It's been a hot minute since I last wrote...
Thank goodness we got through the holidays in one piece. I ended up going back to work the end of September but only a few days a week and, largely due to my stress levels with dealing with the disability people, I put myself on full time work mid-December. I have yet to be paid for November and the first 2 weeks of December but it will get worked out one way or another. Luckily, it wasn't too awfully long before the worst of the pain in my right shoulder was behind me. It's been probably 3 weeks or more since I had a zinger so I feel pretty good about that. My ROM is still shit on that side but suddenly I have almost full ROM on my left side. Still some achiness but who cares! I can reach stuff!
So... holidays...
The only negative was the awkward visit to Alabama to visit Shaun's family. It wasn't too horrible and thankfully it was short, but we made the excuse to take our day bed there to set up for his niece since she's nearly a teenager and still using a toddler bed. We had to pretty much use emotional blackmail on the sister to get her to allow us into her house to set up the bed because we didn't trust that she would ever do it. It gave her motivation to clean her house, which reeked of animal feces and urine. She got new sheets and blankets and later we all went out and she picked out her own pillow. I'm glad we were able to give her something of her own. The only tense moments were when the poor child's mother just would never stop picking on her. She's always been that way. It's sad.
Moving on...
One of my oldest and dearest friends came to visit. She was in town for a few days to run a marathon and spend some time with me. It was so great. We hung out with my bff and her honey, looked at light displays and went on a really cool Chinese lantern parade march. I did the second half topless! I even walked back to the car topless. It was amazing and empowering! I could tell people were trying to figure out if I was wearing a bikini or decal or what was going on. Haha! There was a drone there too. I looked around for some footage from it but never could find it. The march was incredible. There must have been a thousand people there with all different kinds of lanterns all lit up and bobbing around. The marching band played darker music which is right up my alley. It was one of those rare treats you get living near Austin that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the bible belt.
We spent a quite New Year's Eve together, which is how we like things now. Low key. No drama. Our relationship is peaceful and loving and so is our home. Last year sucked a giant bag of dirty dicks but one great thing that came out of it is that we are stronger than ever in our relationship. It's amazing really and something I never thought I'd have. I'm humbled by the amount of devotion and effort Shaun put forth last year to make sure I was safe and felt loved. Everyone should be able to experience that kind of love in their lives but probably most won't. I consider myself very lucky.
There are lots of big things I see happening this year but one thing that has changed about me is I don't really like to talk about what might be. I'd rather talk about it when it IS.
Until next time...
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