Alex Trebek

I get that he lived a long, good life,

but this hurt, and Cancer sucks.

Historic Win

 

My relief is beyond words.

Meeting J.J.

As I mentioned earlier this year, my newest nephew was born quite early. Thankfully, he is doing fine and thriving with his sisters in their new home in West Virginia. I am grateful that I was able to meet him before the big move.

I'm a proud Aunt.

What a sweet little dude.

He found the baby on camera. Ha! :-)

I sure love him. I'm relieved that all is well. It's going to be a long time before I can visit - I suspect a year or two. I don't have the health to travel at this time, anyway. I've never been on a plane, but will consider it. Once COVID is completely under control, it will be discussed.

The first of several catch-up posts (with pics)

After over a year hiatus, I joined NaNoWriMo for 2020! I still don't like what they did to the website, and others don't either. It appears that many register there, then move on to Discord for groups. I am not on Discord, but found a nice group on Facebook for sprinting. And yes, I am a rebel as usual. I will be revising my children's novel. I've thought about those kids a lot, so it's time to continue their story. It's one of the major things I want to complete before I keel over. The way things have been going health-wise, I feel like I better work on it.

I finally caught 23 and Me at 50% off, and jumped on the opportunity. I am interested in knowing what they think about my health risks and food sensitivities, considering how wrecked I am, so I am waiting for the kit to arrive. I will keep you posted, of course, on the results.

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The North Central Gulf Coast has been wrecked by hurricanes this year. I was affected by two of them: Sally and Zeta. Both did a fair amount of damage, although my apartment is fine with the exception of losing the fridge and freezer. I'm living out of an ice chest until management addresses it, which will hopefully (!) happen in the coming week.

Drying parts of the floor

The fridge compressor died, resulting in an impressive leak. I'm thankful I didn't experience actually flooding. It was a mistake to restock the fridge and freezer after Sally. Everything (except the bread below) had to be thrown out. I have lost an awful lot of food this storm season.

Bread dough is the only thing I saved from the freezer.

It's not exactly pretty, but it is yummy, so I'm documenting it.

I put a short video of my flooded area on Facebook (friends only). I've chosen not to sightsee or post damage images anymore. Some folks down here are going to need help, as they also did after Hurricane Sally. As always, the best ways to do that is through disaster and food relief orgs like Salvation Army, Red Cross, Direct Relief, and Feeding America. For my immediate area, Feeding America is probably the best option, but that is a matter of opinion. Of course, there is a lot of work to do and help needed all over the central coast. This hurricane season has been record-breaking, and an exhausting mess.

For those who have asked how to help me, my Venmo is "ugottafriend" and my PayPal is KBosarge. Thank you, but please never make any financial sacrifices for my benefit. A couple of friends have helped already, and I am surviving.

Halloween was a bust, but I went next door for this cute donut.

I will end this post here.

I'll continue catching up in a day or two.

Thanks for still being here.

Abandonment Sucks.

I've been through it more than once. And although I realize a blog is inanimate, I'm sorry I did it anyway. My reasons range from exhaustion to hurricanes to chronic illness to simply not knowing what to say anymore. I do have plenty to catch up on here, if I am to continue to talk about my life in such detail, but I wasn't sure for a while if I wanted to do that. I asked my friends on social media what they preferred to read on a blog, and they reminded me that I write as an outlet for my own benefit, and that I should keep doing so. In other words, write whatever I want, whenever I want. It's me, myself, and I up in here, just like my daily life at home. This happens to be my online home.

So I guess I'll blog on. It has been 12 years now since I started this one. I used to be on other sites, which are now either dead (shoutout to Yahoo Geocities and that sketchy site Diaryland!) or seemingly trudging through cement (LiveJournal anyone?) and I shut it all down. Blogger has been a solid choice in spite of having to kill the comment section due to spam and trolls. I don't like the new interface they've set up behind the scenes, and they are dangerously close to getting their butts cancelled, however, I will stay until I decide to finally drag myself kicking and screaming to WordPress. I think I'll take a free tutorial and give it a test drive sometime soon. At any rate, ugottafriend dot com is still the place to find me if you're not on Instagram, FakeBook, or the Tweeter hellsite.

(I insist I'm not fake on Facebook, but like most folks, I take issue with some of the happenings there.)

So, here I am, like something my non-existent cat dragged in, saying hi.

Hi. :-)