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This Space Intentionally Left Blank
TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. I’m staring at a blank page. With a blank mind. Knowing that it’s time to write. Time to express. Time to vent. And nothing’s coming. Just write. SOMETHING. The part that…
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How Was The Appointment?
TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. Doctor visit went fine. I was trying to speak in Dutch cause I didn’t want to have the English / Dutch talk again. The talk where I explain in Dutch that…
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Yes, I Finally Called The Doctor
TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. I have an appointment for tomorrow morning at 0830. But, also, I need to go pick up the prescription refill. One of the things, one of the PROBLEMS, with moving and…
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Yes, I Totally Forgot To Call The Doctor Today
You can only call to make appointments between eight and noon. And I missed. So I’ll call tomorrow. With C’s help. I hope. UGH.
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Yes, I’ll Call The Doctor Tomorrow
TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. The doorbell rang. It was a solicitor. Asking for funds for albino children in Zimbabwe. And when I pointed out how we didn’t have extra funds until the fall when our…
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All’s Quiet On The Home Front
On the weekends we don’t have daycare and there three Littles and so P and I don’t so much consider it down time as SURVIVAL. Like ya do. Therefore there won’t be any old restored posts or quality daily posts except something best called mediocre. Cause it is.
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What We’ve Learned So Far
As I’ve been rebuilding this site. In case you hadn’t noticed. I have. Cause of the hack. And this is what I’ve learned so far… Backups Aren’t Necessary UNTIL THEY ARE If I had been maintaining regular backups (which the hosting company is totally happy to do for just a few euros more per month),…
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I’m Obviously Stressed About Something
But I don’t know what it is. Helpful, aren’t I? Whenever I’m feeling stressed or anxious or depressed, there are signs. Lately I’ve been sitting on my ass doing NOTHING except watching television and / or eating. At night I chew my tongue so hard that the pain wakes me up. I also have nightmares.…
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Finally Some Good News
Something’s whack with the last version of the database on godaddy. All the site is wiped. I haven’t managed a shower yet. My teeth are wearing a sweater. And I might feel some regret over posting that picture of me with hairy armpits online. Everything is better with a catling on your lap. Also music…
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I Can Do This
Today I’m rebuilding groningenrain.nl for the second time. It was hacked. There were pharmaceutical ads all over the site. Sometimes replacing the entire site from the index out; sometimes only specific posts. Sometimes entire tags were replaced. It was ugly. I called godaddy, my hosting provider, and they said the damage was extensive and to…
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Your LEGO Order Has Been Shipped
In preparation for the Red Hat Summit this week and OpenStack Summit in a week, I put together a hardware demo to sit in the RDO booth. I know, I know – the title has LEGO in it and now I’m talking tech. Bait and switch, AMIRITE?!? I promise it’s relevant. So I put together…
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It’s Called Hope. I Haz It.
The phrase of the day seems to be ‘in the meantime’ cause i used it repeatedly for the May 2018 RDO Community Newsletter. Well, three times. I used it three times. Thankfully, I have an excellent editor. Okay, a persistent editor. Okay, a LUCKY editor. FINE. I’m the editor. And I’m super lucky that I…