Haley

Still alive. Picking up new hobbies. Here’s a candy dish I’m working on.

Oh so there WAS another option. Keeping actual humans under lights 24/7 was just the choice we were making.

I hesitate to do the math 😬 thank god for the Xolair patient support program.

Health issues related to Long COVID, even in Canada, and WITH health benefits through work, cost me over $8k out of pocket in 2025.

And I'm so thankful that I have a decent salary so I can sort of cover that, and I won't go into bankruptcy like in the US, but it's almost 10% of my take-home pay. 😭

Treating patients in hospital ambulance bay 'not acceptable care,' N.B. premier says | CBC News Horizon Health Network says dining and storage spaces are also being used as hospitals face "difficult choices" about where to put patients.

God, I am cranky about these comments from the Premier.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Putting people in an ambulance bay is not acceptable Holt says with no effort to fix it. Make. Fewer. Patients. Start at the hospital. At the very least make an effort to end hospital acquired infections and quit making stays longer.

It was a listeners question to David McTimoney on infoam Fredericton this morning with Colleen!

@govnb.bsky.social is banging the “chronic absenteeism” drum again. Funny that it’s peak flu season. And they’re trying to blame parents instead of illness (which is the number 1 cause of absence). I hate to say it but the Holt government has done NOTHING new for IAQ. Only continuing slow Higgs work

Unless your plan to address chronic absenteeism plans to address the chronic illness factoring in I do not want to hear it.

Booking Request Loans are available to artists and organizers in the Fredericton area/Les prêts sont offerts aux artistes et aux organisateurs/organisatrices de la région de Fredericton. Please submit a new request...

As of Jan 1, 2026 we are no longer taking requests for masks. We will be hosting pop ups a few times a year across the province instead. Stay tuned for that information.

You can still borrow a CR Box for your events!
The link to do that is here. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I recently moved my rocking chair to be in front of the window. I’ve got to say the cats are onto something. Looking out the living room window IS a top tier activity.

I’ve been on Xolair for 3 months now. My itchiness has reduced from 24/7 to 2 or 3 days a month. I cannot tell you how much that alone has improved my mental health. Fewer skin reactions too but I’m still too afraid to try “bad” foods because my food reactions are more severe.

This doesn’t actually need an answer because deciding to homeschool our kids has ruined us financially to the point that we’ll never be approved for a car payment ever in our lives again. No regrets though. These kids are cool as hell.

My car is literally falling apart. I don’t even know how people find a spot to put a car payment in their budget. There’s just not enough to go around. Are we putting car payments on credit cards? What’s going on here.

Can’t afford to buy a generator but can’t afford not to have one at this point.

I bought a fancy candle holder a few estate sales ago and it’s making this power outage way more fun. Taking morning meds by candle light.

In 2018 I fell and broke my ankle into one billion pieces. I opted not to go under general anesthesia for the repair and got a spinal instead. I was home in my bed 10 hours after gracing the hospital doors. Big fan of awake foot and ankle surgery.

Turns out the new normal is just being told not to go to the er and being made to feel bad when you get there and take up a seat even though you have no other options because the province can’t provide you with a dr or your town with a walk in. Sure glad we rushed back to this.

Ps favourite plane is coming in today. Where’s the best spot to get a view of the runways at #yfc ? I’ve got a boy who’s desperate to see a 737.

I’ve been sick for 3 years and I just got my first abnormal blood result. Low ferritin. Maybe there’s some big iron based mystery to uncover.

Final day for donation matching - today would be an AMAZING day to donate to Donate a Mask Canada!

It's exasperating to see so many people I know suffering from viruses, with both short and long term symptoms, within the context of knowing what they have been doing (travelling, big social gatherings, voting conservative) and what they have *not* been doing (wearing a mask, ever).

We have some mask distro news.

As of Jan 1 2026 we will no longer be using the request form. Instead, we will be offering pop ups in cities across the province.

We’re busy volunteers and we’re burning out.

If we’ve helped you, please tell @susanholtnb.bsky.social. Masks should be free for all

I need to be folding laundry but there’s just so much of it. Maybe tonight’s the night the laundry fairies come. Better leave it just in case.

I think it’s so fascinating that there are people who think they’re important enough to decide who is and isn’t deserving of housing. Study these people.

Top 5 albums from Spotify wrapped Even in Arcadia - sleep token Take me back to eden - sleep token TTPD- T Swift This place will become your tomb - sleep token Stick season - Noah Kahan

You can watch my mental health decline through the last 6 years of my Spotify wrapped. My listening minutes are down to 45k this year. This devastating mix was brought to you by giving up. I would be willing to bet TTPD was entirely the black dog. I do hope it’s so shitty there.

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It’s giving Tuesday! Please consider donating to an upcoming fundraiser.. in the middle of Canadian winter, raising $ for programs that help people experiencing homelessness , and youth programs that help prevent it. secure.e2rm.com/registrant/F...

I recently subscribed to IXL to supplement my kids learning. I like how it tracks the objectives from the NB curriculum too. Good for my “omfg am I failing these kids” anxiety. Anyway, I am so grateful I did. Xolair side effects are no joke.

It totally is.

I graduated from Xolair supervision today. 3 months without anaphylaxis and now I’m free to do the injections at home. 🎉