We're coming to the end of October at the end of this week. It's time to dive into our monthly blog post, your favorite and mine, 3 Things I Loved in October (and 1 Thing I absolutely hated). October was a stressful month, but it made me stronger in the end. I realized I can do tarot readings and handle tough shit like my dad getting hospitalized (yes, he was hospitalized again) and having to be an assistant care taker.Without further a due, let's dive into the positives and the one thing I hated with a passion this month.
1. White People Tacos aka Taco Bell
Taco Bell has been a comfort food for me (and I know one of my friends is going to cringe at this). I am a white person, therefore I eat white people tacos. Except my tacos are a little different. They are on a soft shell with just meat and cheese...and ketchup. It's probably not a taco at all, but it's a taco to me. I can't stand lettuce. And I'm not a huge fan of sauces. Sometimes if there is absolutely no ketchup, I'll put Mild sauce on my taco. But that's very rare as I carry ketchup packets with me when I eat inside at Taco Bell lmao. I'm so weird, right? My ex Zach thought that was so cringe. But he would order me my tacos and watch me put ketchup on them 🤣 For goodness sake, don't take me to a Mexican restaraunt where ketchup is not available! 🤣I once tried eating at a local Mexican restaraunt with my niece for my 40th birthday. They served my soft shell tacos with refried beans. The refried beans smelled so bad to me and I wouldn't eat the tacos because the beans overpowered the taco smell LOL. I ended up paying for both, my niece and mine's dinner. My niece wanted to buy me dinner but I couldn't let her because I didn't eat none of my food. So I paid for both of our dinners. Please excuse me, I have the 'tism.
2. Taylor Swift's New Album, The Life of a Showgirl
I enjoyed Taylor's new album. I'm probably one of the few who did. I'm not an original Swiftie. I became a Swiftie when I heard "Wildest Dreams" and how it reminded me of my ex, Anthony. My favorite track on this album is "Cancelled!". I feel like I can relate to that song because I'm pretty sure I've been cancelled numerous times throughout my life. Where friends became enemies and people talk shit about me. I absolutely adore the chorus in the song:
Good thing I like my friends cancelled
I like 'em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal
Like my whiskey sour
And poison thorny flowers
Welcome to my underworld
Where it gets quite dark
At least you know exactly who your friends are
They're the ones with matching scars
My life since I turned 14 years old has been nothing but scandal LOL.
3. And lastly, I really loved my Rainbow Brite costume I bought at halloweencostumes.com!
There was also something macabre about having Twink as a purse. Like Zombie Brite killed her companion, Twink, and Rainbow Brite took Twink to a taxidermist and turned him into her purse 🤣Here's a picture of the Twink purse (and best thing was I got the purse on sale for $14.99, regular $19.99)
See? Doesn't that look macabre???
Twink says "yeah yeah yeah!"
But anyway. The costume was comfortable. I appreciate that it has short sleeves because I am a perimenopausal woman and I get hot easily. I also loved the gloves and legwarmers and bow it came with. The bow was a barette you clip on your ponytail. The leg warmers definitely keep your legs warm. The only thing I didn't like was the belt wasn't long enough for my body. The dress fit, but the belt it didn't fit. So my sister (thank God for her seriously!) did some work with making an extender for it. I probably should have gotten the costume in a 3x instead of s 2x. But the site said true to size. So I figured 2x would have been fine. And it was for the dress. I thought the dress fit like a glove and I didn't look pregnant, unlike some Halloween costumes I've had in the past. This was my first Halloween costume I purchased since 2008. I would totally do it again!
And now, the one thing I absolutely hated about this month...you can probably guess...
My Dad Being in the Hospital...
So my dad's legs gave out on him this time. He couldn't walk or stand. My mom and I tried lifting him up off the ground for about an hour before we called an ambulance. My mom called 911 and it rang several times. No one answered. We called again and they answered on the second ring. They sent two (strong) women paramedics over. They almost didn't take my dad because he was mentally stable and conscious and the E.R. is for stabilization. But my mom was like "I don't know how I'll get him to his doctors, my daughter and I have tried lifting him but we can't". So then they asked my dad if he wanted to go the E.R. and my dad nodded yes. I was shocked because my dad never wants to go to the hospital. But he agreed to go.
He was treated for weakness. They gave him fluids, ran tests on him as they thought he had a bactertial infection as he had a high heart rate and he was coughing a lot. Negative on the bacterial infections. They had him walk at night and then he was able to come home that night around Midnight.
There's more to this story I'm not going to share just yet. My dad was supposed to follow up with his vein doctor and neurologist, since his arteries on his neck are closed 88%. But he never made the appointments. This time, he followed up with his primary care doctor as told. He prescribed him a walker, but the doctor wrote the wrong birthday down. We crossed out the wrong birthday and wrote the correct birthday, but the medical supply company wouldn't take the prescription. They had to get a new prescription faxed over. And we are in the process of waiting for his walker. And then on top of that, we're waiting for the appointment for the vein doctor and neurologist. They were supposed to call us to set up the appointments.
Sighs...I'm just over this stupid system. I'm glad I had my Uncle Dale to vent to on the phone a couple nights ago. He understands where I'm coming from as he and my mom took care of my grandma and granpa (their mom and dad) when they were my age.
It's also my Pluto squaring natal Pluto and Neptune squaring my natal Neptune. More so the Pluto squaring my natal Pluto. The Neptune squaring my natal Neptune has more to do with my career and romantic relationships. But Pluto squaring natal Pluto lasts about 18 months and it started in September so I've got a while to go. 17 months to be exact. I'm counting down the days!
As for my dad, he's doing a little better. He's still shuffling while he walks (he's shuffled while walking for a few years now), but we have to keep an eye on him and be ready to catch him if he starts to fall or can't get out of the chair. So far he hasn't fallen again. And I hope he DOESN'T fall again and his walker gets here soon.
I'm just fed up with how long it takes to get things going with doctors offices and medical supply companies.
And that concludes what I hate most about this month and the three things I loved in October. See you next month!
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