The Journal of FreeDragon

 Good morning, my dears. I hope all of you are well. I feel better overall, though I occasionally get hit by one of my many medical conditions.  The endocrinologist now has me taking my long lasting insulin in the morning. Every couple of years, a doctor will suggest that I take insulin in the morning, or midday. It makes me feel sick. All day long, I will want to vomit, but I never throw up. It's sort of like having morning sickness.  The first day that I went to morning insulin injections, my sugar dropped every two hours, regardless of what I ate. It was horrible. I am not supposed to drive if my sugar drops below 70. I stayed in the 45-60 range. So the next day, I took less insulin, which didn't help much. I have discovered taking insulin in the mornings makes me cold and sleepy. I am slowly experimenting to figure out amount/time. And this will go on until my sugars start doing something different; then my endo will ask why I am taking insulin in the morning when I s...

  This morning, in honor of the super moon, I did a spell to release the things I don't like about my life. Then I started thinking about what I do like. Then I realized that I don't want a radically different life; I just want to tweak a few things. And I remembered the coloring book. I started a quilter's coloring book a very long time ago. I'm not sure what year, but I'm pretty sure at that time, I was living in my ratty, single-wide trailer in the county seat. It has been on my mind for a while, that I should do something with that project. So this morning I found my designs; I started working on this again in July of 2023. I got out out one design. I made copies to color. Possibly, I designed some fabric around this one block. And then...? I'm not sure. Maybe I got busy with other things. Maybe I couldn't be in the studio while leaving my teenagers unattended in the house because they were vaping. Maybe my husband said it was a dumb idea and I got disco...

 1. Today is my ten year anniversary. We renewed our vows in front of the courthouse where we got married. 2. I started physical therapy. I hate it. When I leave, I hurt so much I feel like vomiting. But the next day I feel better, and I have more energy, so maybe it's working? 3. DeviantArt is going great for me. I am making more art. I am trying new things. Still haven't sold anything, but I feel like if I applied that energy to my shop, I would definitely have regular sales. I think this weekend I will make a plan for running my shop. 4. I stopped thinking of food as a problem. Now I ask, how does this benefit me? I try to pick out the most beneficial choice. I'm not as hungry, and I don't feel deprived.  5. Youngest Son ran away on Sept. 6. Last night, I discovered Middle Son is involved in drug deals. This may be why Youngest Son ran away. A lot of people have lied to us. Someone sent us photoshopped images of him on a beach. By sheer chance, I found the original p...