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Health update:

Went to the nurse yesterday. My iron levels managed to be LOWER than last time despite iron tablets AND more iron in my diet. I DON'T EVEN. She said at least they're kind of staying the same, though, and not as horrifically bad as they were two years ago, so that's good??

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Over the weekend, I learnt to make temari. I like them, but I don't think I'll make them often. I also learnt to cross stitch - mum is making me start small and work my way up, which is frustrating, but I will persevere!

I did this because I found a design Jackie would like, and I jokingly said to her that if I started it now, I'd probably have it done by her birthday (March). I regaled this tale to mum, and she asked me if I wanted to do it, and I said I wouldn't mind. But it's quite big, so mum said I should start with a small design to see how I liked it. I did a lizard (which there's a bad photo of on my twitter, and there's going to be a better one soon).

Anyway, the upshot is that now I am eyeing pixel art and wondering what to do next (probably a Togepi because why not).

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The last episode of River was on last night, and honestly I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be thinking. I mean, at the end of the day, not a lot has changed. The lead didn't change, he's still an existentially sad man who may or may not be crazy.

I think we're supposed to think he's mad. He certainly does see dead people, but they are figments of his imagination. As I said before, they tend not to know things until he finds them out and in another episode he starts seeing someone before the actual person dies, and what his imagination produces is nothing like that person really is.

I kind of feel let down by that, and maybe that's why I feel so flat now. I think it was a good idea and it got potentially wasted? *shrugs* Or possibly I was expecting it to be better because the writer had done previous award-winning/well-received series?

I mean it could totally just be me. There's probably people who did enjoy it. I'd say give it a go if you're thinking about it because you might like it more than I did.

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Whaaat, the iron issue must be so frustrating for you! Whatever your body is doing with the iron you get from the tablets, it must be something impressive and mysterious.

I know, right? I wish it wouldn't, though.

I read about your iron levels and I just flash right back to a major health crisis a few years ago, where way too much bleeding caused me to be anemic for too long, and the doctor overseeing my case essentially blamed me for letting my iron get too low. I was taking iron supplements and eating red meat and spinach for practically every meal, but that can only help so much when one is constantly bleeding and the doctor refuses to do anything about it, so... Just ugh. If it's not too personal a question, do they know why your iron is low?

I've never made temari, but I want to, because some of the designs I've seen are so pretty and they look like they'd be fun to make! Also congrats on the cross-stitch; that's how I first learned to embroider, and I got addicted to it for years.

Yikes, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to remind you of such a bad thing. I hope you're better now.

The nurse said she thinks she knows what it is, and offered me referral for a scan. I said I'd see how things went for a few months, but I'm going to take her up on it.

Aren't they! They're so beautiful! And a lot easier than they look. Cross stitch is addictive for sure.