Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

I should be working on Absolute Devotion, and I DID for a while this morning, until my hands started shaking and making typing very frustrating to say the least. I'm doing okay typing THIS because I'm going really, really slowly, but if I tried to work on Absolute Devotion at this pace I would drive myself batty. My creative brain works too fast for that. =/

So.

I guess what's happening is that Dad is just going to pay for a storage unit for me, but starting next spring just before my time limit runs out with Aunt Brenda and Uncle Alec because he doesn't see the point in PAYING for storage for almost a year when I could be getting it for free. (Also he just wants to dick around with Aunt Brenda and Uncle Alec because of how they've been treating me.)

Dad also says that hopefully I'll get a place through the subsidized housing people between now and then, and maybe the storage unit won't be necessary at all, but I'm not holding my breath on that one. I've been on the list for like 5 or 6 years now and when I emailed them a few months ago they wouldn't even tell me where I was on the list. So, yeah. Don't have real high hopes there. Which sucks because it means I'm fucking stuck here, but there's nothing I can do about it so I just have to suck it up.

Anyway.

Lois had her hip replacement surgery a couple of days ago and apparently everything is going really well so far. Dad took some time off work to take care of her/the house/the dogs but he says if it wasn't for the dogs he probably could have just kept going to work. As it is, Lois' grandson, Connor, is staying with them right now so he's supposed to be helping out as well, but apparently he's absolutely useless and all he does is eat things that aren't his to eat, get high, and bitch when they ask him to do something. I'm not surprised, though, his mother was always a useless twat too, so he probably gets it from her. The reason Connor is even staying with them right now is because this past winter his mother pissed away all her money and didn't bother paying the rent, so as soon as spring hit they were kicked out.

But they're doing alright, even dealing with Connor's bullshit, and Lois is healing up really well. I'm sure she'll be recovered in no time, and feeling better than she has in a LONG TIME. I think she still needs to have her other hip done as well, but I could be wrong? I should ask Dad about that next time I talk to him. I like to keep up-to-date on things like that, I love both him AND Lois will all my lil heart.

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My feet/ankles/legs have been swelling up REALLY badly lately, particularly the right one. I've had to start wearing my compression socks again, but everything is so swollen the socks are actually causing BRUISING, at least to my right leg anyway. I wake up in the morning and everything feels okay, and I spend from 8am to around 11am or 11:30am sitting, working at my computer, mostly writing (except when I feed the cats at 9am) and things seem mostly fine, but as soon as I actually get UP, go and SHOWER and GET DRESSED? My legs start to swell. Some days are worse than others. Yesterday was a better one, the pain was less, but a couple of days ago I had a day where I could barely WALK. I need a Chi Energizer or a Dr. Ho's Circulation Booster or something like that, I think, but all those kinds of things cost HUNDREDS of dollars that I DO NOT HAVE. I'm going to talk to Dr. K about it at my upcoming appointment. She'll probably recommend exorcises I can't do because of my joints and supplements I can't afford because ODSP. Sigh.

In other news, my back is still fucked just because it's MY BACK, but my ribs are getting better bit-by-bit. They still hurt if I strain them or cough too hard, but it's a process. The other day, Mom mentioned wanting her cedar chest back, because right now the new tank for the axolotls is sitting on it (and has been for like over two months now) and told me I needed to work toward getting that done. And I'm kind of like. I have four broken bones in my chest PLUS whatever the fuck is going on with my legs, it's not as if I can just magically FIX those problems. I CAN'T lift and carry heavy things, so I CAN'T empty/bail the existing tank, I CAN'T swap the tanks out, and I CAN'T lift the buckets of water to FILL THE NEW TANK. I could do things like scrub the hides and swap out the filter cartridges and things like that, but water is SUPER HEAVY and so are the TANKS and I just... I don't know what she wants from me. I don't have Wolverine healing. Anyway, to placate her I said I'd at least get the support boards painted in the basement, but even that I can't do sitting on the floor and leaning over, so I'm going to have to cover the puzzle table with dropcloths and work from there, I guess. =/

