Lilith Immaculate

My Spotify Wrapped for this year. No surprises at all, really.

Life has been busy as fuck lately. The last two months have been full of medical appointments and classes for my bariatric program, and when I wasn’t doing that, working on school work, working, or being a mom, I was trying to sleep. Trying, being the keyword, LOL. With all the testing I’ve been doing, not only am I diabetic (thanks Mom), I have severe sleep apnea. I’m waiting for an available machine to proceed with the next phase of my sleep study, which is a CPAP titration. Hopefully, I won’t be waiting for too long, but with Yuletide in two weeks, who knows? My doctor, my dietician and I are making a pretty intense plan to get my diabetes under control. I’m already on a diet and medication, and I just had repeat blood work done, so we’ll see how I’m doing at my next appointment. I know I have already lost a few pounds.

I am so excited for Yule. I’m going to be cramming a lot of joy and activities in the next two weeks. I am determined to enjoy myself this year, regardless of what is going on in the “real world.” This weekend, I am finishing my decorating and cleaning, and then I’m going to do some baking. I need to get the last ingredients for Yuletide dinner and the materials to start wrapping presents. I was so happy listening to my Bing Crosby and Burl Ives earlier, that I burned my knuckle making dinner.

I’m planning to post some of the things that I’m doing. I also have a couple of book reviews that I’m working on, so those will probably go up in the new year when I have a little time to sit down and get my notes together. I have promised myself that I’m going to use this space more in the new year. I know that I always say that, but I am bound and determined to do it this year because I am feeling better, and I have a lot happening that I want to talk about.

Oh! And update to my previous post about the book club meeting with the DGC. It went really, really well and I’m glad that I did it. Depending on what I read this year, I might volunteer myself again.

Latest ear worm:

I couldn’t find my notebooks. 🙁

I’m going to keep digging, though. They couldn’t have gotten far.

This month has been a bit crazy. Between my course, work, and being a Mom, I haven’t had much room to breathe. I’m not sure if I’m sick, but I’ve been feeling out of sorts, and I’ve been experiencing a weird set of symptoms for the last couple of weeks. Knowing me, it’s probably just fatigue. I have a three-day weekend, so I hope to rest a bit. I have a lot to do around the house, but I’m not going to push myself too hard.

If the rain slows down, I’m hoping to get outside a do a little work in the yard. There is a patch of thistles that have just absolutely exploded this last month and they need to go. Charlie said he’d lend me a pair of his work gloves to rip them out of the ground and I’m kind of looking forward to it. Get some of that ol’ aggression out, you know, LOL.

I volunteered myself to host the October “Witch Stack” book club in DCG. I don’t know why I did… I guess getting into the spirit of getting my little rump out of my comfort zone. At least I can speak about the book I chose, and I think I can speak on the material with some confidence. I chose “The Morrigan” by Courtney Webber. I need to reread the book and make some notes… maybe consult my Raven’s Retreat journal and see if there’s anything I can supplement the notes with. My anxiety is already at work, trying to get me to back out, and list all of the reasons why I should. I’m determined to see this through. Even if it turns out to be me just blubbering at the camera, or giving the deer-in-headlights look, at least I will be able to say that I tried.

I really need to get to bed. It’s Friday tomorrow, my dudes.

LOL. Good night.