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We will never run out of trees
So I appear to have a sinus infection, which I don't appreciate, and I don't appreciate the headache and tinnitus it's brought along, either, but today was summery-sunny and I got out of the house for the first time in three days and that was extremely nice. A couple of pictures below.
The lilac beyond the back deck is flowering properly now. The smell drifts in through the kitchen window, which I like much better than whichever of our neighbors occasionally smokes a really acrid weed. Smells of grilling and the bakery on the corner are also acceptable.
Strange figures can sometimes be seen from the other side of the window. The camera foregrounded the screen, but I like the cross-stitch effect.
I took a bunch of documentary photos of the work on the GLX—we were right about the earthworks built to move the rotary drill rig from the bridge out onto the right of way—but I really liked the glow of a greenhouse I had never noticed before on the far side of the tracks.
The plane trees were so beautifully sunlit on Sycamore Street.
It is my intention tonight to sleep more than two and a half hours in half-hour increments, because last night was nonsense. At least we had groceries delivered in the morning.
The lilac beyond the back deck is flowering properly now. The smell drifts in through the kitchen window, which I like much better than whichever of our neighbors occasionally smokes a really acrid weed. Smells of grilling and the bakery on the corner are also acceptable.
Strange figures can sometimes be seen from the other side of the window. The camera foregrounded the screen, but I like the cross-stitch effect.
I took a bunch of documentary photos of the work on the GLX—we were right about the earthworks built to move the rotary drill rig from the bridge out onto the right of way—but I really liked the glow of a greenhouse I had never noticed before on the far side of the tracks.
The plane trees were so beautifully sunlit on Sycamore Street.
It is my intention tonight to sleep more than two and a half hours in half-hour increments, because last night was nonsense. At least we had groceries delivered in the morning.
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You're welcome!
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That glowy greenhouse is particularly nice, you're right.
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Thank you!
That glowy greenhouse is particularly nice, you're right.
It really caught my eye! I'm not sure it's visible from the street, either, although I might try to trace it just to see.
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:(
< hugs >
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I just want my respiratory system to behave for, like, more than a week at a time, you know?
*hugs*
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Steel 186, Anaconda 74, American Can 138...
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This would be a better world for children if the parents had to eat the spinach.
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Thank you! I think it's stupid to have it right now at all!
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That lilac is VENERABLE.
Both your cats would make fine cross-stitch patterns. It is odd how people don't work so well in cross-stitch.
In an earlier comment I mentioned the show "Dispatches from Elsewhere," and said that your neighborhood pictures reminded me of some of the places the characters explore; you said you did not know the show at all but hoped they had good trees. Sadly, they mostly, now that I have reviewed the situation, do not. They have a dragon and some waterfalls, though not strictly in real life or real time. Also they did not stick their landing, but the rest of the show is still splendid.
P.
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Thank you! The crushing headache levels of the first part of this week have mercifully decreased with antibiotics, so now I'm working on being able to breathe through my nose again.
That lilac is VENERABLE.
It grows in the next-door yard and just sways over to our deck. We're the second floor! I really respect it.
Both your cats would make fine cross-stitch patterns. It is odd how people don't work so well in cross-stitch.
I quite like cross-stitch
They have a dragon and some waterfalls, though not strictly in real life or real time. Also they did not stick their landing, but the rest of the show is still splendid.
I am glad to hear about that. I shall do my best to find some local dragons.
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I think screened Spatch is great, but I had trouble imagining the related cross-stitch pattern, whereas Autolycus was already in one. An actual cross-stitcher probably wouldn't have had a problem.
I wish you success in your search for local dragons. It's good to have a quest.
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Oh, that makes sense. I don't do enough cross-stitch (I don't do any cross-stitch) to think in terms of plausible patterns.
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Lovely photo of the lilac and it reaches the 2nd floor deck? Wow! Venerable indeed.
I hope your sleep is much improved.
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Thank you, and sympathy. It always feels unnecessary and it feels especially unnecessary against a backdrop of plague. I hope your ears stop aching soon. A honeysuckle allergy just feels unfair.
Lovely photo of the lilac and it reaches the 2nd floor deck? Wow! Venerable indeed.
I have appreciated it since we moved in in the fall of 2016, but this spring, like the cherry blossoms and the other flowering trees of the neighborhood, I'm just finding it a lifeline. I foresee a lot of time spent reading on the deck this summer and it's nice to have good trees around.
I hope your sleep is much improved.
I actually slept last night! It was great! I am hoping it's not too optimistic to try to do it again tonight!
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I hope you feel better and get lots of sleep and have a lovely peaceful Shabbat.
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Of course. Thank you for checking first, but I do not consider you one of the people who barges into medical posts with unsolicited stupid advice. I am now on antibiotics, however, because the track record of my body clearing them without is very poor and has some produced some extremely bad results.
I hope you feel better and get lots of sleep and have a lovely peaceful Shabbat.
Thank you! I have slept some and am hoping to repeat it and tomorrow is chorus rehearsal over Zoom, which is really no such thing because of the time delays, but it does involve singing.
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The big, big caveat is that budesonide in this form is absurdly expensive without insurance, and I don't know what kind of prescription coverage you have. Every time I get my box of ampules I look at the label that says "Base price: $800. Your copay: $15" and hate this fucking country a little more. But if it is covered, it's absolutely worth trying. If not, see about getting the OTC spray version.
Saline sinus rinses are good regardless. A NeilMed sinus rinse thingo is the way to go, much better than a neti pot: you control the flow by squeezing the bottle, and you face down over a sink rather than tilting your head awkwardly to the side.
Singing is a goodness and so is sleep, and I'm glad you're getting both.
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That is quite manageable: I rinse with saline twice a day and have since 2004 (I used to mix it myself, but the NeilMed packets have really cut down on my salt budget; I also don't use a neti pot, although I don't use the proprietary thingo, either) and I may still have a package of budesonide ampules hanging around, since they were prescribed me during another infection a couple of years ago. The issue at the time was that I couldn't buffer the steroid enough not to feel like I was snorting nitric acid every time and we reverted eventually to fluticasone. My allergist wanted to change my medication regimen entirely this spring, but (a) I had horrific side effects to two new prescriptions in a row (b) a pandemic happened, so the project is at the moment on hold. If the budesonide is still viable, I'll take suggestions about the buffering.
Singing is a goodness and so is sleep, and I'm glad you're getting both.
Thank you.
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I'm impressed, in that sort of horrified way, that you get so many sinus infections despite the twice-daily rinsing habit.
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I'm not sure the spray version was even discussed with me, so it's certainly worth a shot! Thank you
I'm impressed, in that sort of horrified way, that you get so many sinus infections despite the twice-daily rinsing habit.
I believe it is
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I thought you should know that I got a prescription for budesonide to be used as a sinus rinse from the very reasonable ENT I spoke with this afternoon, unlike the much less reasonable GP I spoke with earlier in the afternoon who told me in the same sentence that she did not believe I had COVID-19 but because I was experiencing a respiratory issue should come in to the COVID-19 clinic in Somerville, which for many reasons including logic I did not want to do. I put it in eight ounces of water with a sinus packet and it did not feel like nitric acid. I don't know what made the difference, but I plan to continue with this course of action either until it improves the weird sharp jaw-and-earache that the ENT is presuming is a leftover drainage issue rather than lingering infection or until it becomes obvious that the weird sharp jaw-and-earache really does need another course of antibiotics or some other treatment. It doesn't seem to be hurting me, either way.
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