Life and Things

We got kittens! Just what our elder kitties wanted 😆😂 Loki and Zatanna Do’Urden are a brother and sister pair we adopted from the same shelter we adopted our other furbabies from.

I’ve started training both Loki and Zatanna with basic commands. They are young yet, so lose interest quickly. I made a good choice with Loki. He’s a buzzbox and snugglebug. If he stays that way, he’ll be great for helping thwart flares by increasing oxytocin.

Though my energy levels are decreasing overall, I’ve been steadily increasing my walking. I did my Devil’s Slide walk this past month, and have been extending my walking range. That endurance seems to be coming back, despite the overall decrease in energy. We’ve started doing the prep work to get me to see a rheumatologist. Yay? I’ve started a blood pressure med because it’s been steadily creeping up despite all the positive health changes.

The property has a buyer, and should finalise mid-May. My share ended up being more than I expected. I can get my prostheses, finally. I also have big plans to get new glasses, and new Birkenstocks. Those are great shoes, but rather expensive 😧

 

Blog Stuff

I haven’t been doing much updating, or anything,  really, given the chronic pain and fatigue. It’s getting harder to write reviews, much less good reviews. Thinking gets difficult more often, which scares me, though I’ve not shared that with anyone before. I value my mind, and intelligence and to have that slowly slipping away is downright terrifying.

 

Updated Posts

Black Dawn by Mallory McCartney  https://wp.me/p6C2DX-vi

 

Books Read and Reviewed in April

The Best Damn Answers to Life’s Hardest Questions by Tess Koman, 3*

Secrets of Colour Healing by Stephanie Norris, 3*

Swimming with Seals by Maggie DeVries, 3*

Baby Bird by Andrew Gibbs, 4*

Bees, Bugs, and Butterflies by Ben Raskin, 4*

The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder by Sarah J Harris, 4*

Discover Ancient Egypt by Amanda Trane, 4*

Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward, 4*

The Inspired Traveller’s Guide to Spiritual Places by Sarah Baxter, 4*

Notes of Magic by Jessica Bucher, 4*

Siuluk: The Last Tuniq by Nadia Saamurtok & illustrated by Rob Nix, 4*

Moribund by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge, 4*

Murder in Thistlecross by Amy M Reade, 4*

No One Else Like You by Siska Goeminne & Merel Eyckerman, 4*

Ouroboros by Genevieve Iseult Eldredge, 4*

Ramadan by Ausma Zehanat Khan, 4*

Ready, Set, Opa! by Demetra Tsavaris-Lecourezos, 4*

The Unity Game by Leonora Meriel, 4*

White Sand Vol 2 by Brandon Sanderson, 4*

Damn Fine Story by Chuck Wendig, 5*

Earth Science: Landforms by Mary Lindeen, 5
Herodotus the Hedgehog by Jean-Luc Buquet, 5
Hidden City by Sarah Grace Tuttle & Amy Schimler-Safford, 5
How to be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci, 5

Inky the Octopus by Erin Guendelsberger/ illustrated by David Leonard, 5
The Jasmine Sneeze by Nadine Kaadan, 5

Life Sciences: Animal Mothers and Fathers by Mary Lindeen, 5*

The Seal Garden by Ian McAllister & Nicholas Read, 5
SINdicate by JT Nicholas, 5

Starving Season by Seang M Seng, MD, 5*

 

Best Reads of the Month

 

 

 

 

Best Series New to Me