Hungrymama

I am very good at watching flames

With matches I am good with fires. If friction is required it would be too much physical effort for me to manage consistently.

That’s settled then.

I am largely dead weight in practical terms, but I can recline on a couch and dispense wisdom (for certain values of wisdom)

When J does his monthly Jazz Show on RDU he always plays at least one track that’s for me. Today it was Donny McCaslin’s excellent interpretation of Bowie’s Warszawa 💕💕💕

You can retire happy now!

Sorry to have missed you but totally understand. Please do come back.

There is nothing better than watching your kid do their thing - no matter what their thing may be.

It’s so stressful

Had a video chat with C who has had noes from a couple of preferred flats and is desperately hoping for a yes from anywhere before he has to move out on Tuesday. It’s all horribly stressful.

Not helped that he’s loved his summer sublease and would stay there if he could.

There were a lot of booty shorts carrying 12 packs of beer in the university area today. Not sure how many were heading to bands vs generic day drinking.

I grew up with salt being the actual devil, and with a history of high blood pressure, have always been told to avoid it. Now recent diagnoses of hEDS and possible dysautonomia mean I am being actively encouraged to consume more. My head hasn’t stopped spinning

Our beach bits are very nice, but from our side of town going to the beach is An Outing so we don’t do it nearly often enough.

An observation J made this morning which is kind of haunting me is how much of my very limited energy goes into figuring out how to manage my energy. And he’s right, every day is filled with calculations. The one thing I can’t do is just do things.

Fortunately I was with my very solid boyfriend of the time who made a safety cage for me with his arms as we got ourselves to the edge of the crowd.

I saw Split Enz in 1993(?) and that was the only time I’ve felt physically unsafe in a concert crowd - is there something about that band that makes people lose their bodily awareness?

Oh goodness! Hoping your nerves get a chance to settle and there are some good times to enjoy together.

Do they have black puffer jackets with the booty shorts?

I’m quite happy not to be leaving the house today.

I’d love to see more reporting around how/why these accidents occurred and then some fucking action to prevent them. There should be especial scrutiny anywhere speed limits or other road rules/conditions have been recently changed.

The band Transvision Vamp perform on stage bathed in pink and purple light.

I want your love!

This is correct as far as I can tell.

People talking all the way through the support act when there is a perfectly nice bar in the foyer.

We’re seeing Transvision Vamp tonight and I am wholly expecting it to be ridiculous. Also, J knows someone in the support act and he is Quite Excited about that.

How wonderful!

I am the biggest softie out there and I would love it if I could avoid killing anything at all, but if conserving unique native fauna requires killing some possums, then so be it.

Taking your principles to a point where the reason you hold those is defeated principles is nonsense.

Thinking all the good thoughts. I hope they are helpful and understanding.

I did the very classic post diagnosis thinking losing a bunch of weight quickly and gaining it all back plus some. I was consumed with anxiety but everyone thought having less of me around was the best thing ever.

I really hope you can find weight neutral care.

Yeah, my ADHD meds suppress my appetite for big chunks of the day and I have to make myself eat enough to keep my glucose stable. If I suppressed it further I don’t think I’d manage a balanced diet.

That’s one of the reasons I’m a bit leery about using them for my diabetes. A previous GP recommended them but could not give me a reason, outside of the weightloss potential, why they would be a good choice for me. That doesn’t feel like informed consent.