The problem is... almost two years ago, Mom and I both got sick and then that illness (Covid) went to our lungs, causing pneumonia. While we both had pneumonia, Mom actually had it worse, and she broke 4 or 5 (I can't remember which) ribs, just coughing, the same as I just did last month. BUT. When SHE broke her ribs she didn't have any lingering PAIN from them. There was the pain of the initial break and then she was FUCKING FINE, with the exception that she couldn't sleep in certain positions. Dr. K told her at the time that this was REALLY UNUSUAL and that she was REALLY LUCKY. I was NOT that lucky. My ribs continue to ache and do the stabby pain thing when I twist wrong or bend over or try to lift things. But Mom doesn't have that kind of experience to compare it to, so she's getting impatient and I think she might think I'm faking it at this point, which sucks. And I just. I don't know what to do about the situation.

I guess I should just be happy that she's still helping me with the cat litters, at the very least.

The last time I saw Dr. K she got me to try a couple of new supplements, and one of them, Berberine, was to help with weight loss. Because it's an OTC supplement I don't expect results for a long time, but it's supposed to boost metabolism, I guess, and I HAVE noticed that I've been hungrier lately, which is... counter-productive to the weight loss goal. I've also been having trouble with my hands shaking like they are this morning, and I greatly fear that the Berberine is the cause, since I'm not on any other new drugs/supplements so it's really the only thing that could be causing it, either in itself or in a reaction with something else I'm currently on. So, I don't know. I'm going to give it a little longer and if my hands don't start evening out or start getting worse, I'm going to have to go off of it and see if THAT clears up the shaking. It's frustrating.

And there are like 5 other supplements that she wants me to be on as well, for my lungs mostly, that I'm just NOT ON because I priced them out and I CAN'T AFFORD THEM. They are all OTC stuff and ODSP doesn't COVER or ALLOW FOR OTC STUFF. I already spend probably $250/month on meds from Costco and the Walmart pharmacy just to keep me going, and that is a HUGE chunk out of my monthly allowance. The Berberine alone costs $30/bottle, so I'm like... fine. My weight is so out of control I don't even recognize myself anymore, so I'll eat the cost of the Berberine in the FAINT hope that it'll help. But I can't afford the rest. Sorry, Dr. K.

Other than that... I watched Final Destination: Bloodlines once on Saturday and then again yesterday (because I got distracted by other things during the last half hour of the movie on my first watch-through) and I actually really liked it. I think it fits in really well with the other FD movies and the kills were solid and creative. My only big complaint was how long the opening "premonition" was, it was MUCH longer than the premonitions in any of the other movies, or at least it seemed to be. I literally kept checking the clock on my computer when it dragged on because I was starting to lose patience. >>;;

ALSO NEW HTTYD MOVIE NEXT MONTH HELL YEAH!! <33

Through NO FAULT OF MY OWN, my brain has ALREADY started thinking up concepts for new post-Horror High fics, even though I JUST finished the post-HH fics off and promised myself I was capping them at 10. But at least it's only two more? Re-capping it at 12? That makes it okay, right? :D;;

Literally I am at the whims of my brain, and my brain gets obsessive about things sometimes. *shrug*

Not that all that was necessarily NEGATIVE, but on a more POSITIVE note, yesterday I edited Comfort Food and started editing Something To Be Protected, which I FINISHED editing this morning. They're probably still not perfect because I'm not using a beta reader, but it is what it is. Now, I've got Teeth pulled up to edit THAT and DID I EVER MENTION HOW MUCH I FUCKING HATE EDITING?? Because it's SO MUCH. But it's got to be done, so...

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On Friday it was time to try the easystub login info that the (finally) helpful woman from McDonald's gave me, and it worked! *VICTORY MUSIC* So, I was able to get the T4 I needed for my taxes. I called the woman at McD's that afternoon to let her know that it worked and she seemed pleased. I'm still sure the Canada Revenue Agency came down on them HARD after the phone call I made to them and like... good? Yeah. Good.

