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cupcake_gothWe hung out with friends for a low key NYE, which is exactly what we wanted. There was takeout Indian food; over the past few years, both the Stroppy One and I have developed a sensitivity to something in Indian food, but this was from a pace we hadn’t tried before. It was delicious, and for the rest of the evening I felt fine!
The awfulness apparently decided to wait until I was trying to fall asleep. Even tho’ I took Benadryl, Pepcid, and some Tylenol, I ended up with ferocious acid reflux; not only did it keep me awake until almost 5am, but it was bad enough that I now have a phlegm-filled cough, and it brought back all the horrible symptoms I endured from the Covid vaccine. This isn’t how I wanted to start my new year
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Speaking of the new year, I decided to state some resolutions!
- Do more witchcraft. Even if on some days it’s only lighting some candles with focused intent. That still counts. I nd to wrap myself in my own power and comfort.
- This is the big one: I’m going to try to not buy new clothes during 2025. I’ll buy fabric for dresses if it’s truly amazing, and things like bras, knickers, tights, and socks are exempt from the no-buy. I’m curious if I can stick to this, as I’m a magpie who likes hitting the shiny “add to cart” and getting packages in the mail. Buuuuuuuuutttt I will confess that I have an overwhelming amount of clothes. Thanks to the Madwoman in the Attic, I have enough dresses that I could wear a different one every day for more than a month. So! No clothes buying! Okay, except for this dress, which I plan on buying with the money I save by not buying anything else.
Привет! LiveJournal imports may be slow
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dw_maintenanceПривет and welcome to our new Russian friends from LiveJournal! We are happy to offer you a new home. We will not require identification for you to post or comment. We also do not cooperate with Russian government requests for any information about your account unless they go through a United States court first. (And it hasn't happened in 16 years!)
Importing your journal from ЖЖ may be slow. There are a lot of you, with many posts and comments, and we have to limit how fast we download your information from ЖЖ so they don't block us. Please be patient! We have been watching and fixing errors, and we will go back to doing that after the holiday is over.
I am very sorry that we can't translate the site into Russian or offer support in Russian. We are a much, much smaller company than LiveJournal is, and my high school Russian classes were a very long time ago :) But at least we aren't owned by Sberbank!
С Новым Годом, and welcome home!
EDIT: Большое спасибо всем за помощь друг другу в комментариях! Я ценю каждого, кто предоставляет нашим новым соседям информацию, понятную им без необходимости искать её в Google. :) И спасибо вам за терпение к моему русскому переводу с помощью Google Translate! Прошло уже много-много лет со школьных времен!
Thank you also to everyone who's been giving our new neighbors a warm welcome. I love you all ❤️
Whining
Dec. 31st, 2025 02:32 pmcupcake_gothI don’t know if it’s menopause, weight loss, or meds, but I’m losing a lot of hair. I’ve been shedding more for a few years, but over the past few months, any time I run my hands through my hair, I come away with A LOT of strands. It doesn’t matter if I’ve already brushed my hair, which makes me shed enough that if I lightly roll it together, it would fill half a prescription bottle, I’ll have 10-15 strands wrapped around my fingers. If I have my hair in a ponytail, I can gently tug on the end and come away with the same amount of hair.
I’m freaked out and angry about this. Really freaked out, to be honest. I have an appointment with a menopause specialist at the end of January, and you can bet this is something I’m going to discuss with her.
Theres a part of me that wants to shave everything off except my bangs. The main reasons I don’t right now are 1) I’m not sure if it would look good, and 2) I’m pretty sure that the Stroppy One would lose his entire mind. Yes, my body my choice, but the two of us discuss if either wants to make a major change to their appearance.
Year End Meme: 2025
Dec. 31st, 2025 10:34 pmjo_lasalleI thought I would definitely be late with this this year, but what do you know, I've actually got a few hours before the New Year's festivities start, so, here we go with the Year End Meme tradition!
Year End Meme 2025
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Dec. 30th, 2025 03:32 pmcupcake_gothRemember that serious back spasm I had around three weeks ago? Things haven’t really gotten better. In fact, I’m having random shooting pain in my sides, hips, and down my thighs. So for once in my life I’m doing the sensible thing and have canceled my trip to Arizona for the week-long company kickoff. Airline travel + wrangling luggage + hotel bed is a perfect combo to cause even worse spasms, and I don’t want to run the risk of having to go to the hospital while I’m away.
I am, of course, feeling MASSIVE guilt about this. Even tho’ I know my new boss and team will support my doing this. This decision is also triggering my ever-present imposter syndrome about I don’t really know how to approach things for my new position and that all of this will lead to me being fired. Logically I know that’s not the case, but whoo the Brain Raccoons are loud
Medieval 'Cussing' in the Middle East
Dec. 30th, 2025 05:04 pmstarryeyedknight posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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Hello! I’ve got a rather niche one particularly for Arabic speakers/historians - my writing is set in the medieval crusading period, where European/Catholic individuals would often use expressions of annoyance/surprise/exasperation that are largely religious-based, such as ‘oh sweet Christ’, 'dear God', ‘Christ’s bones’, ‘Saint Jude’s eyes’ etc etc. (One can then make as crude as you like while focusing a lot around divine/saintly body parts!).
