Fun and Frolic With Long-Term Love

I haven’t really been around much either. I just pop in once and a while and read some threads.

Congrats on the business. You are seriously talented.

I feel you on the growing lumps in multiple places. So far I have had a cancerous polyp in my duodenum and multiple in my colon. A hamartoma the size of a grape in my right breast. I have a 1.4 cm tumor on my left kidney probable for renal cell carcinoma which will get removed with ablation here soon. (I have an appt with interventional radiology next week.) My doctor felt something on my ovary that might be a cyst yesterday during my yearly gyno exam so I have to have an ultrasound next month along with an upper and lower endoscopy. I don’t even worry about it anymore.
 
Sorry to hear about your health issues. It's so frustrating when things come and go like that.

Those head pieces are gorgeous, and I absolutely love your outfits!
 
Thanks for the comments y’all. ❤️

Yesterday I started having MASSIVE amounts of pain in my left hip. It’s like nerve pain, whenever I move. I’m not sure what I did but omg, it’s absolutely awful. I keep stretching, hoping it will stop. If I stay absolutely still, it disappears but that’s not exactly how I live my life!

One of my 3D printers is down and my business is gonna suffer big time. I asked people to buy items and yesterday I think I made enough to get a new one. WooCommerce hangs on to my money for two business days but it looks like there will be an end in sight to the slowdown soon now though! Today I will be shipping out a bunch!
 
Surprisingly, my brother’s baby mama paid me back for Christmas! I had spent $600 buying their kids gifts for the holidays when they reached out, saying they would pay me back at tax time. Well, she did and I am glad, because it allowed me to cover a medical bill that MisterMoonbeam got notice of this past weekend. I was irritated to have it gone so fast, but I am glad the money was available.

Today was one of the worst days I’ve had in ages. Not only was the pain from my hip pretty constant, but I had issues all day long with my business. I don’t even want to get into it because I want it to just be done, but I spent 45 minutes in a chat with tech support trying to get my shipping app to work. They didn’t figure out why but we finally figured out a work around, but my whole day ended up being a mess because my schedule was then wonky playing catch up.

Once I got off-kilter, it was hard to come back. This is aggravating because I am in general an overly positive person and I just cannot say that was the way of things today. Ugh. I did manage to accomplish a few things, but nothing like I had planned.

TheEngineer came over tonight and had dinner with everyone, and then we played Zombicide. We beat the scenario fairly quick, and then he and I went downstairs where I spent time cleaning the studio. I organized a bit of my supplies, and he put up a shelf for me. I also had him cut a bunch of elastic to size so I have it ready to include in shipping.

Tomorrow I will need to take a trip to Michael’s and get some red ranunculus, and probably a bunch of cheap wildflowers for bud crowns. I made enough money this past weekend to buy a new 3D printer but I think I will have to wait a bit for the money to credit my account still. One more day, probably!

Anyway, I have two dragon horn headbands I need to create so they can ship out on Wednesday - both have already been paid for so they need to get done! I have two other headpieces I want to focus on and finish, because those will bring me money! I started a piece tonight that also is cash in my pocket, if I can finish it tomorrow.

If this pain is still present in the morning, I will send a message to the doctor.
 
In the morning I finished cleaning and organizing in my studio and finally filmed a “State of the Studio” reel. I do one of these every month. This one is super late, but I needed to get the lighting updated in the studio expansion area. I love how bright everything is now!

TheEngineer took me to the post office so I could mail out two more orders, and then we went to Walmart. They sell some specific white bins there that I use for organizing 3D prints! I bought 8 or 9 more - and yeah, I needed them.

We then went to lunch at WingStop, followed by a trip to Michael’s for the ranunculus I needed and a ton of flowers that I probably didn’t. 😂 Then I went to the doctor. My hip hadn’t improved. He said it seemed to be a muscle sprain and he gave me two prescriptions, telling me to sleep on my back with my legs up, and to take it easy. No more climbing ladders for a while, I guess!

I came back home and watched episode 3 of season 1 of Dark. I’ve seen this show already and loved it lots, but TheEngineer never has so we are watching it together! Then he went home and I finished a mushroom headpiece custom. The customer paid for it immediately, so that was nice. MisterMoonbeam came home and we went to Yummy Bowl for dinner. Afterwards he called his mom (his dad is having a procedure in a couple of days) and then we watched the second episode of the documentary about America’s Next Top Model.

