tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84132268038696076372024-02-07T02:29:48.805-08:00A Day in the Life...My life's struggles, accomplishments, fun, and anything else I want to put up!shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.comBlogger1100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-43507769075417900502023-01-08T16:45:00.001-08:002023-01-08T16:45:52.767-08:0015th of TevetIt's been a long time since my last post. Probably the longest gap in posts. I hope to get back into it. Although, it won't be the same. Interesting using this computer again. My last scans were in October. Everything came back fine. No progression, and if I remember correctly, they didn't even see the lung nodule from before. My next ones (CT and full bone) will be next month. I had to callshadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-41650705548289990742021-11-02T15:04:00.000-07:002021-11-02T15:13:40.663-07:0027th of Cheshvan It’s been a long time since my last post. I hardly ever go on my computer, and I could only blog through that before. It looks like Blogger now supports smartphones. I don’t think they have an app still, but I’m using Chrome for it. We’ll see how this goes. If it works out well, I can try to get into blogging again. Yay! I’ve been posting a lot about my health stuff on facebook. It’s kind of shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-23534984075404041112021-04-11T18:58:00.000-07:002021-04-11T18:58:19.752-07:0029th of NisanIt's been a long time since I lasted posted here. Didn't want it to be this long between posts. Hopefully, I'll get to posting more often. I've been posting a lot to places like Facebook, Tumblr, and PatientsLikeMe. They've kind of become more of a way for people to know what's going on with me. It's a bit more difficult to post on here, because I can only really do it through my desktop. There shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-6017647334747514792020-10-05T18:03:00.002-07:002020-10-05T18:03:47.650-07:003rd Day of SukkotI can't believe it's already Sukkot. Sukkot (singular: sukkah) lit. means booths, and are temporary walled structures that we build and 'dwell' in during the holiday. It's a harvest festival that lasts for 8 days. It's supposed to be one of the most joyful holidays. People eat and sometimes sleep in their sukkah. We used to put up our own. It just ended up being too much of a hassle to put up. shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-84201151645461459212020-08-26T14:57:00.000-07:002020-08-26T14:57:13.193-07:006th of Elul I thought I'd be posting here more often than I have. Kind of sad. I have been posting what's been happening medically on Facebook. People seem to like that. Maybe I'll get back to posting here on a regular basis soon. I can't believe it's almost Rosh Hashanah (lit. Head of the Year) or our New Year. It's also the start of the High Holy Days. That lasts for 10 days and ends with Yom shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-59735322518561554592020-07-07T18:21:00.001-07:002020-07-07T18:21:16.331-07:00World Chocolate Day!I love chocolate! Great to have a day to celebrate it around the world. The most chocolatey thing I had lately was a mocha cookie crumble frappuccino yesterday. It was one of their new seasonal ones. Even the cookie part was chocolate based. It was like a shot of different types of it. Good stuff. I've been getting iced mochas when I go there through their drive-thrus for the past few months. shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-3215514102970860352020-06-25T19:39:00.000-07:002020-06-25T19:41:19.926-07:003rd of TammuzWanted to update this more than once a month...I'm getting better overall health-wise, so this might change. The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy. I had an orthopedist appointment. He said my arm is really healing well. I can try using it for as many as things as I can, carefully. I've been doing that without thinking at times. He said, since I haven't started physical therapy yet, it'sshadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-84693707353269922512020-05-27T16:03:00.000-07:002020-05-27T16:03:18.331-07:004th of Sivan It's been a while. However, I have a feeling I'll be able to blog more often now. My arm is doing a lot better. Haven't really used my computer since the last time I posted here. I can type normally now. It feels a little weird, but