Tag: real life

  • The Woman in the Mirror: Assigned This Mountain

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    The Woman in the Mirror: Assigned This Mountain 🌼 Date: Sunday, January 25, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Empty. Drained to the studs. 🖤 Status: Day 4 of Granix. Zero strength. Zero fuel. 🤬 Outlook: Angry. Honest. Still standing. Today required strength I simply did not have.Even putting my recliner down took leg power that wasn’t there.…

  • Pajamas, Brunch, and the Good Kind of Tired

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    Pajamas, Brunch, and the Good Kind of Tired 🌼 Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low battery, full heart. 💔 Status: End of week two post-chemo tired — the real, heavy kind. 🌞 Outlook: Worth it. Today was a family day — the kind that doesn’t look flashy but settles into your bones in…

  • Fertigation, But Make It Personal

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    Fertigation, But Make It Personal 🌼 Date: Thursday, January 8, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Grateful, slightly stunned, and then immediately assaulted by dog poop. 💔 Status: Apparently people are reading this… and my blind puppy chose violence. 🌞 Outlook: Thankful for humans. Concerned about puppies. Still standing. Before I tell you about how my morning turned…

  • Powered by Jet Fuel and Spite

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    Powered by Jet Fuel and Spite 🌼 Date: Sunday, December 28, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Steroid-powered, mildly feral, unstoppable ❤️‍🩹 Status: Productive, bald, wig-curious, still breathing 💖 Outlook: Getting shit done now, fully expecting to crash later Today was Day 1 of steroids, which means my internal operating system rebooted without asking me and said, “We’re…

  • Not Walking This Alone

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    Not Walking This Alone 🌼 Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025 ⚡ Energy: 🔋 (officially depleted—in the best way) 💝 Status: Surrounded, supported, and freshly clipped 🥰 Outlook: Full heart, steady hope, ready for Monday Today was a very successful day—the kind that leaves you completely spent and deeply grateful. ✔ Labs done✔ Head shaving +…

  • Wig First

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    Wig First 🌼 Date: Friday, December 26, 2025 ⚡ Energy: 🔋🔋 (used wisely, with laughter breaks) 💞Status: Wigged, prepared, medically efficient 😏Outlook: Spicy, realistic, and seeing the damn light Today we made it to the wig shop—and let me tell you, it was an adventure. Aunt Dee and Marnie came with us, which immediately guaranteed…

  • Chemo Hooch and Other Christmas Wins

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    Chemo Hooch and Other Christmas Wins 🌼 Date: Thursday, December 25, 2025 ⚡ Energy: 🔋🔋🔋 (steady, managed, and fueled by apple spice) 💖 Status: Medicated, hydrated, hosting like a boss 😁 Outlook: Grateful, amused, and ready to recycle all the boxes Today brought a small but mighty breakthrough in the nausea department—and honestly, I feel…

  • Absolutely Counts

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    Absolutely Counts 🌼 Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 ⚡ Energy: 🔋🔋🔋 (surprisingly decent) 💔 Status: Balding with dignity, functioning, mildly festive 🌞 Outlook: Cautiously optimistic, armed with clippers and sass Today? Today was a pretty damn good day. First things first: nausea barely showed up. 🎉Like… barely RSVP’d. I’ll take that win and put it…

  • Today Was a Good Day

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    Today Was a Good Day 🌼 Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Better than expected 💔 Status: Alive (medicated, baking) 🌞 Outlook: Cautiously optimistic, clippers nearby Today was a good day. And I don’t say that lightly. I think — I hope — we finally found the right combination of meds to shut the…

  • I Got Dressed

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    I Got Dressed 🌼 Date: Monday, December 22, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Low, but showing up 💔 Status: Alive (bare nails, real clothes) 🌞 Outlook: Holding steady, with receipts Today, I got dressed. Not “clean pajamas” dressed.Not “leggings and a hoodie, let’s survive” dressed. I put on real clothes.I did my makeup.I looked in the mirror…