Not bad for a Monday

[lunabee34]

1. I think I am getting better? I haven't registered a fever in four days. I do not feel like I am dying anymore. I felt well enough that I decided to start exercising again today, so I walked leisurely for fifteen minutes, and I still feel okay. I am taking it really slowly, though. Stupid slow. I do not want to relapse. Fifteen minutes felt enough like really doing something that it's clear that I am going to need to be very gentle with myself.

2.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This edition has a really excellent introduction, great footnotes, and a good selection of criticism that follows the text of Incidents. Highly recommended to teach from.

Incidents itself is harrowing to read. What Harriet Jacobs went through is unimaginable to me. This should be required reading for every American high school student, and I am deeply disturbed that even now in the 21st century, my high school daughter has read zero African American writers for school. No Harriet Jacobs. No Frederick Douglass. Reading about slavery from the point of view of the enslaved is not an activity that should wait for college classes.




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3. Everybody should go watch sholio's Fanvid: Defenders--Welcome to New York because it is glorious and will make you cry. And want to rewatch everything. LOL

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The Well-Appointed Desk

The Pen Addict

The Gentleman Stationer

These sites cover all kinds of pen, pencil, and paper use, but they also feature art and reviews of artists' supplies, so there's a wide range of posts that might interest many of you.

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

\o/

[trobadora]

I'm glad you're feeling better!

[oracne]

Glad you got a walk in!

[kore]

Yay feeling better! The slow pace of recovery really can be frustrating.

[china_shop]

I'm so glad you're starting to feel better! *hugs*

[corvidology]

Really good to hear that you're feeling better! ♥

[slightweasel]

I'm so glad you're starting to feel better! Fingers crossed. And yeah, def go slow with it. <3333

[independence1776]

I'm so glad you're starting to feel better!

[tabaqui]

Yes, go slow!
I'm glad you're feeling a little better.

[amejisuto]

Yay! So glad you're doing better love!

[executrix]

Many a mickle makes a muckle!

[sholio]

Thank you for the rec! <3 And I'm glad you're starting to feel better.

[kass]

I am glad that you are feeling a bit better. Taking it slow seems eminently reasonable to me.

[umadoshi]

Yay for starting to feel better!

[timespirt]

Glad your feeling better hon. Take it easy still though.

"HUGS"

[lyr]

I'm so glad to hear you're finally getting better! But yes, definitely be gentle with yourself.

[lunabee34]

*high five*

[lunabee34]

Me too.

*hugs*

[lunabee34]

Me too!

I'm going to keep it at fifteen minutes for a few days, and if I don't experience any relapses, I'll add five minutes incrementally. And then I'll eventually add back in rigor.

[lunabee34]

OMG, yes.

I just don't want to make myself relapse by trying to do too much. But I am so tired of being inactive and feeling weak. It's really hard to gauge how slowly I should be going.

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

Thank you!

[lunabee34]

Thank you, friend!

[lunabee34]

Thank you! *hugs* I'm going to stick with 15 minutes for a few days and then increase by five minute increments very slowly. ;)

[lunabee34]

Thank you so much!

[lunabee34]

Thank you!

*hugs*

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

Me too. ;)

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

A little at a time will add up; I'm going to increase incrementally and very slowly. No sense in making myself relapse.

[lunabee34]

You're welcome!

*hugs*

Me too. I am tired of my identity as a sick person. LOL

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

Thank you.

I definitely don't want to overdo it and relapse. I was very tired by late afternoon yesterday, but it wasn't that sick exhausted from before, so I think I'm doing the right thing.

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

Thank you!

[lunabee34]

Thank you, sweetie.

*hugs*

I will.

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

Thank you.

I will be. I don't want to relapse at all. *shudders*

[gloss]

So happy you're feeling better! <3

my high school daughter has read zero African American writers for school.
JFC that's awful.

[torachan]

Glad you're starting to feel better!

[lunabee34]

I know. It's unconscionable. I polled my freshman classes this week because we're reading an excerpt of Frederick Douglass's Narrative, and none of them had been assigned to read slave narratives in school either. Which is just so WTF that I don't get it. They're short, and perhaps most importantly given funding for education, they're free! They're all in the public domain. So frustrating. I can't help but wonder if this is because we're in the South, or if that lack is widely true across the country.

[lunabee34]

Well, I think I spoke a little too soon, but even though I am feeling a little setback, I still feel better from where I was two weeks ago, so pretty much a win!

[sweet_exile]

Take care of yourself and I'm glad you're feeling better

[lunabee34]

Thank you. I finally feel like the mono is genuinely getting better. I'm still tired and having to take it slow, but I feel much better.