My Crazy Life

Allergies or Covid?

My allergies have been acting up. Since I attended a conference with over 1000 people, some of whom reported the same symptoms as me and tested positive for Covid, I got tested.

I am vaccinated. I had my Moderna booster a few weeks ago. I hope it’ll keep me safe so that I can continue to enjoy activities like the writers conference. But I still got tested, because I know that there are breakthrough cases.

Let me tell you that sticking a Q-tip up my nose wasn’t my idea of fun. I did it, because the holidays are coming up and I didn’t want to take chances with other peoples health.

I did the test on Sunday about 11:10 am. My results came back around 2 am. And a drum roll please…. I don’t have Covid. The test was negative.

I am just having allergies to something in the air. It gets worse at night. I should have known that it was my seasonal stuff and I think I did… But I needed to make sure.

Have you had to take a Covid test yet?

Love, Peace and Light! Rita

Recovering

Despite my lack of sleep last night, I feel much better today. I can once again feel my toes & legs without pain. My upper body is still a bit sore.

It just takes time after I do something fun. No matter how much I rest before, I know that there will be downtime. Fortunately, except writing there’s nothing too pressing.

By the way the girls are getting along. I call Peaches the peacemaker. She doesn’t think anyone should be mean to her. She insists on lots of love.

Love, Peace and Light! Rita

Exhausted

The conference was awesome, full of energy and I am exhausted. But do you know what? I’d do it all over again. I may be sore, limping and bone-tired and I may be unable to get out of bed tomorrow, but I won’t regret doing this.

I have so many ideas filling my head and I believe that I will be able to publish something in the near future. My children’s book, Mikey’s Tail is my only work published so far. I haven’t been satisfied with the adult works yet.

Left to Right: Vicki Petterson, L.E. Harrison, me, and Ange Campisi. (The House of Ink)

I got to meet up with friends from The House of Ink, which made this experience better. The House of Ink was an investment in myself and has helped me hone my skills. This month marks our 3rd round of co-writing preceded by modules created by Vicki.

All these opportunities to meet with creative people who share their expertise. it’s worth it.

Love, Peace and Light! Rita

Busy and Loving it.

This week is the 20BooksVegas Conference. I am so excited to be at a conference again, I barely slept. Usually that would trigger my Meniere’s or Fibromyalgia, but I have been here all day and am okay.

Right now I am waiting for the next conference to begin. It’s been delayed slightly. I met friends from my writing group House of Ink that I only met online previously. It’s like we’ve known each other for awhile.

Right now (I almost wrote write.) I am waiting for my next session.

If you want to read Lisa’s book. I’ll let you all know when Ange and I publish.
Blackbird is an awesome story.

After the conference today, my hubby and I are going to the Vegas Golden Knights vs the Kraken.

Getting Back to Normal

Now that Blaze is back from her walk-about, I am getting a bit more sleep.

More sleep means less sore. I still feel a bit wonky. What do I mean when I say wonky? My head is full and things seem to move a bit most of the time. That is fairly normal for me,

The new kitten has made friends with Blaze. I knew she would. She even rescued her from the closet by letting me know Blaze was in their.

We love having Peaches because she is loving and sweet. Blaze is once again my yoga partner and writing muse.

Oh, I haven’t any news on my PET/CT scan. That same day I got my third covid booster shot and a flue shot. My arm was just a tad sore. I think, because I have it done on the arm that has arthritis.

I have been busy. Hubby’s birthday, VGK game with friends and co-writing with the House of Ink. Next week I will be attending a writer’s conference. Still trying to win NaNoWriMo, but not worried if I don’t hit 50,000 words.

Oh and tomorrow is Diva Drag Queen Bingo which raises money for charities. That is always fun.

Love, Peace and Light! Rita

Happy Halloween

PET SCAN

Thursday is my PET SCAN for the spot in my lower left lobe. I hope it’s just scar tissue from the times I had walking pneumonia. My doctor is being cautious because it’s slightly bigger than he would like.

The ER found it when I went in because a piece of meat was stuck in my hiatal hernia and I couldn’t get any liquid down. That was scary. I was afraid to sleep because I didn’t want to choke on my own spit. Fortunately between the morphine, the anti-nausea medication and time I was fine.

So, now we are making sure the spot isn’t cancerous. Eventually I need to get the hernia fixed, because I still have trouble with it.

After my PET SCAN, I scheduled my booster. It seems COVID is coming closer within my bubble and I will do whatever I need to so that I remain breathing. Not breathing is my biggest fear. Having asthma and having had pneumonia I know what it feels like and it’s not pleasant.

Tomorrow, I get my hair done. Then I will be joining in on a webinar on writing. To top it off I’ll be getting my hair colored and cut. Later that night is Diva Drag Queen Bingo with friends.

Hopefully, my cat is caught early tonight so I can finally sleep. Oh, did I mention Blaze has been coming to our garage to eat the food I put out for her. We have a trap set up. So far she’s not going in.

Love, Peace and Light! Rita

Uh Oh

I scared my poor girl when I tried to shut the garage door. Thanks to the motion sensors she didn’t get squished.

I hope I didn’t scare her away permanently. This was the first time all night that I woke when the camera alerted me. I slept through the rest. (I was that tired from being up all night the night before.)

I am missing her so much. I hoped this would work. I moved the food further into the garage in case she does come back. I think we’re going to need a trap.

Love, Peace and Light! Rita

Uh Oh

I scared my poor girl when I tried to shut the garage door. Thanks to the motion sensors she didn’t get squished.

I am missing her so much. I hoped this would work. I moved the food further into the garage in case she does come back. I think we’re going to need a trap.

Love, Peace and Light! Rita

Staying Up All Night

My girl, Blaze, has been missing. I am putting out food in my garage and someone had been eating it. So, we set up a camera. About 1 am we got a hit. It was Blaze, but she was gone when I went down. We got two more hits and my girl came back. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to catch her.

The downside of being awake all night is that I am extremely tired, fatigued, sore. I need my usual 4 hours of sleep to keep the fibromyalgia at bay.

Hopefully, we’ll catch the girl soon. I miss her so much.

Love, Peace and Light! Rita