Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Lunar Eclipses, Dental Work and Cherry Blossoms, Plus MS Flares

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and First Cherry Blossoms

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all who celebrate, and happy first cherry blossoms, despite the crazy weather (hail, freezing rain, sunshine – all in one day!) we know spring is almost here.

This week was a tough one for me, including two crowns without Novocain (and a complication on one of them), a mistake in the accessibility remodel that means the end date is pushed back again and more expense, MS acting up (almost always happens after complex dental work for some reason.) So if I’m less expansive and intelligent than usual, you can blame my brain. Anyway, here are some spring blossom photos and me with some temporary crowns.

Full Blood Moon Lunar Eclipses and MS Flares

The same day I got two crowns, we also had a beautiful full lunar eclipse, which I managed to get some pictures of. The bad news is, like many times in the past, getting dental work and lunar eclipses both seem to equal MS flares, and this time was no different. (See this poem about the night I was diagnosed with MS, which was also a Blood Moon Eclipse.) Feeling incredibly fatigued, in pain, and slow-brained and clumsy, we’ve also had to deal with a crown complication, an error made to make the accessible bathroom counter six inches too high (which we have to pay to fix, even though it was the company we hired to design an accessible bathroom’s mistake), and dwindling money and health, plus terrible political news. It has all been very draining. So if I owe you something and you need it urgently, let me know – right now I am postponing things like crazy and trying just to rest and drink fluids until I’m feeling a little better. I am also prepping for AWP and hoping I feel better enough to attend. I could also talk about putting together how submitting a book manuscript can feel incredibly dispiriting and hope-inspiring at the same time, how going through a home renovation is hard on the body and on marriages and checkbooks (so don’t underestimate it!), or how trying to guess how to manage money when a madman has ahold of the economy and is seemingly trying to strange it is tough. Lunar eclipses usually portent a shift in energy. Let’s hope it’s a shift for the better.

Also, here is a link to an excellent Chuck Jones cartoon that you (and hopefully Trump and Elon) can watch to see how valuable it is to have a Department of Health and not to release raw sewage into drinking water (thanks, Trump Supreme Court!) I found HBO Max had taken down all the Looney Tunes classic cartoons just when I need them the most! Boo, Max!