Category Archives: Just Me

Smoking prevents migraines?

Another one of those theories I have, but not one I’ve bothered to Google yet, because, um, my head hurts too fucking much to do it:
I’ve been a smoker for the majority of my adulthood, except for my pregnancies (for those, I’d quit until after delivery, and within a few months after, would go back [...]

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Getting to an essential version of yourself

I’ve still got eight more years until I’m old enough to join the AARP, but knowing I’m becoming a grandmother this year has already started to impact my view of myself and caused me to think about ways I can ease into that new role gracefully, but without losing my vibrancy or attractiveness as a [...]

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I still got it (I just can’t feel it)

So I went to the doctor today. This means I’m really sick, because getting me inside a doctor’s office for anything other than my annual gyno exam is next to impossible. And being really sick means:

I haven’t bathed in days, so I stink;
I haven’t washed my hair in days, so it’s oily, and sticking to [...]

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Unwell

This is the second time in as many weeks that I’ve run a fever after having been out in public for an extended period of time. Maybe I’m not meant to be around people.

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