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I woke up yesterday with what was the worst migraine I’ve ever had.  because while the one that sent me to the hospital a few weeks ago had tiny blips of unconsciousness, when I woke up, the pain level was a 10. (And I had extreme dizziness and shaking.) The hoarded Tylenol with codeine knocked the pain down to around an 8, and things were about a 6 when I went to bed. 

I don’t have a migraine today, but I do have the migraine hangover, wheee.

So on Monday I’m going to call the migraine specialist and get an appointment, then call the imaging office and get my appointment for a brain scan. I generally don’t feel apprehensive about calling for medical appointments, but I’ll admit that I feel a little nervous about making those calls.

I love science! LOVE! But wow, I wish the COVID vaccine didn’t completely flatten me. 

we got our vaccines on Friday evening, and by the time we went to bed I was feeling it. Yesterday was spent on the couch, taking muscle relaxers and Tylenol with codeine approximately every four hours, and even those only knocked my pain down to about a seven. I feel better today, but still not capable of doing anything other than sitting on the couch. I am going to see if I can manage doing some work on the beaded blood spatter project, because you know me, I’m incapable of resting and doing nothing.

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While blearily flopped on the couch yesterday, I thought more about my outfit for the 10/24 MCR show. Yes, the burgundy velvet military jacket with silver buttons, but I’m reconsidering the idea of chains of keys draped across my chest from button to button, because I flail A LOT at MCR shows, and I’d almost certainly get tangled in them. And then I remembered that I have multiple decorative “medals” that I’ve bought over the years from Torc and Arrow (that would be my girl Leanna Renee Heiber, go read her books), and those are much more appropriate to the military uniform aesthetic of the The Black Parade. (I also have a giant black and clear rhinestone cross brooch, but I’ve been leery of wearing it for a while now because it looks like an iron cross).

Anyhoodle, now that I’ve figured out the ornamentation for the military jacket: do I want to wear all burgundy, or do I want to wear my ruffled pink and black striped blouse and matching skirt? Something to ponder while I’m flopping on the couch today.