Uncomfortably Numb

Hello and I wanted to stop by and just sort of ramble.

It has been a long time since I wanted to write. Or rather it is been a long time since I’ve tapped into that fuzzy space where my writing happens. A lot of it has to do with the continuous pain of being sliced open and stitched back up as well as the immersion blender I think they used up my guts. It’s odd how it comes in waves of brain-dead numbness to exhaustion just from cleaning out the cat boxes. I’ve had others tell me it took them a year which I can totally see but I had hoped that wouldn’t. But here I am at the six-month mark going, hurry up already.

I am not known for my patience with myself.

I do find the body interesting. And I also guess there is a lot to do with the aging process and bodily trauma that has been done before because certain things are very easy to do while simple things get harder.

So it’s been an interesting journey.

I don’t have a lot of exciting news to share mostly because I have been trying to rearrange my life. I am going to have to retire my old laptop here because it has reached a point of not being happy with this existence. It does make me kind of sad because I have had it for many a year and have dragged it across of several continents. But the technology has evolved and it is kind of heavy clocking in at almost 10 pounds. One of the things I hate about getting a new laptop is transferring everything over so I have not to look forward to.

Apparently one of the best things about moving is the preponderance of squirrels the cats can watch through the windows. Goji has already picked up a nemesis and she continuously battles it through the glass every morning. Or so she believes. I do not think the squirrel actually is aware it is in a battle but there is a lot of name-calling and chittering done in its direction.

Oh! I was successful in my battle to get the Firebird registered which was an exercise and a half in bureaucracy. I got everything with me like current registration, title, and insurance. Only to be told that I needed the prior year’s registration card as well. Or I would have to pay the purchase fee for the car which would be interesting considering I bought it in 1987ish . Honestly I was at the point of saying I don’t give a fuck about the purchase fee and just tell me how much it is me make the decision about paying for it and then I was told they could not figure that out until I had a sale slip. Not only do I not save my registration cards from prior years but I also do not save a sales receipt for a car I purchased decades ago, especially since I have the title in my hand.

When I contacted California to see how to get out of this dilemma there was a full on discussion of what the fucking hell and we don’t keep house registrations because they are current that is the only ones that matter but here is something you can print out that shows history. Of course it’s not official by any means because it doesn’t have the California state logo or anything other than this view of numbers that show the car’s registration history and any parking tickets assigned to the car as well as the succession of personalized license plates it’s. So I went in again with just that extra piece of paper because that’s all I had and everyone decided that no I didn’t need it and it ends up with what I had already was enough.

I don’t blame the people at DMV because they are just usually trying to make sense of the directions given to them by the Transportation Department of that state. They are caught up in those tangles just as much as everyone else. I do finally get registration and I have officially left California.

To be honest I don’t know how I feel about that and there are actually a lot of things that I need to process through so there is going to be some journey taken at this point in my life that I did not expect to encounter. It will be interesting to see where I go because I have not felt anchored in a long time and I need to get that done.

I’m not really too sure what that looks like but it’ll definitely be a journey.

And God I need to write because I have Luke’s book started and a plot all worked out. It’s sitting RIGHT there!

Brain. Extra Spicy.

Yes. I can see this.

Much credit and appreciate for this content creator for sharing this.

I think the worst part about this is that I (with my brain spiciness) puts a lot of faith into people telling me how they are my friends. Now I have to trust that because fucking hell, I can’t read emotions for shit. Everything is DANGER.

Sadly, it also means I don’t notice when people are actually shitty to me and toxic until they do something SO fucked up that I’m like… Hey, why do you keep setting my head on fire? That’s not nice.

The flip side of this? People also assume I might be doing something sneaky or manipulative to “get them”. I can tell you that if I do something petty, it’s pretty obvious. Hell, I don’t even do practical jokes much. 😀

The worst part about this whole spiced ham brain? When people who are supposed to love and protect you are more into hurting you, you are CONVINCED it must be something you’ve done wrong or if you could just explain it a different way then they’d understand.

No. They’re just being mean. And it hurts even more when you realize it.

There is no space in the “normal” world for people on the spectrum. We know this. I know this. It’s just a matter of us waking up every morning and deciding if we have the energy to fight ALL the battles or just some of them.

Molasses Internet

Well the weather has snapped cold… which is a lie in Florida because it’ll be summer again in a couple of days. Fall likes to play hide and go seek here. So does the internet. But eventually it all works out.

