Nugget Of Brilliance
I'm not feeling very brilliant today, but chicken nuggets sure would taste good. Instead I took some split pea soup out of the freezer from 2023 that my dad had given me. We had that with some leftover fresh bread. Brilliant!!
Sometimes taking the "easy route" is actually the best way to go for everyone. We had a great homemade meal that didn't kick my butt in the process. We can't take care of others if we don't take care of ourselves!!
Nugget of Brilliance
Be Observant
Did you see what I did there?
Today's Nugget of Brilliance
When Creating a Website or Blog
Be careful with wording
For instance if you call something "Daily" or "Today's" it gives the impression that people can expect to see a different one each day. Then you're stuck doing a different one every day
Forever
Today's Nugget of Brilliance
If you turn your clothes inside out, the seams won't be as itchy.
You're welcome
2/16/26
Having a chronic illness sucks. Big surprise, yeah, I know. That's why you keep coming back here, for my little nuggets of brilliance, though. Right?? It's a different kind of suck than I thought.
It's a day in, day out kind of suck. Every fucking day a new surprise of suck. I never know how I'm going to feel. The question isn't if I'm going to be in pain. That answer is always yes. The questions are: what is going to hurt? What kind of pain will it be? How intense will the pain be? This shit drains on you when you have to answer these questions daily and it sucks.
And that's just for the pain. There's a host of other symptoms, but we're not here to talk about the symptoms. We're here to talk about the suck.
When Willy and I first started dating, I was fresh in recovery and he was about five years in. I like to tease him that he was a thirteen stepper. If we hadn't known each other previously, it wouldn't be a joke. He told me one of the things that got him through the early days was his mantra, "Embrace the suck."
Yes, "Embrace the suck." One of many pearls of wisdom that I have learned from my loving partner. I used to laugh at him. Embrace the suck, yeah okay, Willy. Whatever. Then I got sick. I found out stress sets off my symptoms. I am no longer allowed to be under stress. Stress will put me in a flare. Sometimes, stress will break my brain. On rare instances, it will even put me in the hospital.
I came up with my own mantra. When I get stressed, I close my eyes and say, "I am a duck. Things roll off me like water off my back." It's hard to let things roll of your back when they don't stop coming. You eventually get water logged and you feel like you're drowning, and that kind of sucks. I realized Willy was right. I must embrace the suck.
Once I figure out what the fuck that means, I will get back to you. Until then, it's time for a fatty.
