Hey, Miss J!

It’s pretty obvious at this point, that I am absolutely horrible at picking out names for blog posts or even fanfic chapters. Today’s blog post has a name from a song I really love.

Sung and cowritten by Shania Twain.

Songs like these always help me get better ideas for what I plan on writing.

Of course, I have plenty of ideas for the ‘finale’ of “Navigating the Curve,” but what happens between now and then? Up in the air really.

I think I’ve gotten into a good rhythm with my writing though.

Sort of.

I have about 2 hours penned out on Mondays for “creative writing,” but I’m beginning to realize that I’ll need a bit more time than that for a 10K chapter.

Or is it less?

IDK.

I plan on going for a powerwalk tomorrow too. Guess what that means? Power~CANE walking. I had to apologize to someone today and tell him that I had 1 good leg… the other not so much. I think he was surprised at how fast I was moving. I noticed that with my cane, I really want to get to places a bit quicker. Since I know I won’t as easily spin out and land on the ground.

Some of my friends, who are in their 20s and 30s… I can’t imagine how horrified they’d be to see me do that.

I’ve fallen while out before, though. Frightened my older friends. I hit the concrete sidewalk and managed to let out a yelp before I landed. Tore up my hose too. Glad I had a long skirt on.

Blah.

Not that pantyhose or even knee-highs last that long at all for me. I’ve started to go for oiled up bare legs. So much better.

It’s also more economically friendly. $22 for two set of pantyhose, only for them to have rips in the crotch after the first use.

Seriously!

Not again!

I’ve taken to picking up men’s thin, thermal leggings. They work great under pants, but under a skirt… got a bit more leg exposed. Still better than being barelegged in the middle of winter.

Who invented women’s thermals? Cos they are certainly horrible at keeping anyone warm. At all.

For spring and summer, I’ll need to pick up a few pairs of shorts to go under the shirts or dresses I wear.

How bad has my falling been over the years though… Hmm. In 2022, I was trying to get to my Zoom meeting to show off my little black cat and fell on the stairs going up. Managed not to hurt her at all. Myself though… ouch. I’ve fallen down the stairs going forwards. I’ve slipped near the bottom step and smacked right into the stairs behind me.

Could be the repetitive falls that have aggravated my back condition. Years back, I used to fall back going up the stairs or slide and get a nasty carpet burn. I’ve also fallen going down concrete steps.

Now that last one… No one tried to help, even though some did. And I was dragged down further by my backpack.

I managed to catch myself on my hands, but my knees and stomach bore some of the brunt.

I swear, I used to have perfect balance… for years.

Oh well, that’s a thing of the past.

Hmm. I’m gonna do a bit more scribbling in NtC and hit the hay.

One of my readers wants to see a Peter/Titania romance story.

Hahahaha… Haha… Ha! We’ll see how well that idea goes.

~J. Lyst

Tomorrow, I’ll be budgeting and seeing how much money flew away to the place that spent money goes. Money needlessly spent, but still spent because of delivery person tips.

Do you call it needless if it’s for a tip? Either way, I know that I spent way more on groceries than I have in the last 2 months combined. However, paper products were included… and had I been able to shop in person, it would have been at least $200 cheaper. Goat cheese crumbles at Amazon? About $5. Goat cheese at the store I normally go to? $2.19. Seriously!

See where the problem lies now? I didn’t even buy cookies. No way am I gonna pay $7 for a pack of cookies. No! I did buy crackers, but I haven’t opened them yet. I can also make crackers… and I’m kinda partial to my own.

How much is almond flour? If I had that, wouldn’t have needed to buy the other crackers.

Maybe next week, I’ll make some vanilla ice cream. Or should I make mint chocolate chip?

Oh yeah.

I also make ice cream, butter, preserves, meringue, custard, pies, puddings… etc. etc. I’ve also made pasta before. And I can also make cheese so… Ha!