hi I exist but at what cost

I haven't plurkded much because I keep going "nobody wants to hear whining" and yet

I always want to hear from you regardless

d'aww

I'm having tons of health problems and the master naturalist training isn't as cool as I thought it'd be, so. sucks, y'all

very little work right now, also sucks

just. tired. so meh.

in less meh news, there is a catbird hanging around our yard. he is cute and sings nicely

awwww man well at least there's the catbird

catbird is A+

what's the deal with the master naturalist training?

eh, there's a large chunk of it that is slated for "nature interpretation" which apparently means writing haiku about the prairie

wait do you get to say you're a master naturalist tho? cuz that's awesome

I did not sign up and pay hundreds of dollars to write haiku badly

oh, yeah okay that's ... yeah

huhhhh

I do but if I want to do anything wtih it I need continuing education and volunteeer hours, which I guess includes submitting eBird reports? not hard

lmao yeah if ebird counts... nice

right? like...on day 1 I saw orioles and a rose-breasted grosbeak, which I haven't seen in the city in years so that was nice

nice!! man, rose-breasted grosbeak is a bucket list bird for sure, I need to get out east more

come visit and we will see them all

I must

indigo buntings are mine and i was this close to seeing one last week

oooh they're definitely one to learn the song of, I hear far more of them than I ever see when I'm out in their range

but the instructor only saw them while the rest of us were eating lunch

but they sing loudly and are easy to find once you hear them since they sit on the top of something obvious, usually

oh man I wonder if that was the one I heard singing while I was doing my stupid haiku shit. he was over the crest of the hill and I couldn't identify it

do you have merlin? the song ID feature is really good

I don't have a phone to use it XD

oh right

welp lmao

/slow nod

yep

anyway I'm still waiting for inspiration to strike while feeling every day like my body is falling apart so being able to DO anything is getting harder. whee. don't get old, it sucks.

got it, will not get old

stay young forever Lauren

forever

at least I survived 3 weeks in Japan with zero digestive issues and my knee never really giving out on me, but now that I'm back that's all I have. bad gut and bad knee, all day erryday

can't exercise because of the knee

aw man, well I'm glad it wasn't a problem in Japan! that's actually something I hear about frequently - a lot of people's digestive problems in particular seem to vanish when on vacation in other countries for various reasons

some of it's placebo/just having too much fun but probably there are other reasons too

better food

right? lmao no the amount of deep-fried katsu was not...well, healthier.

my guess is you're too overstimulated to notice. and then come home and WHAM all the sick catches up

maybe, but I'm also working to identify what sets it off. it might be raw tomato.

I have enoyed pico de gallo too much to suddenly be intolerant of tomato.

aww

I also always want to hear from you even if your plurks are full of /raspberries

I am glad yall support my /raspberries

gut issues are fucking abysmal in particular and you deserve to complain

at least it's not cheese. I'd die before I gave up cheese

]sipstea\

lol

same. cheese is one of my only safe foods and if that ever changes I will fund the entire lactase capsule industry myself

yep