Early warning signs: Scene I M: Do you want a cup of tea? bethini: I don’t care. M: Do you want to watch Spongebob? bethini: *dribbling audibly* What? Yes, please. M: Maybe you should have an early night. bethini: It won’t help. Nothing helps. Scene II bethini: I think that works well. boss: Are you [...]
Also taggedThe day after we got back from NZ, I felt the unmistakeable stirrings of a cold. The sore throat, stiff joints: nothing major, but very present and very emphatic. I thought I’d kicked it, after a week-long wrestle of reduced energy and tiredness, but on Monday it broke through and now I’m flattened. Addison’s Disease, [...]
Also tagged Addison's, shit, sproutyToday I baked bread. Like knitting and raising plants, this is one of those things that occasionally prompts me to think of all the other people who have done this: a fairly fundamental urge that has brought humans along for thousands of generations, as we clothe and feed ourselves with the skills handed on. The [...]
Also taggedDudes, it has been hot. Cripplingly hot. Australia is going through some horrible weather right now. The fire danger is off the scale, and the Bureau of Meteorology had to extend its y-axis when charting average temperatures because Australian towns are frequently reporting daily temperatures from 45-50°C. THAT’S TOO DAMN HOT. My ride to work [...]
Also tagged foodinYou might’ve heard that the year ended. It did! I wasn’t there, but I hear the end went well. I like New Year’s Eve/Day, for pretty much the same reasons everyone else does: new start, etc. I like having a holiday that aligns with the universe, too, because it reminds me how insignificant humans are. [...]
Also taggedWell, that was a hoot. Four days and four nights in hospital to mend another stress fracture in my left femoral neck (I had a stress fracture in the right femoral neck mended last year). Ah spring, when a young blogger’s fancy turns to being on crutches and bumping into things a lot.There are pros [...]
Also tagged Addison's, shitIt was a long day. I worked all day, then came home, ate the meal M kindly inserted between my face and the laptop, and kept working. I finished at around 9:30pm: I was stonkered and blinkered and could only think about work. Deciding the day was written off, I figured the best thing I [...]
Also tagged foodI’m a long-time food blog reader and writer: I check foodgawker and punkdomestics so often it’s like a muscle tic. And there are some emerging trends I’d like to comment on thankyouverymuch. Cooked things with weird names Okay, so a fruit crumble is a kind of weird name, although at least the topping is crumbly. [...]
Also tagged adventures in cooking, foodI’ve got a couple of things I wanted to say about my recent allergy-seeking Investigations, because frankly it’s been fantastic. First up: I am a wholly new bethini. I am sleeping better; my stomach is happy (read: quiet and normal); I’m happier, smarter and more energetic. The difference is incredible. I’m running again (and loving [...]
Also taggedI’m moving from “hypothesis” to “pretty much a fact” territory very fast, everybody. Yesterday’s allergy challenge (which sounds like some sort of weak after-school primary-school-targeted game show) was the noble potato. I should point out that anybody using the cliché “the humble spud” will be stabbed in the eye with a tiny fork shaped like [...]
Also tagged Addison's, adventures in cooking