One of the most frustrating things in moving to a different state is doing all the adult things like get a new license and register your car in the state. I had all my paperwork from California and was ready to change Tengu over to Florida when the Florida DMV said; Wait, yes you have this year’s registration but we also need last year’s or you have to pay sales tax on your car… which we don’t know the value of so can you give us a bill of sale?

Um… no. Because that was back in 1989. And I don’t keep prior year’s registration cards. They don’t hold any special meaning to me. Who saves those? Well California DMV was nice and said; here you can print this out to show them that you’ve owned the car since Aquanet but really we’re kind of at a loss for words because … who keeps old registration papers?

Oh, and I have the title.

Everyone was very nice but it is just… perplexing.

So of course I got a Starbucks on the way home.

All of that being said… I’m going to hit up a Dunkin because they have ube macchiattos.

It’s the little things that make me happy.

Badger is NOT happy because I kicked him off the couch to swap out the foam inserts. The ones that came with it were rock hard and well, our bodies are all connected and the stress on my outer muscles was twisting severe pain into my core. The new foam is a bit squisher and not as high so there’s less tension on my knees too.

All of that tension now lives in Badger and he’s glaring at me from across the room.

I care not.

I might have to go find a Truck and Treat event to participate in since I need to throw candy at little kids and sadly, I am now in the boonies and that won’t happen. So I shall have to search that out.

What are all of your plans for Halloween? And what was your fave candy / treat to get when you went to terrorize the neighbours on Halloween?

Despite the Weather… I am not dead.

Just very busy.

New job. Finalizing the house stuff so I can finish moving in…

So I’ll have space to write!

When I’m not dodging hurricanes.

Seriously. WTF is with this shit? I’m supposed to be on the safe side of this cliff.

Crazy Busy… and now… A Hurricane

It’s been kind of nuts here because the house is still needing a bit of settling / building before I can move in and well, in the midst of it all, there’s a damned hurricane heading towards me. Don’t they know I have stuff to do?

I’m going to try to include stuff more like a newsletter…ish. I’m really needing to get into my space before I can write and well, again… hurricane but here’s some interesting stuff that rattled around my interest this week.

Because you KNOW I’m a crime geek.
10 Forensic Methods Pioneered by Sherlock Holmes

https://listverse.com/2024/09/24/10-forensic-methods-pioneered-by-sherlock-holmes/

I have always wanted to make wine just for the hell of it and here is Nonno Pasquale to teach us. I love this channel because Nonna and Nonno have been married for decades. They cook, they garden, and they argue. I adore them.

The Easy Way To Make Homemade Wine.. With Nonno Pasquale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zjYZIEfn4

It is time to feed the cats and well, Goji requires love and attention as well. The other two just want noms.

Seriously… Purple.

One of the biggest things that I have discovered through this entire onslaught is that my body and mind do not talk. And right now my brain is extremely pissed off because my body insists on using all of its energy to do silly things like heal up internal rearrangement and continue to heal what seems like an endless amount of surgical sites. My torso looks like I lost a fight with a paintball machine and the scar sites still itch and are painful at times.

And my brain is angry about that because there is shit I want to do in my body is unwilling to do those things.

Life still goes on and I am nearly at the point of being able to move into the new cottage. What I really need to do is purchase a couch because I did not bring my old couches with me. They were rather old and had seen better days so it did not make much sense to move them across country to fit into a space that might be too small for them.

All that being said what I really want to do is buy a purple or orange couch. I have no idea why I am overcome with this desire but apparently that is something that is a requirement. More than likely it is because it allows me to exert some kind of control over my life in a moment when I feel like life is happening to me rather than me guiding it.

I have a lot of those moments. And I am also mature and understand that there will be instances when my stubbornness and contrariness invoke an unwavering desire for something stupid.

So we shall see what kind of purple couch I am able to find. I do have several on my watchlist but mostly I’m looking for something that will be comfortable and I can clean Cat hair off of easily.

So if you have a desire, tell me about the one thing in your house you looked at and said that needs to come home with me. You know a cat or dog doesn’t count because who doesn’t want to fill their house with animals?

mmmmmm…. Mango Ice Cream

Okay, I love Hawai’i Pickle Lady and today she’s got a process for mango ice cream which I can also see being able to use other fruits (and even ube). I seriously want to try this.