Anyway, so yesterday I got Mom to print me off a rent receipt and now I'm ready to take my stuff to H&R Block to have them prepared and filed, so Mom is going to take me out there this afternoon, and she and Lee are both going to drop off their stuff at the same time. YAY TAXES. /SARCASM

Uhm, the axolotls are doing remarkably well, considering everything they've been through in the last six weeks, so my boys are tougher than they seem, I guess. I still need to swap their tank out (AGAIN) to the new one, but that has to wait until next week because first I have to buy paint when I do my monthly shopping to seal the boards that I bought for using as a base for the new aquarium.

Mom and Lee are CERTAIN this plan will work, but I'm not so sure. I have serious doubts but my opinion apparently doesn't matter and this is what we're doing period. If the whole thing collapses and the dresser breaks even more and this new tank gets cracked, I'm making THEM buy me another new tank AND dresser, I swear to God. -__-;;

In related news, when I treated the tank with the methelene blue for the fungal infection, it killed off all the aquatic plants, so once I get everything set up in the new tank I need to start buying new plants for the axolotls. I really wish I could just use fake plants in the aquarium but the stems on them could potentially hurt a 'lotl, especially since I'm not using any substrate in the tank so I have no way of burying them.

Maybe if I find big enough river rocks I can use them? Like big enough that they couldn't possibly eat them by accident. I would have to sort through them to make sure... hmm. I'll think on that.

So, Mom and Lee have got it in their heads that I don't need a new dresser/stand for my new tank, the half-collapsed dresser that's already DESTROYED TWO AQUARIUMS will work FINE if we just set some 2"x4" boards across the top and then set the BRAND NEW, EXPENSIVE TANK I JUST BOUGHT on top of them. I think the whole thing is going to go tits up REALLY fast, but my opinion apparently doesn't matter.

Anyway, so yesterday we went to Home Depot and got two 2"x4"x8' boards cut down into 19" segments so I can MAKESHIFT THIS BITCH in another few days when I'm finally feeling up to it. This time next week, maybe. In the meantime, the axolotl tank continues it's slow leak, which isn't ideal but I'm dealing with it. On the plus side, the MelaFix took care of the bacterial infection and the Methelyne Blue took care of the fungal infection (mostly; I need to do another treatment), and the 'lotls are back to acting like normal again, so I'm feeling good about that.

While I was at Home Depot I also got two new plants; a lil tiny baby Dean to add to Dean in the axolotl tank, since Dean is currently a little sparse, and what the lovely people on Bsky are telling me is a Baby Rubber Tree plant. Baby Rubber Trees like dim light or filtered sunlight and high humidity, so he'll do well in my room, I just have to remember not to water him too much. Also he needs a name. At first I was thinking "Wolf", but a plant named that should really be a fern and ferns don't survive in this house, so maybe not. I'll think on it. (Maybe "House" because he's made of rubber and therefore everything just bounces right off him!)

I do need a new pot for my Baby Rubber Tree, though, and I had been hoping to walk to the Dollarama at the corner today, but I need someone to go with me, since I'm still recovering. Last night Mom said "maybe", and today she and Lee went out for lunch, but apparently she wasn't feeling well by the time they got back because she laid down to sleep IMMEDIATELY and when I went downstairs she was already out.

I am so, SO tired of coming downstairs and Mom being asleep. She goes to bed at 11pm and sleeps until 11am, and within an hour of getting up she's asleep again. Honestly, and I've told her this flat-out, I'm WORRIED about her, but she says it's no big deal, that she's just bored, but when she can't even stay awake for a fucking HOUR without having to cover up and go to sleep again, that's a sign, to me, that something is WRONG. No one will listen to me, though, because my opinion never holds any weight around here. =/

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Besides that, today is Thursday so this morning I posted Lifeline to AO3, and it's slowly gaining a few hits. Last week I posted Pinfeathers and it went over REALLY well for a fic in this series, I was surprised. It's still getting hits as I type. I don't figure Lifeline will do as well, but I can always hope, right? I guess it's still just disappointing that these fics didn't gain more traction. The SPN fandom really did mostly die off after the series ended, unfortunately.

