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katniceverdeen.bsky.social
They/she. M.Div., Ed.S. Higher Education Disability Professional. Partner 🏳️‍🌈. In my engaged era 💍👰‍♀️👰. Chronically ill & disabled 🦓. Non-binary. Preteen & 🐈‍⬛ mom. Reader. 📚💙 ‘25 Reading: 35/100. Also ❤️ skincare, cooking, travel, stationary, Disney, nostalgia.
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I turned 34 Sunday - the 5th time in my life my birthday has been on Mother’s Day, and my second time as a mother! 💕 it was a great day spent riding rollercoasters at Cedar Point, and I have a feeling that 34 will be my best year yet - so much esp. my 1st house & wedding on horizon!

It’s my birthday eve eve eve and I’m making the debut of my new mobility aid, Rory the Rollator! Thanks for all the mobility aid advice! As you can tell by the last picture, I put it together this weekend and it was quickly co-opted by one of my cats, Barnes.

April Read #10/11: HoverGirls by Geneva Bowers. @gdbee.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Loved the art and the relationship between the two main characters, as well as their back stories and the clever defeat of the villains.

April read #9: Rules for Ghosting by @shellyjayshore.bsky.social. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. By far the best book I read this year so far. Trans protagonist, complex Jewish family, tons of humor and heart - plus ghosts!! The characters, prose, and relationships are top notch; I wanted to stay in this book forever.

April feels like it passed in the blink of an eye, but along with a great mini-vacation, I got a lot of reading done this month: 11 books read total! Book #8: A Holiday Homicide by @elliealexander.bsky.social. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 loved the gingerbread competition & characters; end felt abrupt. Still 💕 the series

Good thoughts appreciated - have been having a bad flare for 5 days now (especially lower back, flank & left hip pain, as well as spine pain), & it’s just been getting worse and I haven’t really had much of an appetite over that time, so I went to the local ER to be seen, mostly to r/o infection.

Has anyone switched mobility aids from a cane to something more and can advise me? I’m on my own a lot and a wheelchair doesn’t make sense, but I have considered a lightweight wheeled rollator with a seat. It would be a big investment but could mean a lot for ongoing independence.

On day 4 of one of the worst chronic pain flares I’ve had in a long while thanks to the temps and probably overdoing it on vacation (don’t regret it though!). Have gotten a little house stuff done but mostly been bedridden; had some good reading time though!