#fangirlnado

[systlin]

I have collected some cottonwood buds and I was wondering how I would go best about drying them? Also can the balm of gilead be made in smaller batches than a Mason jar?

I spread them out on a piece of plastic sheeting (think like a painting dropcloth) and set them out in the sun for a few days. 

And it sure can. 

[alloverthegaf]

AWWWW you guys!! you’ve got me feeling all warm and fuzzy, thank you so much!! these are all super sweet.

@mywitfailsme hell yeah homie

and hey Anon I would LOVE to know what I taught you!

[anexperimentallife]

Hey, don't mean to bother, but do you have any recommendations on how to deal with anxiety and panic attacks if they just don't stop? It has been going on for two days now, and nothing calms me down even a little and I'm only gonna see my therapist in a week and I just don't know what to do since i usually deal with that stuff pretty well... If this is too much you also don't need to answer, I just thought I might ask 🙈

You're never a bother! I’m sorry you’re going through this AND that I’m answering late. The only things I’ve found that helped were trying to distract myself with a pleasurable activity (which is hard to do when you’re panicking) or sitting in the dark and closing my eyes and counting my breaths and meditating. Didn’t make it go away, but it took the edge off a bit. :-(

[thebibliosphere]

For over two years I've been getting horrible headaches that were barely manageable with normal pain meds and I was very sure that the cause of that was a locked vertebra in my neck but none of the doctors I went to believed me and only gave me more pain meds but yesterday I had an appointment with an osteopath and she told me that I was right and that she can fix it so maybe for the first time in two years I don't have to take pain meds almost every day and I'm just so happy right now 😊😊😊

As someone who Suffered from chronic migraines for decades, YAAAAAAAAY!!! This is such a good step forward for you! I’m so happy! I hope you are now finally able to get the help you need and your quality of life improves. Take care and let me know how it goes <3

[anexperimentallife]

fangirlnado replied to your post “I am so tired of coughing. I know I should be grateful to be...”

I hope you are slowly feeling better even if its really bad right now *sends hugs*

Thank you! :-)

[anexperimentallife]

How did you know it was the right thing to move so far away? I suddenly feel stuck and nothing feels right anymore. Everything I do just seems wrong and not like me from one second to another and I just want to get away from it. Mentally and physically. I feel like moving to another country but I don't know how to even decide if its the right thing to do...

Some of it was that I’ve been dying to live outside the US again, part is that I’ve wanted to see the Philippines for years, and part was--honestly--math. As in, I can actually AFFORD to live here on my disability, while it isn’t really doable in the US. Some of it was that with my sons dead, the relationship that I thought would last the rest of my life over, and a neo-Nazi in the white house, I just wanted to get as far away from all of that as possible and create a more positive life for myself.

But part of it was a leap of faith.

Hit my messages if you want to talk about it more in depth! Always happy to help.

[anexperimentallife]

Hey, is there anything you've written that I could find somewhere? :)

Thanks for asking!

Yeah, there’s a list at http://anexperimentallife.tumblr.com/post/51874224233/works-by-science-fiction-and-fantasy-author-d

And also at http://robhamm.com 

I only have three stories sold so  far, and they are in wildly different styles. The links go to excerpts for two stories and the full text on another one, but the right to all of them have reverted to me, so let me know if you want me to dig up the complete manuscripts for the other two and send you.

:-)

[anexperimentallife]

Hey, I hope you feel better soon and if you get some ginger, try to rasp/grind (I don't know the english word) it because that way you will get more of the juice compared to just slicing it, that makes it a lot more spicy but it helps a lot more. You can also sweeten it with honey, which helps a lot with the taste and also works surprisingly well with the lemon

Thank you! :-)

I’m feeling a lot better now (knock on wood) and think I’m starting to get over it, but you can bet I’m going to lay in supplies just in case of a repeat!