luck with the surgery. Don't chicken out. Think fiesta potatoes.
Is the problem with the poinsettias that they seem unseasonal but you can't bear to throw out a living plant? That has happened to me. Anyway, if you keep them in the dark it helps them bloom the next year at the right time, so if you try that you wouldn't see them and you might have poinsettias next Christmas. There's a whole protocol of when to put them in and when to take them out you'd have to look up. Full disclosure: I tried it once and it didn't work-- the plant died-- but I think maybe I didn't follow the instructions correctly.
Ooh, brain laundry. I like that! I want to hear all about your cyst removal. I have one I need to take care of, but I keep putting it off. You can inspire me!
I hope you go through with the cyst removal! You've got an expert to help with the wound care and it will be good to have that procedure behind you!
Your generosity is inspiring! I do understand Big A's concern about delivering items, though... if you had a delivery buddy that would help!
Boo for a fight, I hope all is peaceful now and you are getting your procedure. I’m a big baby about that kind of thing too. When the midwife told me I was going to have to spend the night in the hospital the night before I had my daughter, so they could induce me in the morning, I cried. There may have been hormones involved.
Taco Bell is such a specific craving, right? I mean, it’s not authentic in any stretch of the imagination, but sometimes one just wants Taco Bell. When I was a kid they had something called an ‘enchirito’ which was basically an enchilada with a flour tortilla, and I LOVED it. Also they used to have promotions where they gave out drinking glasses with meals, and we had a whole set of Looney Toons glasses.
I love the concept of brain laundry.
This is the first year I've ever kept a poinsettia alive long enough to have the "it would be okay if it died now" problem. Before we went on vacation, I put them outside to fend for themselves. They died almost immediately, so of course I feel guilty.
While even the words "wound care" are enough to make me woozy, I hope you go through with the surgery. It sounds like a good solution.
It IS from being on the buy-nothing group, Nicole. Some of the asks are heartbreaking.
Thank you!
Those potatoes were so crispy.
I'm going to try your method (with perhaps some Internet help), Steph--thank you.
Jenny--It was over so quickly and didn't hurt. Get it taken care of!
Thank you, Lisa <3
He could be my delivery buddy :)! That's an idea!
J, all is well thank you. Birthing is a distant memory for me at this point, but I can totally understand the fear and disappointment of needing to be induced. Esp. because pitocin can be extra painful. (Nu was induced.)
I rarely want Taco Bell, but when I do, I definitely count it as a treat... I think there's something about its cheesiness (haha) that's appealing.
Based on what StephLove said, I'm going to try the garage, Suzanne.
And yes--it was the words and images they conjured up that did me in.
WHAT!? TACO BELL IS NOT AUTHENTIC?!
I love it anyway. It's really the only fast food I eat, and rarely at that. I grew up in South Lorain, Ohio, surrounded by authentic Mexican and Puerto Rican food. To this day, I could live on PR rice and beans.
Been there with the poinsettia situation. I used to buy enormous ones and keep them until I almost got angry with them for holding on. Finally, I started setting them on the curb the evening before trash pickup. Someone always came and snapped them up in their car or truck.
Bleeding hearts. I love 'em -- grandma's plants. She had a huge bush. I hear you on the poinsettias (and just about any indoor plant). I kill it -- or nearly -- and then I just wish it would die but I can't seem to quite let it get there. Wish you could plant them here -- that's what I do with the bulb gardens I buy. Ah, Taco Bell. Sigh.
Subway is my go-to fast food, but Taco Bell is a specific (and thankfully) infrequent craving. And I did not know that about South Lorain!
That is a *generous* and simple solution to the poinsettia problem!
Bleeding Hearts are so pretty and delicate... I didn't know their other name, Jeanie! Thanks for the education!
Brain laundry! I love this. Lots of good things here (and since I'm commenting late I can see you got the cyst removed!). I have a few cysts that should be removed because they've become problematic from time to time, but UGHHHH, the process!
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