Allergies are Fun on Saturday January 20th, 2024

 Greetings and salutations dear Reader on this day above ground. I just finished a second shower today as I could feel the allergens all over me, pollens and such. I had to take a shower and change clothes so I can stop having allergic reactions to whatever it is that's in the air. I asked what kind of perfume he wanted to smell and when he said "sweet" I grabbed La Vie Est Belle of course. So now my face is no longer itching and neither is my skin. I hate it when that happens, it's like I become this huge walking petri dish of allergens, pollens and such, until I bathe and change. I wonder if anyone else does that or if I'm the oddball. I'm okay either way just a curious thing to me is all. I also took my evening meds early since they include my 24-hour allergy pill, montelukast. Other than allergies I'm loving the desert weather. Right now it's 63F out there, just gorgeous. It's been cloudy today but I have no complaints, at least cloudy days are the exception here and not the rule. I don't have the most gorgeous house but I do live in the most gorgeous environment and for that I am grateful. This is on my mind right now:

Ren and Stimpy were hilarious in the beginning (I'm not as big a fan of their later stuff). That one that I posted is the episode "Space Madness" and it may be their best one. I'm sure at some future date the video will not remain available so please do enjoy it while it does last though, that's the whole point of my sharing it here after all. 

Friday January 19th, 2024

 Greetings and salutations, dear Reader. I can't believe that another week has gone by since the last time I wrote one of these. Now that I'm home the time is flying by. Mom and  I are playing tag through the mail now; I'm sending her an ensemble that I just received by mail myself, LOL! I got it all boxed up today and will run to the post office tomorrow. Today we did laundry in town and I didn't get the chance to do it today. Right now I've got the Sliver motion picture soundtrack cued up in a line on YouTube and this one is currently playing:

That was a crap movie but the soundtrack is awesome. Reminds me a lot of the movie "Heavy Metal" which is also basically all about the soundtrack except the movie's not bad, either; animation for adults, it's not the kind of thing you'd want minor children watching. Good thing that at 52 I'm definitely well into adulthood and don't have to censor that for myself. It's no big deal anyway, just some nudity in "Heavy Metal". The music makes the movie.

Well I've been home well over a week now and the zeal that I had to find a job once I got home seems to have gone by the wayside. I still plan to apply and see if the city has anything open. I still feel capable of doing anything that's asked of me because of what I have recently accomplished so I'd better strike while the iron's hot. Things are different now that I'm back home; it was easy to slide back into routines that I had before. 

One of those habits includes drinking coffee day and night.  Since it doesn't matter when I'm awake or asleep I just drink the coffee no matter what time it is and it hasn't become problematic so far, so so far so good I say. 

Friday January 12th, 2024

 Greetings and salutations on this fine day above ground, dear Reader! Today I went and bought three pair of leggings in small (4-6) so that I'll have some pants that fit. I got some black ones that look like leather, some white denim ones, and some medium wash denim ones. That ought to be adequate as I am trying to keep up with a smaller changing body. I had to buy a few new bras too since I've whittled down to a 38B from a 38DD due to weight loss. I haven't really had any hot flashes since I got back home either which makes me wonder if the Kansas humidity had anything to do with that; while I was there I couldn't stop having the hot flashes, night and day. We just got back from Walmart again but I think I've done enough shopping for now. The sunshine here is so beautiful and it's even kind of warm out there right now. I love that we have the warmth of the sun during the days here; while I was in Kansas I missed the Arizona sunshine more than I could have anticipated. For that reason I am glad to be home. For many reasons: my hubby's here, our creatures, the weather, etc. Home is just home and it's the best place to be in my book (but don't get me wrong, I'm still glad for the time in Kansas). 
Oh, well, it turns out that two of the leggings that I bought today are capri length (the white ones and the denim ones) which works for here since we do live in the desert. I'll have to look more closely next time though, I would have preferred full length pants vs. the shorter ones but instead of returning them I'm going to make them work. I'll wear the white ones tomorrow since I have a white fuzzy sweater that ought to look good with them as well as the warmth of wearing a sweater. I wonder how that young man that I sat with on the train is doing; I hope he's well, he was a pleasure to sit beside, very polite. I met another couple of people named Janice and her son Tyler. I have pictures of them on my phone; we met while each waiting for a train in Fort Worth, Texas. She gave me a jade heart and I gave her a pair of dragonfly earrings (she showed me the dragonfly tattoo on her calf). Oh, here they are:

Thursday January 11th, 2024

 Greetings and salutations, dear Reader. This has been a fantastic day above ground. I returned home from Kansas a few days ago now that things there are all sorted. It takes Amtrak two days to get from Wichita Kansas to Benson Arizona. That's a long ride, but it was good, too. On the way back I sat next to a young man headed for his home in Los Angeles, and I sat behind a Spanish speaker and in front of people who seemed to be speaking some form of German (they were Amish people). Lots of international diversity on an Amtrak, which I thought was great. 

So far it's been great to be home, the babies (dogs, cat, rabbit, turtle) were keen to see me as I was welcomed home by much face washing and such. Right now I'm just sitting here looking at my empty coffee cup debating on whether or not to refill it. It's so lovely to be home after having been gone for those couple of months. I hadn't really been online during that entire time that I was gone but here I am again. When I got off the train, we had to drive through some snow down here, I was like "great, this followed me from Kansas" 🤣

Hubby's telling me about some free Donald Trump gold bars that he's seeing advertised on YouTube but that moment has passed. I have no idea what he's watching. I like to watch all kinds of things on YouTube. One of my favorites is the Thor Ragnarok battle scene set to Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song. 

Today I wore La Vie Est Belle Intensement because it's so beautiful and I can still smell it, four sprays and many hours later. A friend is shipping me some clothes that are special to me so I look forward to the arrival of that at some point, including custom made Native American regalia to wear with my squash blossom silver and turquoise jewelry that Mom gave me. 

I find these days that I have to wear my readers all the time, especially if I'm on my phone at all or now even while I'm sitting at the computer. I wonder if prescription glasses are in my future. Ah well, it's all part of the normal aging process I suppose so I'm fine with it. I just wish that I didn't have to use glasses, it's kind of a pain. I'd rather see though so I wear them. I won't be 52 forever, just until this September 21st. 

I do hope that you're well, dear reader, that all is going the way you'd like for it to. If not may you experience change soon.