Luckily meds are kicking in. The super anxiety is rolling down to a low grade uneasiness and the throbbing head still throbs but no longer feeling like it will explode when I move it or make me vomit. Still probably going to be a while before I’m able to sleep and deal with the recovery
I have my med app set for 0500 so I get a reminder before leaving for work which is great. It also means I wake up to a chiding reminder at 0600 and 0700 on days off 😆
Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.
- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Functional political systems are *supposed to be* boring! It should be sewage specialists arguing over what size pipe is most efficient for the city layout! It should be debates over whether to put a mural or a frieze in the new park!
“Interesting politics” are when people start dying!
“Well, I suppose there’s no place like home,” she said.
“No,” said Granny Weatherwax, still looking thoughtful. “No. There’s a billion places like home. But only one of ’em’s where you live.”
- Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
At some point in the past few days it appears I hit 1k followers. The traditions of Bsky dictate I must submit to posters madness but I can’t decide on a topic. Why bananas are horrible? Why mirrors aren’t to be trusted? Why Robotech was a pivotal point of entertainment?
“The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord."
Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.”
- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story.
- Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
"we never used to have all these women in their 30s suddenly getting diagnosed with ADHD"
listen, I wouldn't have even noticed I have ADHD if I lived in an era where my doctor could ask if I want to lose 5lbs and then hand me enough amphetamines to see the face of God