July 25, 2026 – I took a lovely afternoon nap, and when I woke up, both girls were on the bed with me. FAMILY NAP TIME! I took this adorable photo of them staring at me. I like to imagine they are staring with love and not with, “We gonna get some treats now?”
July 26, 2026 – Revealing my new bookshelves! Lots of empty cubes right now that will definitely be filled with books in due time, but it was fun to play around with styling them differently. I also added some new bookish prints to the top.
July 27, 2026 – I’m obsessed with this girl. She loves jumping right next to me when I’m reading on the couch and meowing at me for pets.
July 28, 2026 – I had a very tough therapy session where we did a lot of EMDR, and it was nice to have a snoozing cat next to me to pet when I needed to soothe myself.
(Funny story, though. Since my EMDR is virtual, we do it using a website. On the page is a colored ball that moves back and forth across the screen for 20-30 seconds, which I’m tracking with my eyes. For 10 minutes of the EMDR session, Eloise was entranced by this ball, tracking it right along with me. Ha!)
July 29, 2026 – We had a big crowd for trivia on Wednesday night! And my older nephew was the only person in the whole crowd who knew the answer to a basketball question! I don’t quite remember the question, but the answer was Klay Thompson, which Jovy said without any hesitation. We got a shout-out from the host, even! (We still sucked by the end, but we did MUCH better than we usually do!)
July 30, 2026 – My first dose of Humira! The needle was very sharp (so sharp that when I removed the top, I accidentally stabbed the top of my finger and it drew blood immediately), and I was super concerned about making sure I gave myself the dose correctly, considering how expensive just one syringe is. All went well! I only have to do these every other week, and I’ll continue doing my weekly methotrexate injections in the meantime.
July 31, 2026 – A lovely massage to start the weekend! I still have to do the whole massage face-down because I have a buffalo hump thanks to being on steroids, and it makes lying on my back really uncomfortable. But after an hour of lying on my stomach, I’m always super dizzy when I sit up! It takes me a little while to get my bearings.
When was the last time you got a massage?
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