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    I Lied

    Where I was last week. The lake, the lake!

    You may remember my bravado from such posts as No Excuses, where I asserted with vigor that nothing was going to stop me now. I meant it when I said it, but in my amnesiac optimism I forgot that in the weeks before my Stelara injection [...]

    Bless me, Internet, for I have slugged

    Not my actual bed. You can tell that because I’m not in it.

    It has been one week since my last post. In that time I have laid around as if my very life depended upon my ability to hold the couch down with my ass. I walked my son to school exactly zero times, [...]

    Get Out of Jail Free

    I'll lie here for just a minute…

    OR, make an excuse and WIN A PRIZE.

    My comfort zone lies between eyes open and eyes closed.

    My real challenge these next five weeks is finding a way to live a real life like a Real Girl: somnumbulance, bloody stigmata, psoriatic arthritis, and all.

    Remember when I mentioned [...]

    Fail Blog

    What do Anemia and Vampires Have in Common?

    They both suck.

    Oh, and something about blood.

    I hate not being able to work out. Today I went to my Yoga-Thai Chi fusion class and after 25 minutes I had to roll up my mat in shame and creep away, exhausted.

    I am experiencing diet fail today, in [...]