January 18, 2023

Busy Week

By Joe

I have a busy week filled with classes and meetings.I had several classes yesterday and a VIP tour. Today, I have another class and a few meetings, plus preparation for a class I’ll be teaching next week. I also have some prep work for upcoming programs/events at the museum. Tomorrow will be continuing with the same tasks, but I also have another meeting.

I am scheduled to be off Friday for an appointment with my neurologist, but I may have to reschedule due to the winter storm we are expecting Thursday night and throughout the day Friday. Hopefully, if I do have the reschedule, it will be fairly soon, though they might change it to a telehealth appointment since it’s really just a routine checkup about my new medicine that I’ve been taking for the past three months. The new medicine (Qulipta) has been successful except when there are changes in the weather which has been affecting me all week. I’ve woken with a migraine every day this week. Yesterday, it eased up as the day went on. That was not the case on Monday, but that was also aggravated by the dental work I had done. I’m hoping that the headache I currently have will get better throughout the morning.

Then, I have to work on Saturday. At least Saturday workdays are pretty easy. I basically just have to be there to open and close the museum and be there. I usually don’t have much to do on the Saturdays that I work. While I’d rather be home or doing something else, Saturday are not the worst day to work. At least I’ll be there by myself.

About Joe

I began my life in the South and for five years lived as a closeted teacher, but am now making a new life for myself as an oral historian in New England. I think my life will work out the way it was always meant to be. That doesn't mean there won't be ups and downs; that's all part of life. It means I just have to be patient. I feel like October 7, 2015 is my new birthday. It's a beginning filled with great hope. It's a second chance to live my life…not anyone else's. My profile picture is "David and Me," 2001 painting by artist Steve Walker. It happens to be one of my favorite modern gay art pieces. View all posts by Joe

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3 responses to “Busy Week”

Jim
January 18th, 2023 at 12:53 pm

I versus A

There are two sides to every story
One Y and Y not
They can live separated
Or dine together
One white, one black
One truth, one lie
A comma, a circle
One eternal round
Infinity

Whether boy or girls, straight or gay
It’s nature’s choice, not ours to say
Nurtured by elders, the future unclear
Equality never; that’s what I fear
For some life is flat, not merely sublime
Others have mountains far greater to climb
Never the same, always apart
An enzyme is needed to soften the heart

MLK was black, but the law was white
Fighting for freedom, an equal right
Raised in a land of North and South
Freedom, freedom, the cries rang out
We are all human, under the skin
Whether black or white, fat or thin

Opposites attract. The saying is true
But Lillie’s survive in the same vase too
They blossom, they bloom, they even raise
Stamen to stamen, it’s not just a phase
All shapes and forms, in nature survive
No matter the color, no matter the hive
If life were bland, who could sustain
Monotony would conquer, none would remain

Embrace our differences
No matter the cause
For life is a circle
Without any pause
Build on the same
Tear not apart
For God made us all
He looks on the heart

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Arnie
January 18th, 2023 at 2:41 pm

If Qulipta is working for most migraines, is there a med out there that might control the air pressure ones that you could take in combination?

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- Joe
  January 18th, 2023 at 2:53 pm
  
  Arnie, I don’t know. That is something I’m going to discuss with my neurologist at my next appointment.
  
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