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It’s all good… except
Feb 15th
First I moved my blog from my friend’s server to Page.ly. I completely understand the security reasons behind the pain-in-the-ass restrictions with my previous host, but I decided I’d rather pay Page.ly a minor monthly fee (I had a coupon) than hassle every update for free. And it’s all good… except my categories are all out of whack.
Then I moved me to a new apartment. Actually I didn’t move me, Ginnie, Tyler, Max, Casey and Kira did. Yes, Kira was a lot of help carrying little things, running back and forth on her little younger legs. I’m mostly set up here. I still have a couple of boxes of books and stuff but everything else has it’s place.
- The good: Brand new carpets and blinds throughout. Washer is a bit loud, but at least I have one. I have a fireplace! The place is pretty big, first floor, covered parking.
- The bad: Slight smell of wet pressed-wood from the (fixed) leaky kitchen sink that I hope will fade. I’m a little close to Gilbert road traffic, and I’m on a front corner so I get a lot of resident traffic, but I only really hear it when the TV is off. School buses drop off right outside my door. And I can’t figure out how to get the static electricity out of my new plastic vertical blinds in my bedroom, so I feel a little exposed. They keeps sticking together at the bottom and leaving spaces.
- The ugly: Dead and dying cockroaches. Little ones and BIG ones. I was told they sprayed repeatedly before I moved in and there might be some crawling out to die. Right. Every morning there are at least a dozen little dead ones around on the floor, but the BIG ones take a little more… encouragement to die.
But I’m breathing 80% better and I like my neighborhood more. Everything I need within a 2-mile radius.
The best part? I’m alone!
Every breath I take
Jan 18th
Breathing is like, really important. Since I had that flu before Christmas I’ve not been breathing like I should be. I had that full-on attack New Years Eve and now even simplest effort sets me off. Walking to my car, Ginnie’s deodorant, vacuuming, showering, talking too much, and today with the rain – just sitting here in my chair.
I have the asthma cough and I feel like there’s a 10 lb weight sitting on my chest. I can’t get a deep breath or when I do I cough it all away. But this level isn’t emergent. I have a doctor’s appointment on Wednesday and until then I have to plan and take care every moment, or I could overdo it and end up back in the ER.
Please let there be new medications. I’m already taking Advair (500/50) and theophylline, and Accolate, and the inevitable albuterol inhaler and it’s just not cutting it anymore. This is a new doctor so maybe she’ll have new information, new medications.
I have too much to do this week to get bogged down with no air. I’m supposed to give my first ever presentation at CenPhoCamp this Saturday. I’m already nervous as shit about that and I can’t even get up and practice or I get out of breath. I’m so unprepared. If I’m not better by Saturday I’m not sure I can do it.
