Julie

adult disordered frenglish diary

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Vendredi 5 juin.

Because I cried all the tears of my body (literal translation of french: pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps) then I know I'm unable to cry for months so I'll keep this post to remember the last day I cried.

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Dimanche 19 juillet.

A little bit before sleeping at night while making a dramatic scenario in my head.

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Is it a secret club?

It's one of the two boutiques in Paris and they don't even have fitting rooms!

I know tteokbokki and these ones are like plastic...

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I'm going to Paris later in the day to meet a friend and it's going to take a very long time because there are works on the Rer and metro lines as every summer. We're going to do consumerism stuff but I'm just going to follow her, I won't buy anything myself, just paying for the ride and coffee shop! (I hope)

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I start to flylady the flat, this week will be zone 4 but my bedroom is already done so I'll work in the veranda (whatever you call it, it's a closed room but almost all windows) and the windows are going to be quite difficult to clean but it needs to be done as much as the balcony.

We can hang our laundry there in winter and also have some storage.

There are books (not ours) that are meant to leave, they can't be sold so I'm going to search for a free library box around my area so I can put some books bit by bit.

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This night was cool that I had to cover myself with a sheet and there is some breeze this morning, it's so nice

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18 july. 8:45 pm. Paris southern suburb. View from my ground floor clean balcony. It rained.

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It rained a bit right now.

I can look at some green and trees from my balcony that has a roof.

I baked my first lentil bread in the gas oven (the other one was electric), 180°c and it cracked less, I put some green olives inside.

This morning I was in the downtown area and I saw a new coffee shop, the owners are Italians, I should try it someday, take a coffee or a chai latte after I bring back books to the public library.

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By the way it's 5:50 am here and I'm awake since around 4 am (teary eyes)

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Special rods that can be fixed directly on windows don't work with mine too. I can't drill holes in the pvc nor in the ceiling. I just bought the 3M commands strips because I can't stay without curtains.

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I wish I could buy the beautiful and cheap second-hand furniture but I got told too many horror stories of bed bugs by people on the internet and people I know IRL, one of them had to throw away every piece of furniture then bought everything only in metal and plastic, tear off the tapestry... They're traumatized.

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I planned some after work and day off outings next week, I'm glad I can still function, I grin and bear it.

I'll try to post some pics :)

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I had my emergency appointment with my amazing ENT so I got:

a guide for the exercises of vestibular rehabilitation I have to do at home

nasal spray for 6 months and antihistamine pills for a year (will have to do a 3 years? allergy desensitization later)

A prescription for an MRI of the temporal bones to check that the cholesteatoma has not recurred in the right ear (has to be done every few years)

Local antibiotic in right ear (10 days) and oral corticosteroid (8 days)

An appointment in November if I don't have an otitis until then.....

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Rachael Griffin on Instagram: "If landfill core was a bag🩷but for sure spend €100+ on one so you can post it on ur insta story🫪#jellyfirkin#

4,987 likes, 33 comments - rachael.grif on July 16, 2026: "If landfill core was a bag🩷but for sure spend €100+ on one so you can post it on

Remember I talked about the jelly Firkin some times ago and I'm opening IG and see this post from Rachael, the comparison with the yellowed phone case, yea

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I cleaned the whole balcony! Not that I'm planning to sit there like a chicken in the oven but I think it has never been cleaned considering the amount of dust and spiders I removed.

I'm probably the crazy woman of the building if anyone has seen me poorly dressed, freaking out and gesticulating at the spider who fell on me while sneezing loud. At least now I can hang my laundry on the drying rack outside and I'm just looking at what I accomplished, it's so satisfying

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About the Plan to fight summer depression:

Try supplements for seasonal allergies? ✅️ the quercetin/vitamin C I bought end of june didn't do anything. I think I need to stop trying supplements.

Keep a regular sleeping schedule (read then sleep not too late) ❌️

keep on restricting IG ✅️

Fck fomo ✅️

Have small pleasures like a picnic at the local park, a bubble tea, walking and strolling, buying my vegetables at the market... ✅️ I went to the market today and I had forgot how cheaper it is, I used to go every week when I came here either on thursday or sunday, def need to keep this habit.

Plan some outings I wanted to do: see friends, Louvre (sculptures), Paradox Museum, Paris Catacombs, a "hike" at St-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse... ❌️ too hot for St-Rémy but I should go to one of the museum or the catacombs .

Also I bought one of these because this is what sexy ladies use to carry their groceries and veggies:

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Yesterday I went to buy my first bubble tea of the summer in my area (not Paris) so it was at the mall but fortunately, it was pretty calm although it was late afternoon, usually I go at the opening when I need to buy something.

I saw a new (chinese? Vietnamese?) small restaurant where you can have a dish served with rice or noodles for around 7e! Ye I'm paranoid with restaurants hygiene but the menu was very small and simple which is a very good sign, I can't with the restaurants who have 100 (defrosted) meals on their menu but also it's quite cheap for a freshly cooked meal so idk