30 Things to Do While I’m 30
2017-01-06
Some people do a “30 things to do before I turn 30” list, well, I’m a little late for that since I’ll be 30 in a month. When I was 15, I did make a goal to visit all of the continents before I was 30. I made it to 5 out of the 7 before my chronic illnesses prevented me from international travel. While I still dream of visiting the final two (Antartica and Africa), it won’t be anytime soon. Instead, I decided to make a list of 30 things to do while I’m 30. 1. Make a website about cavy genetics. ✓ 2. Hang portraits of my petsRead More →
Volunteer
2015-11-19
I’m now an official volunteer at the local humane society! I went through the training and did my first hours of volunteering cleaning cat cages and then spending time playing with the cats. This cat, Tinsel, insisted on patting me on the head the whole time I was cleaning pet rat cages (which is defienelty big enough for here and lets her move around better.) and the ones around her. She didn’t want to be petted, she wanted to pet me! This cat’s name is Mittens and I’m completely in love with her. She is a polydactyl (has extra toes), something I’ve always loved andRead More →
One Week of Work
2014-01-08
It has only been a week, but a week of work towards goals can be huge. So here is my progress toward my goals so far (I’m planning to do this monthly, but wanted to give a bit more description of what I’m doing for each one than I did in the first post. Learn to love myself. This isn’t something that I’ve found specific things I can do – yet. It isn’t something that I can ever say I’ve “achieved” necessarily either, it is more of a continuous process. But I’ve started! Take at least one online course to learn something new. I’ve signedRead More →
Goals for 2014
2014-01-01
Did you make any New Year’s Goals or Resolutions? I like the word goals better because it is something to work toward rather than saying I have to do it. That means if I mess up, I can just get right back up and start off again, rather than giving up because I broke my resolution. Here are my 14 goals for 2014. 1. Learn to love myself. 2. Take at least one online course to learn something new. 3. Train my dog in rally and earn a title. 4. Spend 10 minutes each day cleaning or organizing something. 5. Do art more often. 6.Read More →
The New and the Old
2011-12-29
This was posted a bit early so I could submit it to the Chronic Babe blog carnival, enjoy! It is almost that time of year again; the time of year where people are looking forward to the new year and reflecting on the old one. I have an even greater reason to do this. December 31, 2008 was the day my surgery on my left arm that caused the start of my CRPS. I was mostly drugged up and my arm was still numb from the regional anesthetic for that evening (I joke this is the only time I’ll ever be high on New Year’s), soRead More →