1 year ago today, I had life-threatening surgery to remove a rare 32lb malignant tumor. Specialists said I wouldn’t survive, but a god-tier surgeon saved me. I have scans every 3 months now, and while the memory of that terror lingers, I’m so grateful to be here for my sons. #cancer
Double rainbow!
I just randomly came across issue 44 of Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons) magazine from Dec 1980. My (now dead) parents are in it! My dad was a big player of all sorts of RP games, including D&D, but I had no idea my mom even tried playing. It's mere months before she was pregnant with my sister & me.
Summer in a cubby
Today marks 16 years with #WordPress! Before that: 5 years on ExpressionEngine, then MovableType, GreyMatter, and years of manual HTML. A long history of blogging tools!
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I think the reason I prefer blogs over social media is that it's exhausting to maintain so many accounts! It's the same people on all of them, posting the same content. I'm guilty of it, too. But if I don't post on all of them, then I'm just screaming into the void.
The finale of Black Dagger Brotherhood was awesome and I loved the post credit scene. I’m so glad it was renewed for season 2.
It's exhausting having a toxic spouse. My recovery from cancer surgery has been impacted by all of it.
It frustrates me when people tell me to leave. Nowhere to go, $0, no earning potential, no family, no friends, lawyer told me I would be homeless if I tried to leave.
I'm just venting.
If someone tells you that it’s “too early” to be talking about autumn, they’re failing to understand a simple truth:
Autumn is not a time of year, but rather a state of mind.
Omg the newest episode of #BlackDaggerBrotherhood was EVERYTHING. Butch was freaking hilarious.
I wish I had someone to discuss #AndJustLikeThat with because omfg what was with this new episode?!
Looked up my cancer (retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma – DDLPS) & I’m spiraling. Surgery went well, but it'll never be "over". My twin abandoned me during it all, & 17 trauma therapists rejected me despite insurance help. I’m in my feelings today, rare, but it’s a lot to deal with.
Today is my father's 2nd death anniversary.
I wish with every fiber of my being that my parents were still alive, especially as I go through cancer/life-threatening surgery/recovery/lack of support through it all, insanity.
#grief
I don't have one, but that is something that didn't occur to me so I will make a note of that being an option. Thank you!
My father's 2nd death anniversary is in a few days, and by sheer random luck, I discovered that his call sign (ham radio) was about to expire, so I went ahead and renewed that for another 10 years. He's had it for 40+ years, and I can't fathom letting it just... disappear.
That is so scary!! I hate when the tornado sirens go off.
LOL this
I'm so confused, so many people on Twitter (X) have, over the past year, promoted their Bluesky accounts heavily but haven't posted on them at all yet remain super active on Twitter. Like.... what's the point then? Just to have a handle?