I also have a few Levantine Arab Christian characters with mixed Arab/European heritage and I'm wondering if the above sort of religious-based swearing might have been used also in the Levant (particularly if they've taken some verbal influence from their European father), or if would come across as jarring to use these more western-associated idioms in a Middle Eastern setting?
Also: I've done some research around Arabic idioms already, but it would also be great to hear of any Arabic phrases (either in Arabic or transliterated) of annoyance or surprise similar to 'oh Christ' or 'for God's sake' that might be used? (I know ‘ya Allah’ is one such phrase but I’m trying to diversify) Similarly, any other recommendations of non-religious exclamations (of the ‘damn, bugger, blast’ varieties) would be very helpful!
I also have a few Levantine Arab Christian characters with mixed Arab/European heritage and I'm wondering if the above sort of religious-based swearing might have been used also in the Levant (particularly if they've taken some verbal influence from their European father), or if would come across as jarring to use these more western-associated idioms in a Middle Eastern setting?
Also: I've done some research around Arabic idioms already, but it would also be great to hear of any Arabic phrases (either in Arabic or transliterated) of annoyance or surprise similar to 'oh Christ' or 'for God's sake' that might be used? (I know ‘ya Allah’ is one such phrase but I’m trying to diversify) Similarly, any other recommendations of non-religious exclamations (of the ‘damn, bugger, blast’ varieties) would be very helpful!
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Dec. 27th, 2025 05:45 pmcupcake_gothMy back is still randomly spasming, with a side of other muscle groups getting angry. I’ve been wearing lidocaine patches day and night, and occasionally breaking into the heavy meds at bedtime. Luckily I had an appointment with my doctor 5 days after the first round of spasms, and now have orders for three different MRIs of my back, a referral to a back specialist, and a prescription for REALLY heavy muscle relaxers. Heavy enough that I’m only going to take them at bedtime.
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I got my COVID vaccine today, which means I’m going to be miserable for the next few days. But not only was it time, vax schedule-wise, for me to get it, but I also wanted to make sure I’d had it before I head to Arizona for the giant company kickoff week at the beginning of January. Whee?
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Christmas was very low-key. We had already gotten and given each other presents, so there was nothing to unwrap. We spent the day having food with some local friends, and then binge watched the new episodes of Stranger Things. I have some suspicions about things that will happen in the finale; I hope they won’t happen, but there are some big narrative anvils dropping
(I’ve come to the conclusion that Eleven is my least favorite character; she’s a walking collection of superpowers needed for the story, but other than that, she’s not that interesting.)
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Now I will go make a sweet potato and ham gratin so there is easy food for the next few days while I’m miserable. My holiday time off is packed with excitement, yes.
IV saline without infusion pump; childhood fevers
Dec. 27th, 2025 06:49 pmmichelel72 posting in little_detailsI'm hoping these are straightforward questions, but I couldn't find a way to word the first to get any relevant results in web searches, and the second got weird on me.
The context is a civilian with extensive field-medic-style training providing off-the-books, in-home medical/supportive care to a preteen who is ill with a viral* fever-inducing illness. (* Viral seems easier; but bacterial is possible if necessary.) The setting is the modern-day (or at least vaguely post-2010) United States.
1. Is it feasible to administer intravenous (IV) saline without an infusion pump? (I've been assuming it is but want to double-check.)
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2. Is there a point at which a childhood (viral) fever is dangerous?
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The context is a civilian with extensive field-medic-style training providing off-the-books, in-home medical/supportive care to a preteen who is ill with a viral* fever-inducing illness. (* Viral seems easier; but bacterial is possible if necessary.) The setting is the modern-day (or at least vaguely post-2010) United States.
1. Is it feasible to administer intravenous (IV) saline without an infusion pump? (I've been assuming it is but want to double-check.)
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2. Is there a point at which a childhood (viral) fever is dangerous?
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Many thanks!
Horses at night
Dec. 20th, 2025 01:28 amigenlode posting in little_detailsIf my characters have made camp in a wood for the night while travelling on horseback, what will the horses be doing?
I was sort of picturing them standing dozing together under a tree somewhere nearby -- possibly tied, possibly hobbled, possibly just being a herd together -- but poking around on the Internet suggests that if not shut up in a stable horses are actually quite active by night. (Which messes with the story, as quite apart from anything else nobody is going to be able to hear anything while keeping watch if the horses are busy foraging around!)
I was sort of picturing them standing dozing together under a tree somewhere nearby -- possibly tied, possibly hobbled, possibly just being a herd together -- but poking around on the Internet suggests that if not shut up in a stable horses are actually quite active by night. (Which messes with the story, as quite apart from anything else nobody is going to be able to hear anything while keeping watch if the horses are busy foraging around!)