My Canadian friends, please don't let what happened in the US happen to you. I worry after the creepy Freedom Convoy and the rise of that Poilievre guy. Vote wisely. ❤️ #CanPoli
Ah, my disability case was closed two weeks ago. Tomorrow's tasks, if I can handle two, will be to call my primary care to see if they got the paperwork and to call a disability lawyer. You know. Just in case.
I don't want to be disabled! I want to work! I'd love to be able to stay upright more than half an hour at a time. I'd love to have the ability to remember important tasks. I'd love to be able to speak an entire sentence without gasping for breath. I'd love to be able to see properly, and maybe even read without fighting floaters and defocusing eyes. I'd like the hallucinations to stop. I'd really love to find out what this crap is, and ideally that it's not killing me.
But instead, I have all this crap, and I have to convince the city of LA I'm not running an unauthorized business (?!?), and I have to figure out what's going on with the jury duty I missed during convalescence, and I have to gather documents for 2024 taxes, and I have to manage my medical treatments, and I have to try to get my family's papers in order. My brain works for as much as 3 hours a day, and as little as 20 minutes. That's not much time to get things done, especially if that good brain time overlaps bad body time.
@selzero I have to say, if that's what it takes to get these dipshits out of power, I'll toast the king with warm beer. For up to 5 years, after which they can bugger off back across the sea. With our most sincere thanks.
Welp. I think I said we'd be fine unless a canyon near us caught fire. Guess what happened. We're not under evacuation order yet, but we're 9 blocks outside the area. Woke up the kid, and now we're packing.
Hey all, I know this is a tough time of year, but my friend Elizabeth is having an especially bad holiday season. Her boyfriend just broke up with her, leaving her to find a place to live and a car *by Christmas*. Can you believe that nonsense? This is not a fundraiser to break that guy's kneecaps, just to help a nurse and mother to get back on her feet after a terrible time. Shares are quite welcome. https://gofund.me/65de7de2
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