The first night in Chicago my usually cold every night and have to use portable heater self used the fan instead of the heater ( I have both in my room, lol, and I think maintenance has finally turned the heat off permanently for the season) I wake up with a very sore neck and right shoulder and pain radiating all the way down into my hand and fingers. Tramadol didn‘t help and heat helped a little. You guys remember this app? Who still has it? Lol

Since we couldn‘t get cell service we ended up sitting across from the fish tank and watching the fish and making up stories about their personalities. The big black one ( he had green fins that you can‘t really see) was a real bully. It kept chasing all the other fish around. My mom said the other fish were just prejudiced against the black fish, lol. I said, noooooo!!! It‘s a bully, it‘s color doesn‘t matter!! Anywhoo, MRI of my knee needed 👇🏽

Almost got my mom to read this book today!! Almost!! Lol, we were in a doctor‘s waiting room and it seemed like everyone had service but us!! Don‘t you hate it when that happens!!! 🙄🤬Lol I want her to read it and tell me about it because I‘m afraid it will be too triggering for me 😞 Here‘s #Stormy #catsoflitsy she actually turned around and kind of snuggled up to the book!! Lol. Have a nice day!! ✌🏽❤️

Recent #libraryhaul @Reggie - Milkman finally came in from the library. I will be reading it soon. I‘m really excited about the other 2 also!! ❤️❤️👍🏽😴

Thanks for all of the #jb #justbecause and #litsylove cards @Canndor @Crazeedi @Stacypatrice @IndoorDame @TheBookHippie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Soubhiville ( and cute stickers) @phatsallylee !! Sorry it took me so long to post them. I fell again- this time on spilled water from a cat bowl in the kitchen 🙄😹 and am very sore. The x- rays came back fine they want another MRI and possibly a spinal stimulator for all of my pain. TYVM for support ❤️

Happy Mother‘s Day!! It doesn‘t matter if your children have 2 legs or 4, lol. Have a great Day!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻😻⭐️⭐️

#friyayintro @howjessreads 1) 👍🏽🙏🏽❤️ 2) Nope, but my sponsor is finally graduating!! 3) meditation meeting tomorrow, church Sunday then ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on Monday, lol, then 2 appointments on Tuesday 4) only child on my mom‘s side. Second born of 5 on my dad‘s side 5) okely-dokely!

In honor of International No Diet Day I am breaking out these 2 wonderful books. I have gained 20 pounds since the break- up and I really need some body positive encouragement right now. Here‘s #Ozzie and #Stormy #catsoflitsy ( I saw the International No Diet Day on Instagram)

The conclusion (???) to the little treasure hunt mystery. I still haven‘t looked to see if there is a volume 3 yet. I hope there is!! 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great little treasure hunt mystery. I loved it!! ❤️❤️❤️ 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

😹😹😹❤️❤️❤️Good Morning Littens!!

@Clwojick #OscarMeyerTurnsFive Here‘s one of my 3 reading companions #Ozzie He turns 12 this year and has 6 toes on each of his front paws. #catsoflitsy Happy Birthday Oscar Meyer!! ❤️❤️😻😻

#currentlyreading My list of books to get through so I can pick up the books waiting for me on hold at the library because I‘m at the maximum so I have to return something to pick something up. 🙄🤷🏽‍♀️😹😂

This was a cool little graphic novel of weird stories about women. Fast read, perfect so I can return it and pick up the book I have on hold. I have the maximum amount of books out on both my mom and my accounts so I have to read and return something to pick up any books on hold. My concentration has been absolutely horrid lately so I am reading quick to get through graphic novels. I have a lot of really cool ones. My INTENTIONS are great, lol 😉

#grateful21 Day 21: 1) My #litsyfamily 2) I went to a meditation meeting yesterday 3) I went to a cool new church I saw advertised on Instagram today. So I don‘t know if I‘m Buddhist or Christian, lol, labels suck. I‘m a little of everything 🤷🏽‍♀️👍🏽❤️ Peace, love, have a great evening Littens!! @JoScho @kspenmoll @Eggs Thanks everyone for your support I have learned a lot from this 🙏🏽🙏🏽

14 #jb #justbecause and #litsylove letters going to the mailbox right now!! Sorry it took me so long to write back. Also, no stickers this time because I didn‘t have enough stamps to put 2 on every letter 😞😞 Thanks for all of your on- going support and good vibes and well wishes and prayers and encouragement ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I really appreciate my #Litsyfamily ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Your support means soooo much to me. It‘s been a rough year. Thanks!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for the #litsylove cards this week @Canndor @TheBookHippie I am doing responses right now 👍🏽❤️🖊🖊

1) The Smurfs, The Wonder Years, Punky Brewster 2) I don‘t really have a bucket list 🤷🏽‍♀️ I guess to work in computer animation again, it‘s what I have my bachelors degree in- but that was in 2006, and why I watch mostly cartoons, lol 3) Depending on what‘s due at the library 4) Stephen King believe it or not, I just bought Pet Sematary 5) what‘s your favorite animal? Mine is a cat obviously, lol #friyayintro @howjessreads

