I got pissy today, and wrote this piece for the school newsletter. When I googled how much the fine was I stumbled across some stuff I didn’t know, so I thought it was worth a blog post. Dropping and fetching kids is a hassle in winter, but remember… don’t park in disabled spots even whenContinue reading “Do your legs stop working when it rains?”
Category Archives: Fully Sick
Things I should be doing right now
Most importantly, I should be writing my quota for the day: 1000 words. And gluing some stuff back together. And tidying the living room. And sorting three loads of washing; washing two loads including cleaning up an epic blood nose from last night (by TJ). And sorting out the ominously paper-filled sections of several “IContinue reading “Things I should be doing right now”
Guest Post: What doesn’t kill me. . .
Hello and welcome to Karen J Carlisle! Karen J Carlisle is a writer and illustrator of steampunk, Victorian mysteries and fantasy. She was short-listed in Australian Literature Review’s 2013 Murder/Mystery Short Story Competition. Her first novella, Doctor Jack & Other Tales, was published in 2015 and her short stories have featured in the 2016 AdelaideContinue reading “Guest Post: What doesn’t kill me. . .”
Christmas: Stress
NB: The Mary Sue pop culture site wrote a far better article on Christmas stress. Go read it here. I live in fear of Christmas from about October onwards. (I also start buying presents for my kids at that stage, which I like doing—so there’s that.) It’s particularly tricky for those who are at theContinue reading “Christmas: Stress”
The Banana Bread of Destiny
The only good thing about banana bread is that is uses up bananas.* Ingredients 1 and a half c buckwheat flour 1 c coconut sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp cinnamon 1 c mashed banana 1 egg 1/2 c yogurt 1/4 c grapeseed oil 1/3 c maple syrup 2 tspContinue reading “The Banana Bread of Destiny”
More More Pancakes
Ingredients 2 eggs 1 and 3/4c milk 1 tsp vanilla essence 2 c self-raising flour 1/3 c caster sugar Method In a bowl, sift self raising flour and mix in the caster sugar. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, milk, and vanilla essence. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix until there areContinue reading “More More Pancakes”
Amytriptyline
One of my meds is amytriptyline. I take it to prevent migraines. I’ve always had migraines with my period (not that I knew they were migraines until relatively recently) and when I was pregnant for the second time I had pregnancy migraines. It took a long time to get them diagnosed because they were mostlyContinue reading “Amytriptyline”
My new belly button
It’s been about ten weeks since my stomach operation, and although I’m not fully healed I was just given the go-ahead to swim (my favourite and most effective exercise) yesterday so I’m pretty much in the clear. Some thoughts: It really really hurt a lot. There were times when I wasn’t sure it was worthContinue reading “My new belly button”
Ah, l’Hospital!
For those who don’t follow me on facebook or twitter, I’m in hospital (again). Just as it looked like I was in the clear post-operatively speaking, I developed an infection. It so happens that the infection is right in a patch of my belly that’s currently completely numb. Which possibly explains why I’ve been inContinue reading “Ah, l’Hospital!”
My Belly Part 2 (NB medical grossness)
I woke to pain; the kind of pain I imagine I would feel if my abdomen was sliced open and pinned wide, like a butterfly. Of course the anaesthetist had done her job well and I was all sewn up and already settled into the ICU (most people go to a regular ward after anContinue reading “My Belly Part 2 (NB medical grossness)”
My Belly Part 1
I’m going to go ahead and talk about some gross medical stuff here, so feel free to skip this one if you’re at all squeamish. It’s 5am on Friday, so it’s just (barely) over a week since I had my abdominoplasty operation. I’ve carefully referred to it as an abdominoplasty rather than its much simplerContinue reading “My Belly Part 1”
Home is where the heart is. And also lungs
I’m home. I stayed an extra three days in hospital to do lung-strengthening stuff because apparently I was under-oxidised (very likely a contributing factor to me feeling exhausted and running largely on sugar for several years). But I’m home now, and pretty pleased about that. The operation went smoothly, and the incision site seems toContinue reading “Home is where the heart is. And also lungs”
My amazing stomach
So I’ll be having my operation this Thursday, and I’m told I’ll be so tired/sore that I won’t even be up to sitting in an armchair and writing on my laptop (or, as I call it, “Being Awake”) for three weeks. Chris is somewhat absent-minded, but I’ve asked him to post on my personal facebookContinue reading “My amazing stomach”
A stitch in mine
It’s November. I’m not counting the days until Christmas, but I am counting the days until I get to experience something far less common and more painful: An operation. Yay! (This is a long entry, with a sprinkling of swear words. Feel free to skip to the bottom where there’s a link to donate money.)Continue reading “A stitch in mine”
Parenting Review
This blog post came up in my facebook feed today, and I vaguely remembered it so I went back and had a read. It was written three years ago, when TJ was a tiny baby. It starts out, “I like to think about what I’m doing as a parent, and of course talk about it,Continue reading “Parenting Review”
Expectations
Our house is back to normal (well, it’s tidier than usual), and school is back on. I didn’t do nearly as much around the house as I thought I would last weekend, and I didn’t write as much as I thought I would either. Today’s writing was ridiculously slow too, which is driving me bonkers.Continue reading “Expectations”
Medical Money
It’s been an interesting year health-wise. Long story short, I have diabetes now (which is terrible, but also means I’m already on meds that are helping my overall health, yay) and I just discovered that my fifth attempt at getting stomach surgery through the public system has been refused. I will be getting the surgeryContinue reading “Medical Money”
Little Miss Helpful
For those who aren’t up to date on their classic picture books, “Little Miss Helpful” is about a person who’s always trying to help people and ultimately makes their lives much, much worse. One of her friends is sick and trying to rest, so she shows up to help. She wakes him up over andContinue reading “Little Miss Helpful”
Reality
Lately, when I see someone walking, I get panicky. Each step is so small, and it seems like they probably have a long way to walk. Maybe they’re shopping, maybe they’re walking along the side of the road. Either way, what they’re doing seems to me like an impossible task. The weight of that impossibleContinue reading “Reality”
Parental Fears and Failings and Fab bits
I like to think about what I’m doing as a parent, and of course talk about it, because that helps me to understand what matters to me and what I can just let slide. Some things I know I’m doing really well – Louisette’s diet is amazingly healthy a lot of the time (I can literallyContinue reading “Parental Fears and Failings and Fab bits”