samvara

Last year me, Sertraline (Eleva, Zoloft), Agomelatine (Valdoxan, Melitor, Thymanax), Bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban), Apo-Atomoxetine (Strattera), Vortioxetine (Trintellix, Brintellix), Lurasidone (Latuda), Lamotrigine (Lamictal) and Ritalin did our best to keep my neuro-chemicals fit for purpose where the purpose was to stay alive and person on the regular. Looks like that might finally be working out. Yay!

I read a book, I'm reading another one!

In a burst of unwelcome news my close friend G. got diagnosed with aggressive diffuse large B cell lymphoma ("cureable") and possible double hit lymphoma ("poor prognosis"). We're waiting on further analysis to find out which one it is. On the plus side G. is stage 1, the specialist is kind of awesome, and it turns out you can access life insurance in these kinds of situations. We're about to embark on the Good Ship Chemotherapy - at least G. is. I plan to hang out in a supportive way, knit amusing hats and mine the internet for the last 10 years worth of adorable animal videos.

We spent most of today in hospital for an unrelated health emergency which resulted in maharetr collecting G.'s car from where it was left this morning, and the QFHC realising to our dismay that none of us can figure out how to put it in reverse. *hums relevant song* We managed to get it tucked away on our verge using the Elvish power of Shoving (thought to be lost before the end of the Second Age) and are experiencing a small amount of car related shame.

I am pulling back on 'stuff' in general and volunteer activities in specific since between job hunting, doing my last MBA unit and supporting G.  I'm feeling stretched.

If you have any good suggestions for knitted or crocheted hats I'd love to hear them.

...I mean it's not like we can legally get married but it feels right. It really does. We all discussed it a few days ago then went shopping to see if we could find something we all liked and took ourselves out for dinner.

• Hobbit again last night with zorana - made better by giant beanbags. Still fun, Thorin's constant smouldering makes me giggle though.
• Doing all the personality quizzes! Colour Personality Enneagram
• OTW update: Five weeks so far… did I tell you I have a manifesto?
• The Redcaps are blossoming again \o/ I also saw a tiny little cocoon - hard to photograph in the wind but so delicate! So precise!