At the hospital they couldn't decide if it was horsefly or Lyme, so I'm being treated for Lyme.Skinny, they look like tick bites. Is that possible? Be careful, you really don't want Lyme disease.
At the hospital they couldn't decide if it was horsefly or Lyme, so I'm being treated for Lyme.Skinny, they look like tick bites. Is that possible? Be careful, you really don't want Lyme disease.
Yes, best be safe. Been there, done that.At the hospital they couldn't decide if it was horsefly or Lyme, so I'm being treated for Lyme.
I've had a dreadful reaction to the outside. Went for a walk in the woods, got bitten by something, had to go to hospital and now on high dose flucloxacillin and antihistamines. Funny thing is, since is happened, I've been really sensitive to pollen, and I never was before. This was my arm yesterday, before I went to hospital.
Oh dear. I can't see your arm on this device, but I take it it's not very pleasant. Let's hope the hayfever side effects are temporary. MInd you, many people are suffering for the first time this year.I've had a dreadful reaction to the outside. Went for a walk in the woods, got bitten by something, had to go to hospital and now on high dose flucloxacillin and antihistamines. Funny thing is, since is happened, I've been really sensitive to pollen, and I never was before. This was my arm yesterday, before I went to hospital.
I've had a dreadful reaction to the outside. Went for a walk in the woods, got bitten by something, had to go to hospital and now on high dose flucloxacillin and antihistamines. Funny thing is, since is happened, I've been really sensitive to pollen, and I never was before. This was my arm yesterday, before I went to hospital.
Have you given this more thought? Have you talked to Eddy about this? I guess he'd be up for moving to Austria, and since he's got the little Hitler moustache already, he'd fit in very well.
BTW, did you know that Austria hasn't only given psychoanalysis, Mozart, Falco, apfelstrudel and Helmut Lang to the world, but also some fabulous disco?
I have to learn to dance like this
oh my, that is
i did not know that Austrians were into disco! are those ladies Austrian?! they don't sound like they have Austrian accents, but if you say they are I believe you. by the way, don't you think Austrians have the best accents, the males anyway? so intellectual, so sexy, so largo.
well seeing as my name is robyn, I'm taking this as a sign from Austria, telling me to fly away from here!
also, I don't think it would really be so hard to learn to dance like that with a little practice. have you even been practicing?
I have given this more thought, yes. have toted up the pros and cons, enumerated the ways in which my life here becomes more intolerable by the day, collected the signs and omens from the universe--and everything points to my doing it. even eddy is in favour (eddy, you might be pleased to know, no longer has Nazi sympathies. gone is the hitler mustache and even the leather jackets of yesteryear. now he sits at home in the same old Christmas sweater. like me, he desperately needs a change). but now, oh, something has arisen to cloud the issue and weaken my will! it's not just the thought of leaving my warm comfy bed or not being able to get my eyelids fixed. no, it's so cringeworthy I almost dare not say it, but here it is: I have grown very fond of someone here, in a way that I have never been fond of anyone before. hes a total dolt though, and honestly, I feel a bit perverse about the whole thing, so I'm hoping that my fondness for him is just a manifestation of my love of perversity and deformed love bred into me as a result of watching Ingmar bergman movies and that once the novelty of it all wears off my fond feelings about him will cease entirely.
but also, theres another problem. I've realized that I'm going to have to give up all my coats. I mean one does not arrive in a foreign country with intentions of hitchhiking around with multiple suitcases in tow. I just want to be able to keep like... four. I could probably pare my collection down to four. but even that will be too many. I mean, most hitchhikers travel with nothing more than a backpack. even though I'm not a rich man, I now fully understand what jesus meant when he said "it's easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle" and so on. just the idea of unfettering myself of material ties has proven very difficult, and yet ultimately I think it would feel so great and freeing to be able to do so. *sigh* I just wish I had two lives to live, one to be as the lady of shalott amassing coats in my tower and concerned only with establishling some sort of continuity of feeling, the other to be completely free and unfettered like the wind. because then if I had two lives to live I could feel so much more committed to both of them, but with only one I'm feeling pulled apart, which makes me in the end lose the lust for either.
Could be a psychosomatic manifestation based on your #toxic posts telling people to "drink thin runny shit" or maybe just your general rage has created boils? Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I don't know. #ThoughtsAndPrayers
i think i'll go. it's not a wonderful feeling, this being fond of someone business. I feel it's an infringement on my sense of self and wholeness, which in the end can only be devastating on every level.Isn’t it wonderful how every now and then some dolt comes along and interferes with your plans? I wouldn't be sitting here in this rainy town on this rainy evening if it wasn't for an encounter exactly half a year ago.
Sometimes it’s even worth changing your plans for this person, but only if they would do the same for you …
Arch, I understand your dilemma, especially about the coats; on the other hand, you can find some good quality coats in Austria - and some good quality dolts. I'd say that's a huge pro. For every coat left behind there's a new one waiting for you somewhere. And also, how many fabulous Austrian disco songs involving robins are there? If that's not an omen ... you have to go! And yes, men with Austrian, especially Viennese accents are (oh, did I tell you about the Austrian artist I dated, the one who invited me to Mauthausen for a romantic weekend?)
In a nutshell - go!
Seriously though, I'm happy for you you've met someone you are fond of. It's a wonderful feeling.
Mesh as in... metal??? And if it's mesh, wouldn't the coffee come out through the holes? Or even just fail to get sucked up? I feel I'm missing something here.I've been thinking about straws lately. plastic straws, paper straws, mesh straws, straws that you clutch at until your hands are a bloody mess, dripping all into your coffee.... the reason being someone at work today showed me starbucks' new sippy cup lid, which apparently is meant to replace straws, part of the call to use less plastic. well good, I thought. who uses straws anyway?, I thought. well, apparently my coworker does because he suggested that paper straws would be a better alternative. at which point I thought to myself, or why not mesh straws for that matter? of course, with mesh straws you run the risk, as we all know, of clutching at them, the end result of which would be you would--somehow, I know not how--have a cup full of blood. of course this would be a good thing on those days when you just need to feel real, like, for instance, those days when your favourite pop star has died. will suggest it to starbucks.