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This morning I took the bus to the coast and climbed around some cliffside ruins. SO cool!! Then I walked to see the bison herd in Golden Gate Park. Then another bus back near my hostel for a grocery trip and a short rest. A turkey burger and a horchata with almond jelly for lunch before my pre-op appointment. I'm so ready!!

Surgery was pushed back to the afternoon, which makes it more convenient for my ride, but that means I can't eat anything until about 5 pm. They took pity on me and said I could drink 16 oz. of water before 10 am, so that helps a lot, but I'm thinking I'll pack a snack for when I wake up!

The doctor's only a block away from Chinatown, so I spent a few hours wandering there. I had dinner and limped back to my room for a big cup of tea. Between the overstimulation and the blisters, I'm ready to take it slow for a while!

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Somebody made a cute little village in their front yard.

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My room for the next week while I recover. I'm going to make a pillow mountain.

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I went ahead and overdrafted my account to pay the rent so we should be okay-ish for the moment, but that leaves me about -$450! If anyone feels like kicking a guy a few dollars I'd appreciate it mightily

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Art in San Francisco Airport.

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I think something abt luffy that makes him so enchanting is that he's introduced as being very silly and goofy, and you kind of expect him to be humbled or experience the harsh reality of what being a pirate actually means (cruelty, theft, actually being a bad person etc.) and have to adjust his world view, but then fucked up things start happening and he's still silly and goofy about it and you find that he actually wasn't sheltered at all and he is just a little fucked up himself, but still happy and loving

and then its Everyone Else who has to adjust to what his idea of a pirate is bc he keeps winning and they're just like "yeah okay. whatever. I guess thats what this is in now."

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My flight out of town!

The first flight was short and sweet, though being in the first seat, I sacrificed baggage space for leg room. Had to let half the plane disembark before schlepping back to grab my bag in row 11.

But then I spent a couple hours in Charlotte! It's a big airport, but easy to navigate. Found my gate, sat to eat my packed lunch, then wandered around until I found wifi.

Next up, San Francisco! ...But first, more walking!

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I'm 40 and nonbinary, on my way across the country as we speak for top surgery because the governor of Florida doesn't want my insurance to cover it!! Here's my GoFundMe:

How about we just have like... hey trans people, post your pay links or wishlist or whatever you got. No limits, no trans excluded, intersex welcome, any and all genders off the social conventions included. I'll just reblog em a bunch.

I need a reblog to share your info, please use those, not comments or tags. I try to reblog immediately every instance I see between 10am and 10pm, everything else goes into the queue.

Additionally, Reddit has some donation resources, which are outlined and linked in this post. However, there are potential difficulties associated with these resources, with more details in this post.

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the whole point of life is being deeply moved by art. and bread

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hey did you know??? that if you stop stretching and maintaining mobility in your body then it goes away?? things get tight and you can't move the way that you used to??? and when you decide to try getting a stretch routine going that the first week fucking sucks because you keep going 'damn i used to be able to do this no problem' and then you have to switch gears and be kind to yourself and just focus on getting better from here instead of berating yourself for dropping the good habits in the first place??? and your body never stops aging so you gotta keep taking care of it and sometimes you gotta take care of it extra in certain areas because of things that happened when you were younger and it's boring and sometimes hurts but it's so necessary???

i am yelling this at myself right now i am going through An Experience (trying to get into a routine of body maintenance again for my physical and mental health)

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I'm flying to San Francisco today, for surgery Thursday!! My flight was covered thanks to Elevated Access (very last-minute, but it's all set up). I told my mom, and it went better than I expected. She didn't ask any questions, but she's probably not ready to know more and that's fine.

I'm still worried, mostly about logistics stuff. Is my luggage small enough? Will the hostel mind that I made a reservation for two people but only one will be there? Will they let people come in and help me out? Will I be able to navigate public transportation? Will I be safe walking around with bags? Will my allergies be terrible (they're improving but not completely)? How bored will I get? It'll be fine. I'll be okay.

Thanks so much for your support, both monetary and spreading this around. I haven't met my goal, but I've got 64% now and I'm hoping to raise a little more in the next few days. I've taken lots of steps to make this as inexpensive as possible, but it's still going to be an expensive process.

...Also I'm concerned about being able to get up out of bed. I remember when I got my hysterectomy I didn't realize how much I needed my abdominal muscles. I think the same will be true of my pectoral muscles. I've been exercising some, but probably not enough. Again, as usual, I'll make it work.

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The Monster Manual but it's blatantly written by the monsters

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I made a caramel cake.

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Native fish of St. Louis... plus one diver.

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I love it when bread is small and round and has stuff inside it. The perfect food in every regard except for how much effort it is to make.

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I went to the beach briefly. At the Atlantic this time, and exactly a week in the future I'll go to the Pacific.