What I'm Reading This Week #9

Hey all.  I hope everyone had a good week.  

Sorry I was absent this week.  I feel like just re-read last weeks stuff regarding the bathroom but apply it to painting the door and the medicine cabinet door fighting us and the work front, the horror continues and you've got the posts I would've posted this week.  

I've never identified with a meme more in my life:

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I can't believe February is over in some ways but in others it feels way longer than January because of everything going on, the constant panic, the constant having to reevaluate everything and every move you make.  The residual financial trauma that comes up from childhood days of "gee, will Dad be an asshole and decide to not send child support this week?" Is kicked up hard, the endless budgets of working and re-working every expense like my mom did was basically my life this week so the Mr wouldn't have to think about it.  Working out how we can take a little time off after having cancelled our trip this year because we are mentally f**king TAPPED and need a few days away.  So I worked out something that won't cripple us monetarily but get us the hell out of here in a few months because this year is running second to the year I lost Mom and we're only beginning month three.  I'm tired of feeling like I'm going to puke all day, every day.  Sleep isn't really restful because even if I happen to get 5-6 hours, I wake up with lock jaw and/or sore teeth.  

For an extra spike of cortisol yesterday morning, the estrogen cream that I got filled 2 years ago and needed a refill on went up by 10X the price.  TEN.  Let's see...keep cancer at bay or pay $100 for no apparent reason which sent me into a 20 minute tailspin.  Thank God after talking with the pharmacy tech, she was able to run it through their savings system which is a few dollars better than GoodRx and got me down to just under $26.  My therapist got hacked by another country which I won't name but it wasn't until I'd already given my password to log into her system and thankfully got the prompt to 'save password' and saw the .com was dot something else that I immediately asked the Mr and said I should change my password.  He agreed.  I contacted her and she said yes she was hacked and had secured it now.  Oh, I guess I should catch you up...I can't do therapy anymore.  I blew through the money from my MIL from Christmas in 3 sessions so I had to cut her loose in January because she was going to be $150 per session.  Nope.  I sent her a few books that I could get for $15 (the previous cost of the session)  and she agreed with both.  Do you think I've had time to crack either one open after this shitshow despite saying "I'm going to take the hour I would've spent in therapy once a week to read a chapter?"  Nope.  The only thing I'm consistent on is my inconsistency.    So now you see why I didn't bother posting this week.  It's not fun over here.  Not an uplifting place to be and I don't know how to share any of it without people being like "unfollow."  

Yeah.

Let's get to:

I'm a Coach and These 11 Walking Tricks Actually Burn More Fat  (Good to know and I think we time ours pretty close to this.)

Eat the peel: Why you might be throwing away the best bit of your fruit  (Interesting concept)

Can Cleaning the House Count as Daily Exercise? We Asked the Experts  (I need to remember to set my watch if, err, when I do big cleanings.)

What Is A 'SIT' Workout?  (Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with sitting.)

Are Your To-Do Lists Torturing You?  (Yes )

Why Women in Pain Are Still Begging Doctors to Listen  (Doctors no longer care.  They don't, especially about women.  Why?  Money.  (Just like everything else on this effing planet.)  They may have gotten into it for the right reasons but corporate greed with time limits on how long they can spend with a patient and the amount of paperwork per patient is longer than our appointments.  I clearly have no opinion on this subject.)

Social Media’s 10 Worst Pieces of Mental Health Advice  (It has normalized some serious consequential actions for people.)

Radon: Unseen Risk  (I can't stress this enough TEST YOUR HOME!!!  It's cheap!  It can be in an old home, newer home, apartment, townhome.  Radon doesn't discriminate and is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer.  We bought this to monitor our levels.)

This Coastal Destination Is Called the 'Cape Cod of the Midwest' — With Charming Small Towns and Beautiful Views  (Gorgeous!)

A new Android feature is scanning your photos for 'sensitive content' - how to stop it  (Oh HELL NO!!  Uninstalled and don't worry it's coming to the other system as well.  Uninstall it if you don't want AI thumbing through your personal pics!)

When I Was 9, Lara Flynn Boyle Was My Father’s Sweetheart—and My Best Friend  (A really interesting perspective and so heartbreaking for her.)

If I have to spend one more weekend on this stupid ass bathroom, I'm going to lose it but not like we can just drive around with no destination or get crap out to eat without going into a cold sweat over money wasted doing so.  I guess at this point the plan is nothing and whatever happens happens.

Edit:  Right on schedule the water alarm for the HVAC went off at 11pm last night.  

FML  🤬

Tell me you have something fun planned for the weekend.

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