Now I am under my electric blanket, snuggled up to DarkKnight. I have a sleeping pill that the doctor prescribed to me to start helping with my insomnia, but I feel kind of scared to take it. I’m exhausted tonight so maybe I don’t need it! I guess we will see.
 
I didn’t end up taking the sleeping pill last night as I crashed on my own. DarkKnight brought me strawberries and yogurt, plus my protein shake, for breakfast this morning. I’m about to take a shower and then get the headpiece I made yesterday boxed up and into the mail. They paid already and it’ll be good to have that done.

DarkKnight & I are going to have our 20 year anniversary next month and I have no idea what we are gonna do! For ten years, we took a train down to Atlanta and went to the largest aquarium in the US to hold penguins. We got our own private sleeper car and it was a lot of fun. My business has us broke but maybe we could swing a cheaper trip. We will talk about it more tomorrow night.
 
OMG I was chosen as one of six finalists for a $2,000 small business creative grant! I find out next week if I won. It feels so incredibly validating! I didn’t know I needed to feel this way. 🥰 The application was long and involved but it was worth it.

Here are a couple of headpieces I made yesterday that already have homes!

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MisterMoonbeam and I went to Ren at the Den again tonight, as patrons.


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Our new 3D printer arrived and MisterMoonbeam is working on getting it put together and moving. Today I have four different friends coming over to help with my business, organizing, putting stickers on bags and making bud crowns. I’m looking forward to the fun!
 
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I had a stroke on Saturday. The doctors say I should make a full recovery.
 
Oh no, BB! It must have been a mild one. I do wish you a full and speedy recovery.
 
it was “pretty impressive” to quote the neurologist - I was in the hospital for two days. DarkKnight saved my life by calling 911 fast enough. I got TNK early on and they think I will make a full recovery because of that. When I was evaluated in the ER i was a 10 on the scale - I couldn’t lift my arm or leg on the left side at all. I couldn’t talk without slurring. I almost got flown to Harrisburg for brain surgery but I ended up having no hemorrhaging. The clot buster drug was a miracle worker. I was a 1 when I was discharged today.
 
It was an ischemic stroke
 
I was home all day today but every little thing exhausts me.
 
I don’t think I’ve ever been this tired in all of my life.
 
According to my mri, the stoke was in the right caudate extending into the corona radiata. I have been sleeping like crazy, which I guess is to be expected. I have two appointments tomorrow and I will start physical therapy on Friday.

I found out yesterday that I won the $2000 creative small business grant.
 
Congratulations on the grant win! Clearly couldn't have come at a better time.
 
OMG 😱 Sending healing vibes.
 
I’ve been crying all night. I feel like the stroke changed me somehow. I can’t even think about it without crying. Today at my second doctor appointment I asked to see the MRI pictures. I wish I hadn’t. It looked like a brain but it was clear where the issue was - a gray spot as big as a quarter in the image. It wasn’t round though. It was like a smudge. Everything was mirrored on the image except for that smudge. It clearly doesn’t belong.

I can’t do anything at all without needing a nap. I’m falling behind with my business and I feel like a failure. I’m too exhausted to get up but laying in bed makes me just as tired. My gynocologist today put me on something to replace the estrogen that the neurologist took me off. I’m having hot flashes like crazy. The new drug needs pre authorization so I am waiting to see if it gets covered or not. It’s called Lynkuet.

For the stroke I am now on aspirin, atorvastatin and plavixx. This is just for a month. I guess there’s a high risk of a second stroke in the first 30 days. After the month is passed, I will be off of the plavixx and they’ll lower the aspirin dose.

I feel terrible. I’m too tired and I feel my mind is dumb. My left side is achy and isn’t responding fast enough. It’s really good though, I’m told. But I am just depressed and tired.
 
We finished watching Calamity tonight (YouTube) and I was sad to have it over. A really good production, if you like D&D!
 
I’m feeling boosted today because I had an idea for a headpiece. I have a 70 year old customer planning a goddess photo shoot and she requested a crown for that. I hate zip ties but I finally made her a headpiece this past weekend as requested. However I had the idea to 3d print some spikes to make them solid and stable. Our new printer had to be returned so my design idea was postponed but MisterMoonbeam got it finished last night. It looks phenomenal! The photos will be taken during the cherry blossom festival in DC, so the spikes look like the Washington monument.
 
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