Oh, also, the parcel from Dad with my Christmas gifts in it FINALLY arrived yesterday. He sure took his time this year, lol! But he got me some DVDs (Critters Attack!, Alpha, Megalodon: Frenzy and the new Prehistoric Planet, parts 1 & 2), a plush Stripe from Gremlins, a blue alien plush, a grinder tool, a for real razor knife set (I think he's trying to stop me cutting myself up with the cheap dollar store ones) and three dinosaur models. He also included Lois' gift, which was a Dollarama gift card and some socks, as per usual. <3

I downloaded some of the movies from that list yesterday, and right now I'm watching Big Bad Wolves, which is foreign and in subtitles, and not a horror movie so much as a psychological/torture porn one. I'll probably finish watching it this once and then just delete it, it's not really to my taste.

In the meantime I'll maybe work on Levels Of Protection (formerly Protection, formerly-formerly Let's Make This Moment) because I'm kind of bored with this movie, if I'm honest. The video recommending it made it seem much more exciting than it actually is. :|

Last night things got bad enough with my infection that I had to go to the hospital and ended up needing minor surgery (VERY minor, they just used a local anaesthetic) to drain a HUGE abscess that had developed. They also gave me IV antibiotics (it took four tries for them to get a vein properly) and a prescription for different antibiotics that are "more targeted" than the AmoxiClav that I was already on. The doctor also said I should talk to Dr. K about me possibly having Hydradenitis Suppurahva (I think I'm spelling that right?), which she thinks could be the cause of all my problems.

Anyway, I was at the hospital for like six hours (right through dinner time, which sucked) and at 9:30pm when I finally got out of there, Mom picked me up and took me to Shoppers to fill my prescription, since it's the only pharmacy open late. While we were waiting for the pharmacist to fill it, I just limped around the store grabbing food (a sandwich, potato chips, a bottle of Fresca) so I wouldn't have to cook anything when we got home because YES, I was starving, but also in a lot of PAIN and TOTALLY EXHAUSTED. =/

I'm STILL totally exhausted TODAY, I just need a few days of doing nothing and just healing, which meant that when the girl Mom and I were supposed to be picking a DRESSER up from tonight messaged me this morning, concerned about the road conditions in their area for our driving, I HAPPILY rescheduled the pickup. Now we're going on Monday night instead. Honestly even if we HAD gone today idk if I would've been able to even LIFT the dresser to help get it in the car. :P

So, today I have done nothing much. I wrote some of Lifeline this morning, posted Pinfeathers to AO3 (I still need to post it AND Ghost In The Machine to Tumblr), and wrote a little three-page drabble from later on in the TKA series, when Wren gets her new Familiar after Renfield has been gone a while, an albino raven named Poe. It's a cute scene, I like how it turned out.

Speaking of scenes, cimberelly wrote me an N.D. scene and I adore her for it! I love that N.D. is still a thing after all this time, it's like... those characters just grabbed hold and wouldn't let go. The whole cast is amazing and I plan to write some N.D. scenes myself in the near future. <3

And then, of course, I put a new filter into the axolotl tank because the chemical filters don't do anything to filter out actual PARTICLES of stuff, and I needed one that DID. I had an external filter on the tank before but it leaked so I'm really hoping for the best this time.

Yesterday was the last day of the MelaFix regimen and the bacterial infection in the aquarium is pretty much cleaned up, so now I have to give it a couple of days and do a 50% water change before starting treatment for the FUNGAL infection that's ALSO going on. My poor 'lotls are suffering right now and I'm doing the best I can to get their tank back to snuff, but it's really hard to do because axolotls are so damned sensitive to chemicals. I've done SO MUCH RESEARCH to make sure the chemicals I'm using in their tank are safe for them but it's all still stressing them out. And all of this in a tank that's ACTIVELY LEAKING because I don't have a new tank/dresser yet. It's just... fuck. Not ideal.

