My oversized hooded cowl certainly turned out oversized, that's for sure.

(this is a good thing, it is so cozy wozy)

lmao the lowest they could get the price down to was $309/mo. I guess I will not do this immunotherapy. I'd rather be miserable for 25-30% of the year and spend $309 on something else.

I called my insurance & THANKFULLY there was a mixup... so now I'm waiting for the prescription to be run again to find out what my co-pay is (she wasn't able to run a trial on her end) because I have a feeling even with coverage, it's still going to be expensive to the point it's just not worth it.

My allergies aren't just "the sniffles". They impact my daily quality of life. I'm not doing this for fun.

My insurance has covered almost nothing for me since we moved here and I feel like I'm throwing my fucking money into an endless void and it pisses me off, but I can't just not be insured because what if there's a medical emergency? One of the few things they MIGHT ACTUALLY COVER BUT WHO KNOWS.

RIKER HAD LASER THERAPY TODAY AND HE WORE DOGGLES.

Baby boy got to upgrade to medical shirt today. I was too nervous to bend his legs the amount that was needed to get them into the arm holes before, but it's been 3 days and he is technically allowed to start rehab exercises 3-5 days post-procedure so I felt ok about putting it on today.

I'm dreading the day this bed dies (hopefully not for a long time and hopefully I can find a way to revitalize it if needed) because I've never seen another one quite like it and Riker loves it. He really likes the giant round pillow border.

HAHA we did this with a bed at Costco last year. It's meant for two dogs.

Or one Riker.

This kid is high as a kite. The gabapentin and trazadone haze is real.

Riker has graduated from thunder jacket to medical shirt as his stupid self-inflicted shoulder/neck abrasions are almost healed. I just need something to keep his harness from rubbing what's left of the scab on his walks until his fur regrows.

It's so cute 🥹

OMG JENGA.

Thank god for insurance!

We tried to insure Riker, but moving internationally meant trying to get insurance again when he was already an adult dog with established food allergies. Amazingly, insurance companies find the most creative ways to blame EVERYTHING on "food sensitivity"

So expensive 😭

A new Dutch Bros opened near my house, he literally got a pup cup 2 nights ago 😂

We can't go there without getting one now. He got one from there ONCE and it's now an expectation any time we walk there with him.

They say there's a 70% chance he could fully return to completely normal, painless function, otherwise it's a 90% chance he at least will return to normal non-vigorous-activity function, which is still definitely worth it. My poor guy limps after too much activity, or a long day on his feet :(

He's never needed a thunder jacket, but maybe he has some secret anxiety I don't know about and I can get a 2-for-1 out of this purchase 😂

At the very least we can use it in April. He's going for plasma-rich platelet and stem cell injections in both shoulders b/c he has superspinatus tendon dmg

UGH DOGS. Riker's fur is stained from when he was bleeding & I was just focused on preventing infection and healing the skin as quickly as possible lol. Currently waiting for his fur to grow back. He wears a thunder jacket when not supervised bc it's one of few things that covers those spots 😂

He scratched his nakie boobies when we weren't around and ended up breaking the skin and having bleeding boobies :( It's been almost 2 weeks of nursing to help the skin recover and cover it up so he cant scratch more. It's in the ONE SPOT that can't be helped by an e-collar and most onesies.

Somebody had an ultrasound this morning and now his tiddies are naked.

(he may have bicipital tendinitis)

I don't really post on the internet anymore for fairly obvious reasons, and I never expected that not having an endless void to scream into would be so hard.

Screaming privately at my close friends doesn't quite have the same cathartic effect.

I couldn't help myself.

If he's gonna get a job, he's gotta dress appropriately.

My lazy bum of a freeloading dog finally went out and got a job today.

*Kyle is a lab manager and he brings Riker to work sometimes and his staff really wanted him to have an ID badge (and so did we).

Anyway, it's perfect.

I finally finished it. 423 triangles and like 200 hours/1.5yrs of picking away at it, and it's finally done.

No more triangles. 🔺

After 425 triangles, I have to sew them all together at the dining table, and that is decidedly much less comfortable than making 425 triangles on the couch.

My old crone back is hating this.

Honestly, this is a terrible way to live.

a group of cartoon characters with the words should i start to worry ALT: a group of cartoon characters with the words should i start to worry

I live in a miserable limbo where I don't want to read the news anymore, but I have to because it can directly impact me, and I need to know how much I should worry that day.

I did it. I finally took a good driver's licence photo. It was a Christmas Eve miracle.

I am 11lbs away from my first weight goal. I set 3, because I'd be happy if I hit any of them. The first one is my requirement, the next two are just great if I can make it there.

Anyway. I haven't been this weight since I was 19 or 20. So. 2025 did have a positive in there somewhere.

I hate LAX. I hate it so much.

And why is it so warm and muggy in here.

Clearly my priorities were 100% on point when I packed for this trip.