My recent medical trauma has changed me in many ways. None of them are visible from the outside ,but they’re still there. Things such as the pandemic. I was a hermit during the first year-and-a-half due to the intense fear of COVID-19. Not that I went out much in the first place, but I scaled… Continue Reading
Many things have changed in the past three months, though not externally. You may not be able to see it with the naked eye, but I can definitely feel it. To put it bluntly, it’s my family. Before I ended up in the hospital, I had reached an uneasy truce with my parents. My mom… Continue Reading
It’s almost the end of 2021 and it has been a really wild year for me. Not just because of the ongoing pandemic/endemic (COVID), but because I spent two weeks in the hospital (non-COVID-related). I still don’t know how to bring that up, by the way. It’s not something to drop into casual conversation, but… Continue Reading
I’ve done several posts for my games of the year. I was ready to do one last award when I was reminded of another game that I played earlier this year. I really thought it was last year–or rather, I had completely forgotten it was this year. Because, you see, the first half of the… Continue Reading
Before I landed in the hospital, I was living a staid and probably boring to many people life. This was during the pandemic, which meant I was pretty much a shut-in. I went out once a month to the pharmacy to get my meds. I had been opening up a little bit because I was… Continue Reading
I was reading about the ramifications of a cardiac arrest and the ramifications of a stroke. I wrote a post about it, but didn’t really come to any conclusions other than I’m really lucky not to have to do months if not years of rehab (though I might have preferred that to dealing with the… Continue Reading
I was watching The Game Awards with Geoff Keighley last night and was keenly interested to see how Keighley would address the Blizzard Activision bullshit seeing as asshole Bobby Kotich is on–wait. He’s CEO Bobby Kotich and the president is Rob Kostich. Until this very moment, I thought they were the same person. Anyway, it’s… Continue Reading
I thought my parents leaving would make my life easier. And, to be clear, it has. I still have to interact with them ,however, and last night we Zoomed with my brother while they grind out their quarantine for two weeks in a hotel room. My brother was late because he had appointments all day… Continue Reading
I didn’t sleep well last night. Or rather, I didn’t sleep long. I slept hard, but only six hours. Then I couldn’t sleep any longer. Normally, I wouldn’t be surprised by that because that’s how much I used to sleep before going to the hospital. Since I got out of the hospital, however, I’ve been… Continue Reading
It’s been three days since my parents left. I can breathe freely, even though my mom is emailing me every day. Sometimes, more than once a day. That’s much more bearable than having them around, though. My shoulders are already less tense than before. Maybe 50% less tense. I didn’t realize how much tension I… Continue Reading