VLog: September 2st, 2023
Balm Beach weekend part 2 (antiquing in Barrie (not Balm Beach)).
Balm Beach weekend part 2 (antiquing in Barrie (not Balm Beach)).
Balm Beach weekend part 1 (dinner at the beach).
Balm Beach music night.
Exhaustion is hard
Lonliness is hard.
I visited Collingwood and Thornburry
I took a few days off, its in part because of mania
I really overdid it yesterday, and it will happen again.
I visited the Kirkfield lift lock (but I overdid it)
Short discussion about how you can feel great and healthy while still knowing your dying, and that that situation is actually normal, about symptoms and side effects, and planning around them, and about how there's always laundry to do.
Recovery is going surprisingly well
A very exciting laundry day
Have I talked about this blog project before? Because its going well now.
A brief discussion about the consequences of the power being out
In search of the Bog Beast of Bala
I talk about the cricket
This isn't even an anniversary I remembered, but on this day in 2022 my partner and I sat with the surgeon I'd been seeing for my abdominal pain and had all our worst fears confirmed by the results of test after test. And you know what? It's fine. I forgot. My partner and I went to the Toronto Zoo, not to mark time but because it's a fun way to spend a summer day.
Apparently the beaver at the zoo has passed away, and that hit me much harder emotionally than August 17 ever could. The beaver wasn't the fattest or roundest of the fatrounds, but they slept right against the glass window that opened into their lodge, so you could always get a good view. The beaver was probably my favourite exhibit.
I have no appointments in the next month. I've grown used to seeing someone every week or two. It's honestly become part of my identity. I'm not upset about it, obviously, but it's still weird. I've been busy, and my strength has been returning, which is also nice.
A trip to the zoo
I'm trying a longer walk today
More on the blog project