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Jan. 5th, 2025 02:13 pmLast night Mom and I went out for my birthday dinner. We were one day late, we were supposed to go on Friday but I called it off at the last minute because I was having a Super Exhausted day and I just wasn't up to going out. Friday was actually my birthday, but I'm an adult I can celebrate a day late and not throw a fit, especially when it's my call. Mom and I also go out for a meal together at the end of every month, so this included that as well.
Turns out I'm so fat now that I barely fit in the booths at Swiss Chalet anymore. And there's not much I can do about it except RADICALLY change my diet. I can't do the exercise they recommend because my joints are so bad. I have to walk with a cane again. I haven't had to walk with a cane in 14 years. And the diet is a problem because I'm living with and sharing meals with other people who just WON'T change THEIR diets (especially Lee) though admittedly, I do snack a lot because the NAFLD has changed my metabolism so it's somehow slower (making me gain weight like WHOA) AND faster (making me hungry ALL THE TIME.) I need to learn to ignore the hunger pangs and just suffer, I guess. I do want to talk to Dr. K about a new drug for weight loss that they've started advertising on TV (zepbound), though. I can use all the help I can get.
It turns out that milk and milk products are recommended for NAFLD diets. I've been trying to find an alternative "milk" (preferably soy since soy is also good for NAFLD) the last few months because I was under the impression that the fats in milk were bad bad bad but turns out nope! So the question is, which is better: actual milk or the soy in soymilk? I wish I had a NAFLD expert to talk to about all this, I'm just kind of flying by the seat of my pants, here. But I might just switch back to regular milk because it's cheaper and I'm on a budget.
Speaking of being on a budget, my fucking printer died yesterday, like it won't even TURN ON, and I had to order a new one so there's $126 out the window. But a printer is essential for me and my writing so I didn't have much of a choice. Still sucks, though. I think I had that printer for two years? What's the average lifespan of printers these days? Also I have to take it to the electronics part of the dump which will probably cost me a fee, which also sucks, but at least I can get rid of the shitty leaking aquarium filter and broken aquarium light at the same time.
I think Christmas is on it's way out around here, probably tonight or tomorrow. Lee brought all the boxes for everything up and stacked them in the dining room so I assume that's our cue to take it all down. It's too bad. I like Christmas decorations, they make me happy. But I understand that while I would happily leave them up all year 'round, most people definitely wouldn't. Especially Mom. She's always super relieved to get the house looking "normal" again every year.
Today an Amazon parcel arrived with the Joker: Foile a Deux DVD, season 4 of Fear The Walking Dead on DVD and (theoretically) a collage photo frame that I am ABSOLUTELY making into an homage to Supernatural with some of the better postcards from my SPN postcards set. But it needs to be put together with screws and dowels and I'm like ahhhhhh... not right now. Not while the cats are both on my bed taking up the space I would be using to do this project. But also it looks really complicated and I think I might need help. :< Anyway, I didn't have to pay for the photo frame because they delivered it to the wrong address in the co-op and I called their help line like "where is my photo frame??" and they refunded my money. Then the person whose unit they delivered it to showed up with it and I was like. Oops. :x (But I'm not going to call them back and get them to re-charge me for it.) :D;;
Mom took me to Michaels the other day and I used one of my Christmas gift cards to buy some shirts and also some paint that I needed. But when I got home and opened the paint it's utter SHIT, which is my own fault for buying the cheapest on the shelf, so I have to go back and buy the same basic colors but in a better brand. Mom says she'll take me next week some time.
Last night on our way to dinner, Mom and I found a post box and I finally got my January postcards mailed. Honestly, I... I don't even really want to be DOING postcards anymore, it started off fun as something I did for Poe, but now it just reminds me of them and feels like a burden. Every month I procrastinate over them more and more. I'm considering just ending Sena's Postcard Club entirely. Except then what will I do with all my postcards? And I know the people I send them to really look forward to getting them every month, especially Grandma. So I don't know. I don't know.
Turns out I'm so fat now that I barely fit in the booths at Swiss Chalet anymore. And there's not much I can do about it except RADICALLY change my diet. I can't do the exercise they recommend because my joints are so bad. I have to walk with a cane again. I haven't had to walk with a cane in 14 years. And the diet is a problem because I'm living with and sharing meals with other people who just WON'T change THEIR diets (especially Lee) though admittedly, I do snack a lot because the NAFLD has changed my metabolism so it's somehow slower (making me gain weight like WHOA) AND faster (making me hungry ALL THE TIME.) I need to learn to ignore the hunger pangs and just suffer, I guess. I do want to talk to Dr. K about a new drug for weight loss that they've started advertising on TV (zepbound), though. I can use all the help I can get.
It turns out that milk and milk products are recommended for NAFLD diets. I've been trying to find an alternative "milk" (preferably soy since soy is also good for NAFLD) the last few months because I was under the impression that the fats in milk were bad bad bad but turns out nope! So the question is, which is better: actual milk or the soy in soymilk? I wish I had a NAFLD expert to talk to about all this, I'm just kind of flying by the seat of my pants, here. But I might just switch back to regular milk because it's cheaper and I'm on a budget.
Speaking of being on a budget, my fucking printer died yesterday, like it won't even TURN ON, and I had to order a new one so there's $126 out the window. But a printer is essential for me and my writing so I didn't have much of a choice. Still sucks, though. I think I had that printer for two years? What's the average lifespan of printers these days? Also I have to take it to the electronics part of the dump which will probably cost me a fee, which also sucks, but at least I can get rid of the shitty leaking aquarium filter and broken aquarium light at the same time.
I think Christmas is on it's way out around here, probably tonight or tomorrow. Lee brought all the boxes for everything up and stacked them in the dining room so I assume that's our cue to take it all down. It's too bad. I like Christmas decorations, they make me happy. But I understand that while I would happily leave them up all year 'round, most people definitely wouldn't. Especially Mom. She's always super relieved to get the house looking "normal" again every year.
Today an Amazon parcel arrived with the Joker: Foile a Deux DVD, season 4 of Fear The Walking Dead on DVD and (theoretically) a collage photo frame that I am ABSOLUTELY making into an homage to Supernatural with some of the better postcards from my SPN postcards set. But it needs to be put together with screws and dowels and I'm like ahhhhhh... not right now. Not while the cats are both on my bed taking up the space I would be using to do this project. But also it looks really complicated and I think I might need help. :< Anyway, I didn't have to pay for the photo frame because they delivered it to the wrong address in the co-op and I called their help line like "where is my photo frame??" and they refunded my money. Then the person whose unit they delivered it to showed up with it and I was like. Oops. :x (But I'm not going to call them back and get them to re-charge me for it.) :D;;
Mom took me to Michaels the other day and I used one of my Christmas gift cards to buy some shirts and also some paint that I needed. But when I got home and opened the paint it's utter SHIT, which is my own fault for buying the cheapest on the shelf, so I have to go back and buy the same basic colors but in a better brand. Mom says she'll take me next week some time.
Last night on our way to dinner, Mom and I found a post box and I finally got my January postcards mailed. Honestly, I... I don't even really want to be DOING postcards anymore, it started off fun as something I did for Poe, but now it just reminds me of them and feels like a burden. Every month I procrastinate over them more and more. I'm considering just ending Sena's Postcard Club entirely. Except then what will I do with all my postcards? And I know the people I send them to really look forward to getting them every month, especially Grandma. So I don't know. I don't know.