nice. I was thinking of vlogging, and I may still do that. Put out my first vlog about 2 weeks ago. Looked a bit awful because I could only get into my pj's at the shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-27177517592027182632020-04-05T14:40:00.001-07:002020-04-05T14:40:41.266-07:0011th of NisanA lot of things have happened since my last post. This is the first time I've probably been on my computer since at least March 10th. That's when I fell in the shower. My feet slipped, face-planted hard on the floor of the tub, slammed my right armpit hard over the edge of that tub (I think I was trying to break my fall), and bashed and bruised other areas. It took me a while to collect myself shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-8115485377246366922020-03-05T17:56:00.002-08:002020-03-05T17:56:44.819-08:009th of Adar
This is my wallpaper for March. It's Zoro from One Piece. One of the coolest characters in the series. Also, one of the strongest, despite not having eaten a Devil Fruit. Devil Fruits give people powers. For instance, Luffy, the captain of the Straw Hats and main character, ate a fruit that turned his body into rubber. Brook ate one before he died that brought him back to life many years later shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-66755076471673351602020-02-28T15:58:00.001-08:002020-02-28T15:58:50.179-08:003rd of AdarYesterday, I enrolled all 4 of my books on Smashwords into their Read an Ebook Week site-wide promo. First time entering them into something like that. It goes from March 1st until the 7th. They encourage enrolling beforehand, so those books get a chance to be featured in a promo email to Smashwords customers, which goes out a few days before. A little more exposure that way. I decided to have shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-39266522610627891592020-02-21T15:54:00.000-08:002020-02-21T15:54:42.355-08:00National Cherry Pie Day!This holiday was yesterday. I love cherries, so putting them in a pie makes them even better! Haven't had it in a while, though. Finding a good cherry pie locally can be difficult. They tend to have what I call sugar or 'gel' packets. Basically large globs of sugar. Not the best. Sometimes those are good, but really shouldn't be there. They mess up pecan pie often, too. Either too few nuts, shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-10237846946738773162020-02-12T16:21:00.001-08:002020-02-12T16:21:56.929-08:0017th of ShevatI started Duolingo's Polish course on Monday. I decided on Polish, because it may have been another language my ancestors spoke. I didn't really know some of my mom's side came from there until I did the 23andMe DNA test a year or so ago. I say might have spoken, because they were Ashkenazi. They may have only spoke Yiddish in those areas, and/or were closed off. Or, they might have assimilated shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-69559171293588132462020-02-07T16:52:00.000-08:002020-02-07T16:52:21.189-08:0012th of Shevat
This is my wallpaper for February. It's Allen, the main character, from D.Gray-man. Kind of fits my mood for Valentine's Day. A lot of the month is set up around it, especially at places like grocery stores or in commercials. It promotes amatonormativity, which can hurt everyone, not just aromantic people. It's the assumption that everyone's striving for a romantic partner, it's central (most shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-3213204968421410092020-01-31T16:04:00.000-08:002020-01-31T16:04:06.815-08:00National Hot Chocolate Day!I love hot chocolate! It's a decadent treat when it's really cold and/or windy out. It's nice with mini marshmallows. Not long ago, I decided to add enough whipped cream on top of the marshmallows to fill it to the brim. It was amazing! The whipped cream and marshmallows cooled it down enough to drink it as soon as I wanted to. Not much of a wait. I tend to wait until things are at or close to shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-28432889989684723992020-01-24T18:19:00.001-08:002020-01-24T18:19:09.699-08:0027th of Tevet For Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course, I finished all levels of the Colours unit, and started the 2nd level of the Home one. This is the last unit before the 2nd checkpoint. There are only 2 more sections. Ended up at 9th place in the Obsidian League today. Hopefully, I can stay in the top ten by Sunday.