#grateful21 Day 20: 1) flavored water 2) That I saw my friend today, he said he lost his phone. So he‘s not as big of a jerk as I thought...🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️😂😂 3) That Taylor Swift released new music today and I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ it!! @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll One more day of this 😞😞 I guess I need to start posting book related stuff again, lol, or at least something with a cat in it, lol 😻😻

#grateful21 Day 19: This is for yesterday. I will do another one later today. 1) My mom got another $5 coupon playing monopoly at Jewel 2) bananas 3) my rash went away- my mom thought I had measles, lol @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

#grateful21 Day 18: playing catch- up at 3am, lol 1) rotisserie chicken from Walmart 2) That my 17 year old cat still has the appetite and sense of smell to beg for the chicken until she gets some 3) That my therapist calls me back when I leave messages @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll Only 3 more days of this!! I‘m definitely going to start my gratitude journal again now. Thanks to all who have supported me and who are involved ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽

Audio-coloring this morning 😻😻😻❤️❤️❤️ #Stormy #catsoflitsy

#grateful21 Day 17: 1) I had the energy to do a few #jb and #litsylove cards last night 2) Excited because it is supposed to rain a lot in the coming week or so, lol 3) my appetite is back but I haven‘t been over- eating @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

#grateful21 Day 15 ( I think, lol) 1)Another sleepy Sunday 2) Pringles, which I think normalized my blood sugar enough to feel ok again 3) It was 40 something last night and I had my heater on, then by the afternoon it was near 70 degrees and I turned my fan on. Chicago weather 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️❤️❤️Lol @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

I really wanted to go pick this up today but I rushed home and took a long shower to get ready for a guy who never showed up. No waiting on men tomorrow at least, lol, I‘m going to pick this up and then go grocery shopping with my mom. Craving yogurt now, lol. May take and evening walk to Jewel, or just take my nighttime meds and go to bed. Sorry to complain. I need therapy again already, lol. I ❤️❤️❤️ you guys

#grateful21 Day 15 1) had a great appointment with my pain psychologist 2) had a great chicken avocado sandwich today 3) had the nerve to kick the cats out of my room for a little me time after a great long shower- really trying not to “ eat my feelings” today. I had gained 15 pounds since the break-up but I have lost 4 already this week. Just gonna color till the cats scratch my door down, lol 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️. have a great night!! ❤️❤️📚📚✌🏽✌🏽

#grateful21 Day 14 1) I lifted weights on each arm for about 7 minutes today ( baby steps) 2) The kids in the courtyard on spring break stayed inside most of the day because it was raining 🌧 3) I can‘t wait until my therapy appointment tomorrow @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

@Crazeedi A cat #Mogwai ( very hard to take a pic of) she was cuddling with #Stormy but she jumped down) and a purple frog I started in a Lisa Frank coloring book - just because ❤️❤️ I ❤️ Lisa Frank everything, lol 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️😊😊😝😝

Thanks for the #litsylove #jb #justbecause cards and postcards @Stacypatrice @whatsthEStorey @Nevermore88 @Kdgordon88 @IndoorDame !!! Sorry I am so late posting them. Usual ups and downs of a bipolar sometimes ( actually most of the time, lol) paranoid crazy cat lady, lol. I found more stickers!! I just need stamps because the stickers require extra postage. I will probably mail them Saturday, no later than Monday. Here are some coloring books 📚

@xicanti STILL #currentlyreading lol, sorry 😞😞 See my last post. I started back today on the rides to and from doctor and in the waiting room. I was down and the only place I can concentrate is when I am trying vehemently to avoid social contact. Actually I interacted with a cute baby in the waiting room and I haven‘t done that in about 20 years, lol. They really freak me out. Anywhoo... hope you‘re all having a great day!!! ✌🏽❤️ #catsoflitsy

#grateful21 Day 13: Sorry I skipped a few days, I was depressed about the new romance going sour but it turns out his phone is messed up, big relief kinda Anywhoo...1) Chicken cutlets ( that he bought) 2) That I got cortisone shots in my knees today and left left knee is messed up again, but the ice is helping and they said it will take a week to work 3) That I am about to color paisley designs and listen to binaural beats- or hop to library 👇🏽

#grateful21 Day 12 I think- lol. 1) The burning question- The date went fantastic!! My iPhone charger died and he bought me a new one! If we hadn‘t planned on meeting around the library we would have missed each other. 2) He also bought us a couple groceries. I honestly didn‘t know how we were going to make it through the week 3) He‘s awesome!! Lol 😉👍🏽❤️😻 #Stormy walked right up to him and meowed and he didn‘t freak out. Very good day!Thanks!

