ONE.
My migraines are back with a vengeance, you guys. It’s been a miserable couple of weeks for me, with migraines 3-5 days every week. Typically, I get anywhere from maybe 2 – 5 a month, but it’s been nonstop lately. Remember when I was pregnant with Holden and had high blood pressure for the first time in my life during that pregnancy? Well, I had my annual with my OB about a month ago. He said that my BP was still slightly elevated, so he took me off my normal birth control pills, and switched me to the mini pill, which has no estrogen. He says this should lower my BP. Well that’s great and all, but the drop in hormones has totally triggered awful migraines again. I called the office last week and spoke to a nurse. She said that it’ll take my body a couple of months to adjust, and then my migraines should decrease again. She said to tough it out unless it’s debilitating… which it is. I’ve had to leave work on several occasions. I’ve been curled up in the fetal position. I went to bed at 6:30 one day this week. I’m at a loss as to what to do right now, but I think another call to the OB is probably in order. Sigh. Do any of you suffer from migraines? I was diagnosed with them when I was 17 and they tend to ebb and flow, but right now, they feel unmanageable.
TWO.
Shout out to my Holden who was rocking these tiger pajamas earlier in the week. This kid has so much personality and makes me laugh nonstop. He’s turning two next week and I’m feeling very sad and nostalgic about it.
THREE.
You know what I friggin’ hate? Keyboard warriors, man. On a very rare occasion, I’ll get idiotic comments on here, but for the most part, it’s not too bad. Last weekend though, I had keyboard warriors on both Goodreads, and my Primitive Doll Collectors group on Facebook. On Goodreads, some dumb lady, for some unknown reason, had a major problem with the fact that I said a memoir was not relatable because of the wealth of the author. She was going back and forth with me all day. FOR WHAT? I have NEVER started an argument with someone because I didn’t like their book review. Da hell? And in my doll group, there’s a dollmaker who is known for being a diva. I’ve already dealt with several issues with her in the past, but it was the last straw last weekend when she was criticizing other doll makers on her page, and basically implying that they aren’t “artists” like her. I removed her from the group, blocked her, and took her off my friend’s list… then she started going off and saying how me and my group are so rude and unfriendly. HA. Another silly, inconsequential thing for someone to get mad about during A PANDEMIC. Phew. Okay, just needed to vent.
FOUR.
Some random COVID thoughts… I went back to work in mid-May after being home for 2 months. Things started to feel somewhat normal again after I went back to work, but sometimes it just hits me how weird it all is still. Wearing masks now? Normal. And it’s scary and mind boggling that it’s even BECOME normal at all. And work, while it has given me a schedule and a routine back, is also incredibly weird right now. We are all doing tasks we don’t normally do. Our schedule has been totally upended with “COVID hours,” and nothing feels like it did before. Things really hit me this week when I met with some colleagues to plan our annual author visit, and it was disorienting and uncomfortable realizing how many unknowns there still are. It felt next to impossible to try to plan this thing out for March when there are so many possible variables. And then I thought about how our author visit for this year got totally upended because of COVID, and the fact that no one knows anything just got me feeling so upset internally. When I think about it, like I did the other day at our meeting, I feel panicky and on the verge of tears. Not really specifically about the unknowns and inability to plan our work events, but just that life in general right now is so unsteady and scary and unknown. The meeting is just what triggered those feelings in me again. Anyone else? I feel like in some regards, we’re all trying to do things normally, but then it hits me that NOTHING is, in fact, normal.
FIVE.
Probably no one else cares about this, but you know how I signed up to sell Pink Zebra? I had a Quick Start goal to sell $500 in my first 30 days, and I did it in 9, which blew my mind. I earned 75 “Pink Dollars” (website credit) for that. I’ve also been in the top sales for my small team for a couple of weeks too which is really exciting, and I’m now working on my final 2 Quick Start goals. I haven’t really made money yet because of start up costs and having / wanting to buy more supplies, but that’s okay because I’m really just doing this for fun. I’m honestly thrilled whenever my friends text me and say they love this scent, or they send me a picture of their new warmer. It’s just fun when people like what you like, ya know? That’s why I blog too: because as people, I think we just love sharing our interests with each other.
Anyway, that’s all I got today. I have a few plans this weekend. I’m leaving early today because my mom rented an icee truck for the kids, then after that I need to go pick up an order from Walmart. Tomorrow is my Dip n’ Sniff get together with a couple of friends. Sunday, I have to go to Aldi in the morning. Whenever they release new candles, you pretty much need to be there when they open, and I’m a crazy candle and wax lady, duh.
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