Hey look it's a leap year!

How often to I get to post on February 29th? How often do I have a GP appointment on February 29th? Both at once?! Wow!

Seriously though. Labs taken late last moth were just shy of "how are you even alive." Since then I've quit caffeine again. If you ever want to do that, the cheat code seems to be a combination of blood pressure meds and being on another vasoconstrictor.

I clocked my lowest measured blood pressure ever on Tuesday. A friend considers it "elevated," and it technically is, but it's super duper low for me and that's amazing. For the most part I'm feeling better - mentally, at least. That's where it matters the most. I have been a horrible mess the past few months, and relapsing onto a cheap legal stimulant that's horrible for my neurotype was a big causative factor. With caffeine out of my system I am improving, slowly.

Counting the appointment I have later this morning I've had a total of five medical and social service things in the past week. I thought I could just bang them out and do other stuff as well, but... nope. It's around 90 minutes out and back, half of that scaling a mountain (which I can now do without feeling like it's trying to kill me), plus an indefinite amount of time in the clinic. It blows a huge hole in my day and totally obliterates my spoon supply.

Big walks near daily is Very Good, Actually but after six months of doing that once a week (if that) it's A Lot and I need a break.

Fortunately it looks like the next round of appointments is late next month, so I have a couple of weeks to FINALLY catch up on some long-overdue supporter art. And hopefully another chapter of A Practical Succubus. It's near the top of my writing to-do list, but the everything has slowed writing to a crawl recently - fortunately waiting for the bus and riding the bus seems to be productive for that.

So... not a visibly productive month, but I am, finally, starting to get medical care that I've needed for decades.  And I'm clearing out mental debris that's been impeding my productivity. Hopefully that directly translates into More Art Soon(tm)(c).

Thank you all for your continued support. I'd sheltering in a dumpster somewhere if it wasn't for you. 💓