My #libraryhaul over the past few weeks. Have a great night!! 🌙🌙❤️❤️✌🏽✌🏽

#grateful21 Day 11 - Sorry I didn‘t do this yesterday. I was exhausted. 1) I met a guy!! We have a date on Saturday!! 2) I haven‘t had to lock #Mogwai in my mom‘s room for chasing 17 year old #Stormy in 3 days- as long as I feed her at 3am, lol 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️I used to just lock her in my mom‘s room until 6am, but I guess she only fights when hungry 3) I was able to have my fan on for about 10 minutes today!! I still have my heater in here too!! ❤️

#grateful21 1) No more cortisone shots in my back for 3 months 2) #Stormy always wants to play 3) it rained and snowed today!! Sorry I am still not ready to stop wearing my ankle length black winter coat, lol @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

#grateful21 Day 9. 1) The surgeon I was referred to said the lump in my breast is too small to worry about removing, and to just get an ultrasound every 6 months!! ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 2) I meditated twice today 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 3) Thinking about going to my happy place Michael‘s over the weekend just to get stickers for #jb and #Litsylove @kspenmoll @JoScho @Eggs

#grateful21 Day 8 1) I got to sleep most of today too 2) I got a package from a friend 3)I haven‘t taken pain meds in 2 days @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

#currentlyreading I can‘t wait!!

This was a great introduction to Captain Marvel. It was more about her background and the fact that - spoiler alert- her mother is a super hero too! Awesome story I really liked it. #Stormy #catsoflitsy

#grateful21 Day 7 1) I got to sleep most of the day 2) The Simpsons are on all afternoon today 3) I don‘t have to be anxious about when the mail will come today ( sometimes it comes after 6pm and I am expecting packages it‘s very annoying, lol) @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

My first #Litsylove cards!! Thanks @Stacypatrice and @IndoorDame !! ❤️❤️❤️ I‘ll be writing back shortly. Thanks!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽❤️❤️❤️ Here‘s #Stormy #catsoflitsy

#grateful21 Day 6 1) My Lisa Frank jumbo coloring book 2) My Faith In Color coloring book 3) My Swear and Relax “ I Don‘t Give a Sh*t” coloring book @JoScho the last one I got from the wish.com app you recommended!! Lol @Eggs @kspenmoll

1) besides Trump and my recent horrible break-up, I‘m pretty content with this decade. Can‘t wait till next decade when Trump is no longer in office. Sorry to get political 🤷🏽‍♀️😞🤐🙀2) I still haven‘t completed a book on a tablet yet. 3) older by 7 years 4) I think so, lol I was born in the suburbs but now I live in the neighboring city 5) okely- dokely!! #friyayintro @howjessreads

#gratitude21 Day 5 1) That I had a great therapist appointment today 2) That I cleaned my room a little 3) That I found another angel coloring book in my room after giving a similar one away last week! I was about to buy it again!! Karma works in mysterious ways 😎😇🙏🏽✌🏽❤️ @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

#grateful21 Day 4 ✌🏽❤️ 1) That my mom won a $5 gift card in the Jewel monopoly game, lol ( we really needed it) 2) Stormy is not sneezing as much today 3) That I meditated for 20 minutes today. I am trying to work myself up to an hour a day. Honorable mention- I am excited about seeing my pain psychologist tomorrow @JoScho @Eggs @kspenmoll

Thanks for the awesome #jb #justbecause cards from over the last week or so from @Jas16 - thanks for the cute cats & books button!! @IndoorDame @BookNAround @CBee !! I will be writing back soon. Thanks for the support!! ❤️❤️❤️ Oh and here‘s #Stormy ‘s back, lol sorry her head got cut out of the picture. She has the sniffles and has been sneezing a lot. Please send good vibes that it doesn‘t turn into a full blown upper respiratory infection 🙏🏽

Okay, this really is day 3, lol 1) my local library 2) That Chicago elected it‘s first African American female as mayor yesterday, who is also openly gay 3) That the cats let me sleep until 4am this morning, lol @JoScho @kspenmoll @Eggs #grateful21

I‘m actually on day 2, sorry 1) my heater 2) another #unpopularopinion here, but I‘m glad it‘s getting cold again, and I look forward to the snow, because in these Chicago streets I feel safer when not many people are hanging out, and I can wear my ankle length black winter coat without looking wacky, lol 3) that meditation is helping me

I have had this notebook for a while, but I decided to break it out to write my meditation goals in. I‘m not sure what will motivate me to finally use my Taylor Swift notebook, lol 🤷🏽‍♀️ Maybe when I am ready to write about the break up. Probably just the final drafts of poems though, lol. My mom found some of my poems from like 12 years ago. I was much more angsty - is that a word? Lol, than I am now. I‘m kinda in denial. Meditation helps ✌🏽❤️

#currentlyreading Almost done, it‘s pretty good. I‘ll be somewhat ready for the movie, lol 😹😹 Here‘s #Ozzie ‘s head and paw. You can see his 6th toe. #catsoflitsy Have a great night!! 🌙✌🏽❤️