And now I have to go FEED the 'lotls, so that's all for now.

So.

I did the entire tank swap with the axolotls yesterday. And I put them in their new tank, and they IMMEDIATELY started dying. Or at least getting sick. They were crunched up in weird places in weird positions and their gills weren't moving. I actually had to poke them to make sure they hadn't ACTUALLY died. :(

Then I started to notice that the tank smelled like chemicals. Almost like bleach. And the only chemicals I use with the axolotls are dichlorination tablets for their water. So, then I'm like... did I miscalculate the number of tablets I needed for the new tank and put in too many?? So, at like 11pm I'm bailing buckets of water out of the tank and replacing them with tap water. I also realized I had forgotten to add my starter enzymes (Prime, Stability, Pristine) so I added them immediately.

We seem to be out of crisis mode, at least for now, because the 'lotls are at least breathing normally again, though Haku is still in a weird position and it's hard to monitor Kaida because he's in one of the hides. But I don't know what to do next, like...

I feel like I should scoop them back into a bucket and completely redo the water in the tank again, but they're already in such a delicate state I'm worried scooping them INTO the bucket would KILL THEM OUTRIGHT, and if THAT didn't, the stress of putting them BACK INTO THE TANK AGAIN WOULD. It's a rock and a hard place.

So, I guess I just keep swapping out buckets of water until the chemicals in the tank are low enough the filter can deal with it?

I swear I did the math right with the dichlorination tablets, I have no idea what happened. :(

I just don't want my 'lotls to die. :(

I'm getting sick. Or, well, SICKER. I'm always sick. But I woke up this morning with my sinuses blocked up and a bit of a sore throat that's going up into my ears, which is never a good sign. I have a tickle in my chest, too, so there's something going on there as well. I'm not really bad yet but give it a day or two and I'll be a mess. I knew it was coming, though, because I've been craving mushroom soup like WHOA, and I only really crave soup when I'm getting sick. Blegh. Not looking forward to the next week.

Anyway.

So, I complained and magically all my Temu orders were shipped out like three to four hours later, including the ones with preordered items in them, which I wasn't expecting. Assuming everything arrives on time, I'm happy with the customer service on Temu so far. Also I now have like... TWELVE orders in various stages of on the way to me, which is ridiculous and frankly kind of bad. I need to stop going on Temu, especially since I have to take the cats to the vet in February (Juna) and March (Pluto.) And the last three or four orders don't even have anything for other people for Christmas in them, they're strictly orders for myself, which... yeah. I have no self control.

I do, however, have Mom and my little brother sorted for Christmas via Temu (as well as Mom's birthday this year) and some stuff coming in for Dad that will complete his gifts as well, and something for Lee, though I still need to find more for him later on. So that's good, I guess. But it doesn't make up for my blatant overspending, that's for sure. :|

I also bought a copy of the movie Daddy's Little Girl on DVD from ebay yesterday. It's basically torture porn, which I'm usually not into (except for the Saw series), but for some reason this one is weirdly compelling, even though it makes me cringe sometimes. I think because the torture is so creative and not stuff I've seen in other movies, if that makes sense? I dunno, I just wanted it for my collection. I watched it on Tubi a few months back, and then again last night because they miraculously still have it. I'm considering picking up American Mary at some point, too, which isn't torture porn, but is like... graphic, twisted medical stuff. I've watched it a couple of times now, too, and the more I watch it the more I like it. But I guess we'll see.

