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My subconscious needs 1800GotJunk.
I had a dream of a black t-shirt, the Beatles, and four bugs on the t-shirt aroun dth ewords "All we need is love".
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Today in 1026, Conrad2 was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John19.
Fun facts: The title mattered because of the mystique of Old Rome even 600 years after it fell, as the center of the "world". this view was promoted by the Christian church for obvious reasons.
The title Holy Roman Emperor and the title Holy Roman Empire lasted until 1806. After 1512, it was "Holy Roman Empire of the Germans/German States".
The first Holy Roman Emperor was Charlemagne, circa 800. The title lapsed for a bit, but after roughly 900? Yeah.
Adolf Hitler liked to hearken to images and themes of a mythical golden age under Holy Roman Emperor Frederick "Barbarossa" (Red Beard), who ruled from 1155 to 1190. It was only used in Italy, btw, b/c his son was also a Frederick, and the word for "red hair" also encompassed BLOND.
Barbarossa was a big thing in Florence, now-Italy, b/c... his ancestors were respectively of the two factions later known as Guelphs and Ghibellines, both Italianized versions of German names referring to Frederick Barbarossa. These factions would politically tear Florence apart, sob adly that in 1300 the poet Dante ended up on the wrong side of the political leader du jour and had to flee.
Yeah. History. It be weirder than my subconscious.
PUMA PURRS
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Another day, another ouchie?My bruised achilles tendon (don't ask) makes my foot numb. Wonky on meds, whacked it.Now, as to fibro:A lot of reports are going around some parts of social media that fibro (and dang near anything else) are caused by post-Covid, post-flu, post-vaccinations, post-pick-something.1. Your risk of death or serious complications beyond "ow, that shot hurt!" are typically...
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Today (August 8) is INternational Cat Day. Don't click away! International DOG day is August 26! Both were created to raise aweareness and funds for the well-being of critters. We have many such dayts, to the pint that every day is like an old Catholic saints' day calendar: Take your pick!I'm home, obvs, and still ill. Left calf and foot not great after a tangle-fall, but i'll live. Just can't...
I'm exhausted but I'm leaving early today. We only have appointments until noon and since I worked by myself a couple weeks ago when Karen was sick, I told her I'm going to leave today. I was here a little early and did some cleaning so I can just leave once everything with appts is caught up. Anything else, Karen can deal with-not my problem. It's cloudy and gray again, so most likely I'll be going home to take a nap rather than anything productive.
So funny what are minds peace together to try to cleanse our minds.
I'm not even dreaming these days. Short slivers of sleep. Get up at 5am watch news until my meds kick in to calm down my nervous system. I'll do whatever it takes to get 6-7 hours sleep. Cannot wait to get my cpap.
Anybody ever been hangry? Yeah, last night, and yesterday. Already resources drying up/making it harder to get. Anger. Must let it go. Today, I am going on a news free diet. I cannot take the day off but the rest of the day I will spend quietly to rid my mind of the chaos that is dismantling this country brick by brick. I have to focus on my people and just worry about that. I imagine I will get even busier if other changes come down the pike. Sigh. Sorry, calling myself for speaking about politics...sorry sorry.
It's affecting my pain levels ...all the stress. I can feel my sympathetic nervous system completely revved up and no way to get it down except escape. I am doing 3 x prayer/meditation / day. Helps a bit, but not enough. I think self care has to be x 10 for me right now. My chest breathing got really worse yesterday. So bad I reached out to concierge doctor.. She is sending a stronger inhaler--?? Ummm. This is my back that's causing the pressure. I'm sure exacerbated by allergies but i have meds for those. How do you patch a bucket sized hole with a freakin pinworm??? Maybe it was the awful P.A. that left me hanginig with meds not even knowing what freaking dosage is available. EPIC FAIL. She should be fired x10 times with all the years of mistakes. I am thinking of going to this functional doctor that is holistic with body work next door. He has many letters behind his name and much experience with these complex cases. Maybe I trade off him for her for a while? They keep calling me to set up an appointment but I have to wait to get paid as not on insurance. Only $200 for complete appointment, shocking. He basically is an integrated/funcional/MD...does it all. He drills down to all the gut issues....which i desperately need right now...etc. I think i ruined my gut with that Belbuca. What do y'all think?
Anyway, sorry guys, I digress...rambling....y'all have a good day.
JP off to do another freakin' webinar (I cannot wait for Easter break)
Went and got my second Shringx shot today. It didn’t hurt as much as the first one. Glad that’s done and over. While I was there, I had them print out my vaccine record. I thought that I was up to date. Not. So in a couple of weeks, I’ll head back in for more torture.
Vaguely nauseous so far. Hoping that’s all that happens. I didn’t get much else done today. Hoping to be more industrious tomorrow. Waves!