Yesterday, I updated the description for Alliance's facebook page, made a post about shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-56676963976537565332020-01-22T17:32:00.001-08:002020-01-22T18:15:02.184-08:0025th of TevetToday, for Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course, I finished the last level (there are 5) of the Food 2 unit, and am up to the 3rd level of the Colours one. Made it to 5th place in the Obsidian League. With making it to 3rd place yesterday, it was the highest I've gotten in that one. Maybe I'll stay in the top ten by the end of the week. I think Diamond League is next, and it's the highest one. For shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-7706053154715428282020-01-10T18:00:00.000-08:002020-01-10T18:00:06.737-08:0013th of TevetI've leveled out all the units up to the 1st checkpoint of Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course. Leveled out meaning all of those have 5 crowns, or have gone through all 5 levels of each unit. Started the 2nd level of Phrases 2. There are less units in this section. So, it feels like it's going by quickly. I'm currently at 16th place in the Obsidian League. I doubt I'll make it to the top 10 by the shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-35749940899217962762020-01-07T16:30:00.000-08:002020-01-07T16:30:04.982-08:0010th of TevetFor Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course, today I leveled out of the Pets unit and started the 2nd level of Weather. Again, there are 5 levels or 'crowns' to each unit. Weather is the last unit before the first checkpoint. So, I'm cruising through it all again, despite now clearing all the levels each time. I think it might end up being 2 months in total with the language. I try to shoot for 3 shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-68249916174581171022020-01-02T20:32:00.002-08:002020-01-02T20:32:39.190-08:00Happy New Year!Hopefully, this year will be amazing! The 2010s were rocky for me, to say the least. Some really amazing moments, and some of the worst. Being sick at the end of 2019, just goes along with how that year was. I plan to post more often on here, again. I might get into vlogging on youtube. I've been meaning to try it out, but haven't gotten the guts to do it yet. I have a webcam built into my new (Ishadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-9940965112753837262019-12-20T18:07:00.001-08:002019-12-20T18:07:48.697-08:0022nd of KislevToday in Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course, I finished the Days and Family 2 units. Got through a little of the Sport one. I'm 2 units away from the next checkpoint. There's apparently one section left, unless it expands suddenly after the 4th checkpoint. I'm at 8th place on the Amethyst League. Should be interesting where I end up at the end of the week again.
I've been gathering more shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-31496578852872260622019-12-16T17:34:00.001-08:002019-12-16T17:34:22.294-08:00International Tea Day!I love tea! There are so many different kinds out there. I mostly only drink water or tea. More tea than water, at that. Just got some more tea: Bengal Spice, Salted Caramel, and Gingerbread. The 1st one's technically herbal, with no actual tea leaves. It tastes a lot like chai, only more of certain spices. One of my faves. I also like different types of actual chai. The other 2 are seasonal shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-76145984064377995242019-12-13T19:03:00.001-08:002019-12-13T19:03:30.545-08:0015th of KislevToday, I finished the About Me and Phrases 3 units, and started the Body one in Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course. I'm starting to get the hang of how they say things. A lot of the words aren't pronounced the way they appear. Some letters turn silent, some turn into ph/f or v sounds, de sometimes is pronounced as je (or something similar), e can sometimes be like ye, and it seems some words add ashadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-3039017719243272522019-12-09T14:39:00.001-08:002019-12-09T14:39:51.273-08:0011th of KislevBy the end of the week, I made it to 2nd place of the Ruby League on Duolingo. First time I've done that. I was promoted to the Emerald League, and rewarded 30 lingots. You get 2 lingots for every unit completed, so that's quite a bit. I got up to 1st place today. Doubt I'll stay at that. Went through the Numbers unit and some of the Family one. I managed to do it on Saturday and Sunday, too. shadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413226803869607637.post-90663133408127551842019-12-06T15:50:00.001-08:002019-12-06T15:50:24.832-08:008th of Kislev Finished the Clothes and Pets units of Duolingo's Scottish Gaelic course. I'm really breezing through. I think if it really is a short course, I'll go back through everything and try to completely level out each unit. Each one has 5 levels or 'crowns'. With each crown, it's supposed to get harder, but I tend to get tired of that by the 3rd one. Once I get the basics like alphabet and such down, Ishadow22cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13454399335506947012noreply@blogger.com0