Yesterday Trunks was supposed to be coming over to do laundry and for Mom to take him out and do groceries, but he cancelled at the last minute because he had to go to the ER for a TMI medical problem. He's fine, just uncomfortable, and he's supposed to be coming over today instead (I think.) I'm foisting off a bunch of sugary cereals on him, since I shouldn't have them anymore (because I can't have anything that tastes good anymore), and I asked him to bring one of his SPN USB drives from Christmas over because I have something to add to it (Supernatural The Anime Season 1 + Extras.) Not sure if he'll remember, but I've reminded him twice, now, so hopefully?

When the stupid external filter (with the surface skimmer that I desperately need) overflowed and flooded my room (there are still damp spots on the carpet gdi), it got water into the dresser, too, so I've spent the last few days doing a SHIT TON of laundry and then leaving the drawers open to finish drying properly. I have piles of laundry all over my room atm. But in DOING all that laundry I've found a bunch of clothes that no longer fit me, and I really have no chance in hell of EVER getting back into them, even if I DO manage to lose some of this PCOS/NAFLD weight. I'll never be as skinny as I was ten years ago. So, a couple of (small) bags of clothes are going to Valu Village some time soon-ish, including some pieces that I absolutely love and hate to part with. This whole medical weight thing really sucks. :(

For the last few months, Mom had been sleeping like 20 hours a day and I've commented on it a couple of times, and finally asked her to please talk to Dr. K about it next time she's in because I'm really getting concerned, but she says she's just bored. Apparently when she gets bored she gets sleepy, which I don't personally understand, but okay. I'm like... so do stuff. All she does is sit on the couch all day watching TV. If you're BORED read from your kindle, or do a puzzle, or whatever... I know she would rather be OUTSIDE doing things, but she can't exactly garden right now, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to do INSIDE. I'm sorry that Lee insists on watching the same three shows over and over and over again, but like, you have to be proactive, too. Maybe I should teach her how to make candles or jewelry or something, I dunno.

Only 18 days until I get to see Dr. K and can ask her about upping my ADHD meds, as well as SO MANY questions about NAFLD and PCOS, and why the fuck they can't check PCOS without an internal vaginal ultrasound NOW, when I was diagnosed with the condition via a REGULAR ultrasound 20 years ago?? I also need to talk to her about my CRIPPLING BACK PAIN whenever I lift something or twist the wrong way (hint: pretty much ever way is the wrong way) or bend over or do basically anything. I need muscle relaxants or painkillers or SOMETHING so help with the situation because the scoliosis is REAL.

I have a bunch of buttons I want to make for The Walking Dead, quotes and stuff, but I need to download the proper sized template from Vograce so I can do them, and I have to get my Etsy store back up and running now that the postal strike is over. Soon I'll have a bunch more Wiggly Foxes to post, not that the ones I already have posted are selling or anything. I need to take more pics of them, though, because now Etsy's algorithm doesn't even show listings in searches if they have less than two pictures, which is stupid.

Honestly, my entire Etsy journey so far has been frustrating... I know my stuff is good, and worth what I'm asking for it, and would do GREAT at a con or actual market, but on Etsy it all just sits and collects dust. It's frustrating and disheartening because I put a lot of effort into the pieces that I put up for sale. I think buttons might sell better, though, I just have to get off my duff and post them. =/

I got my last-minute gift for my brother finished up yesterday and under the tree, and also went to the Dollarama and bought a bunch of boxes and bags to "wrap" my remaining gifts, since I can't actually wrap presents anymore because of my bag, so THOSE are all under the tree too, except for one that DOES have to be wrapped. But I figure I can wrap ONE and not DIE, so. Fingers crossed.

I'm like 95% done all the Wiggly Foxes for my brother (and his family), I just have to to the white bellies/ears/paws and paint the eyes/noses black. The black is always a pain because I have to do it with a needle, it's so small. I'm hoping to get everything finished tonight, though, so I can seal it tomorrow and wrap it up (i bubble wrap and a bag) tomorrow.

