Update

( The weekend )

Overall, school stuff is going well. Writing stuff I'm already working on is going, albeit slowly, and I sadly just don't have the time or bandwidth to pursue new writing opportunities for the time being.

My love life is on hold until I feel ready to change that (not any time soon). Likewise with any sex life not connected to my vibrator and dildo.

My social life is toned down while I get my life in order, but I have social ops and great friends and a great community full of fascinating people worth getting to know better.

My finances are not great but ok.

My health is improving as I lose weight, gain strength and cardiovascular fitness, and in general pay more attention to taking care of myself.

My mental health has probably never been better, with the meds and therapy I'm receiving.

So in the Macro, I think everything is going pretty well!

Although I must admit that I've been unusually irritable lately. Beware the bitchy Questioner!

Insomnia, begone

The worst part about the hot weather is the sleeping. I sleep best in a cold room with heavy covers to snuggle under.

Too hot to sleep well.

Plus allergies acting up, waking me up with a sneezing fit in the middle of the night.

Plus every scrap of skin not under a sheet exposed to the ravages of mosquitos.

Plus the usual aches and pains, AND the achey piercings...

Make it VERY tough indeed for the Questioner to sleep.

Blah. Oh, and this weather has also given me dandruff in addition to mosquito bites springing up everywhere.

Insomnia, begone! And with it, could we have an end to this ridiculous heat wave? Another month or so of good sleep would be great...

To-do to solve these problems:
*pick up some benadryl to banish both the hayfever and make me drowsy
*pick up a fan to get the air moving around in the bedroom
*try some dandruff shampoo to make the itching stop
*do SOMETHING to combat the mosquitos -- suggestions so far include dumping some machine oil on the water outside my window, burning a citronella candle in the alcove outside my window (will probably cause an allergic reaction in me), and mosquito netting canopy around the bed (could be pretty, some claim would be ineffective.

God damn but I hate them mosquitos. And boy do they loooove me.