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What’s shakin’ bacon (or other pork product)
Good evening y’all, it’s me Sammy once again on a Friday evening… I’m chewing bubble gum, and for awhile was playing the Sims 4. I played a family that consists of one colored man (Atticus Falcon) and a white woman (Nina Caldero), just for a nice contrast, y’know?? Right now they are livin…
Friday 7/26/24
12:43p.m. My cold took a turn for the worse this morning. I couldn’t stop coughing. I was very congested and short of breath. This didn’t stop me from eating breakfast. I had French toast. Then they got me in my wheelchair. I soon fell asleep and slept almost all morning. I’m feeling a littl…
Cheeky Charlie!
Charlie has been ruffling feathers by going into the local business services wanting printing and other stuff done, but demanded Lucy lets him have it all free because he’s a Town Councillor and she can claim it back if he gives her certain forms to fill out! He tried to intimidate her with …
Money, Money, Money…
When I was younger, I always wanted to have a Monday – Friday, 9 – 5 job. Figured I would be earning more and would have more time to live than earning a basic wage working a retail job which was 08:30 – 5 and I worked 43 hours a week excluding 1hr lunch and tea breaks which I never t…
Bursting at the Seams with Stress
My free trial is almost up on this diary, I do f*****g hate that my only choice is to pay for a membership for this diary that I’ve had for so long. I do understand it has to create revenue, but at that point, I would rather just have ads. I know other people would feel differently, that the…
I don’t think I’ll be afraid
This was originally written on June the 8th of this year So here it is, the night before I get to see (and walk) the metal monster known as the New River Gorge Bridge. I’m not but a half hour away from it, still sight unseen and I’ve yet to even drive across it. Now I am finally in its terri…
Surgery and depression
I am really in the middle of a mental health crisis. a week ago i had a huge cancer surgery. 1/2 my pancreas, all my spleen and all abdominal lymph nodes. I had a tumor on my pancreas. rather than waiting for it to turn cancerous the surgeons thought a better approach would be to do this s…
My Buddy Holly glasses vs my cats eyes!
There is Bees (in blue) and me (the ash blonde) THOSE ARE THE OLD BUDDY HOLLY GLASSES! MY NEW CATS EYES GLASSES. That’s for Gene @sleepygene And fyi, it’s the new glasses that are causing me grief. Sammy
pain and the light
It has been very chaotic last few weeks, everything changed I dunno where I was last in my writing but things got very good with Dave then he hurt me so badly he was like this is not relationship, I never said that, I said yes you did when you introduce me to your parents, he said IÂ said Ok…