The other day I started working on the 3D printed Longma figurine that Poe got me forever ago. I dug it out along with the Kelpie figuring that they sent me. I just rediscovered them and was like !!! so that's my next project after my brother's Wiggly Foxes. I had to buy some more brushes, though, like micro-detail brushes, because the details on them are so teeny tiny.

What else.

As of right now, Storm Season is at 2 chapters, 199 hits, 3 bookmarks, 15 kudos and 2 comments which is on par with Horror High, if not better with the hits. Chapter three goes up in two days. I'd live more comments, but I guess it is what it is. I'll take what I can get. Last night I I went through some of the future chapters for when I need to add notes on the palraijuq because I couldn't remember which chapter it was introduced in (it was chapter 6, so I have lots of time.)

Right now I have TKA, Temper Tantrums, Serendipity and Controlled Descent open in Word but my brain hurts the last couple days. It happens when I got a night without sleep, it takes me a few days to shake it off, even if I get good nights' sleep after that. I honestly don't know how I survived with insomnia almost every night for years until Dr. K introduced me to Dayvigo. I was a mess. I prefer not to think about that time in my life. Not sleeping for basically three years straight? Blegh.

Oh, and I ordered another set of books, this time off Amazon, the Beechwood Ghost Mysteries. Mom read them on her kindle and they sounded really good, but I prefer real paper books when I can get them, so I ordered all eight of them off Amazon (that includes the one Mom doesn't have in her kindle set), plus the one just-for-kindle one (though I can't seem to get it to download TO my kindle?? Mental note to look into that more today.)

Still watching TWD, I'm on Season 7 now, I honestly don't know how many seasons there are in this series. I should look that up. Anyway, I have Season 8 downloaded already, and when I'm finished Season 7, I'll delete it and download Season 9. I have to rotate stuff because I'm running out of space on my laptop. :P

...it's been a couple of days since I cleaned out the axolotl aquarium, which is terrible, I'm a terrible Mom, but I've been feeling so shitty the last couple of days I haven't been up to it. I HAVE to do it today, though, I don't have a choice, even though I still feel crappy. Kaida, Haku and Ryuu deserve to have a nice, tidy home. (Thank God for my suction thing or I'd be BONED even on a good day.)

Oh my Gooooooddddd the new filter with the surface skimmer for the axolotl tank has been in the aquarium and running for like 12 hours and it's already made SUCH a huge difference. Definitely worth the money. I'm thinking about buying another one for when this one inevitably craps out on me, knowing my luck with filters.

I woke up at 4am this morning, which is beginning to become a habit and not one I appreciate, and while I was awake anyway I searched for the pearls I need for making those bracelets for my brother for Christmas. Turns out I was remembering wrong and don't have the right pink ones so I had to order some through Amazon. BUT in the process of looking for pearls I FOUND MY FREAKING BAILS AND WOLF CHARMS GDI. The ones I JUST REPLACED because I COULDN'T LOCATE THEM?? YEAH THOSE ONES. *FACEPALM*

I don't actually mind having the extra bails, I'll use them all eventually, and my replacement wolf charms hadn't shipped yet so I put in a cancellation request on the order, but there's no guarantee Amazon will be able to cancel it because it's coming through a third-party seller, so I dunno. I guess we'll see. Otherwise I'll just have a FUCKTON of wolf charms, I guess. :|

This morning I also actually watched Bill And Ted Face The Music on Tubi because they kept advertising it all over the place on that site while I was trying to watch other stuff, and I was like "okay this is going to be a MOUNTAIN of stupid but whatever" and I actually... really... enjoyed it?? IS THIS AN ALTERNATE REALITY OF SOME KIND WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING?? lol.

This morning around 11:30 Mom and I are going to Shoppers to buy my pop for December, because Thursday is Senior's Day and if Mom comes with me I'll get a 20% discount on like a $60 order which isn't nothing. I'm also going to mail my December postcards, but like, who the hell knows when they'll get delivered because of the stupid postal strike going on right now. They all say "Happy Probably Belated Holidays" just in case haha.

P.S. Banana bread turned out great! :D