Nearly a month

[greenstorm]

It should be an update because a lot of time has gone by.

I should talk about

-Some folks stepped up to support me with $$ and brainpower and it's really really helping
-Still haven't told mom, not that there's much more to tell
-MRI happened, no clear results yet but hasn't been interpreted by a neurologist yet
-MRI staff were amazing with my claustrophobia, they rigged up a mirror so I could see out
-Doctor called Friday night at 7:30pm after the MRI to reassure me that no huge issues were visible "so I could have a relaxing weekend and not worry too much" since it was a big procedure
-Brief evacuation alert from a fire, alert means they can tell you to leave immediately at any time
-Big body crash from prepping for alert
-Body crash from moving 1.5 cord of birch firewood actually was bigger than filling out disability form with help from a friend and restarted real difficulty with stairs
-Kinda restarting pottery as energy permits
-Fun tomato breeding which follows on from last years stuff so I don't need to think or do manual crosses too much
-Looks like it'll be a good fruit crop year for saskatoons and maybe raspberries
-Hot (up to 35C!) during some days but remains cool at night, though it is into the double digits
-Rarely smoky
-Jasper burnt down, and the fires are working on Wells and hundred mile and I think Likely or Horsefly
-Sirocco/Siri the rescue cat is starting to get along with the other cats, except Hazard and especially Little Bear
-Siri super growled at the vet (he growls easily, and at much bigger entities than him) so his bloodwork will get done in a couple weeks when he's drugged but I'm worried because he drinks a lot and has a tender abdomen
-$$ help from friends is letting me very slowly start to set up automatic food and water for the animals, starting with the cats
-A fox has been coming in during the heat of the day when the dogs are asleep and eating chickens
-First set of muscovy babies to survive in awhile has, well, survived
-My darker corns (montana morado and the other one) are doing exceptionally well
-Some gaspe survived the crow attack
-Morden may be showing tassels
-Beans never sprouted
-Chickens ate the hearts out of most of my cabbage
-Starting to plant the ritual circle in the old pig winter pen, laid out with Tucker's help
-Mosquitopocalypse and lots of blackflies too, would help if my doors closed properly
-Air filter in the basement has been very useful
-Oh, Josh helped get the defunct fridge out of the basement bedroom and it's way better down there now
-New fridge in the upstairs pantry really helps for charcuterie storage etc
-Mostly can't think but writing occasional poetry
-Not enough physical ability to d everything I want but able to enjoy things like my past self planting berry bushes (it's a good haskap year)
-New symptom feels like the opposite of bring electrocuted in my legs, not sure how else to describe it


Mostly good, sometimes moody, there's a lot to digest. The not-good comes from not feeling safe; when I feel like I can safely live here and have enough to eat and people will love me anyhow then my mood is pretty ok.

Comments

[yarrowkat]

the smoke from all the fires in western canada was, for a while, blowing in a huge inverted C shape across candada, down the midwest, and then east all the way down here. it seems to have shifted now.

i'm so glad you didn't have to evacuate after all and they were able to hold a fire-line

i have been reading your posts on fb and not having spoons to respond coherently, but, sending much love & sympathy through the ethers