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Omg all of the styles are so gorgeous. 😍 I love the Buttercups and the deep side part.

Meanwhile my white ass here looking like Hagrid after I spend an hour blow drying it and flattening it. I have a love hate relationship with my hair. Color is perfect, texture/thickness, I’ve no idea what to do with it.

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I know I already saved it and I’m gonna save it again! Thank you very much Pinterest.

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Should I be asleep? Yes. Am I instead up crying for no reason? Also yes.

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THE BIRDCAGE — 1996, dir. Mike Nichols

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Why is mental health such a struggle. Like why does your brain want to put you in more physical and physiological pain when you’re already in physical and physiological pain? It makes so sense. Maybe because this pain is have control over?

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“Tortoise opening the new science lab at the University of Lincoln”

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the nerd i reblogged this from has a quality blog & i recommend you all follow them.

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Bitch what?? “Really old movie” I remember being so hyped to see this movie and then remember going to see it and telling all my friends about it. Also I can’t believe it was 2015…I feel old now. I’ve lived a lifetime since then and I feel it. 😂

Crimson Peak (2015) dir. Guillermo del Toro

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Okay I’m currently furious that migraines are often so blindly easy to treat and I had to find this out myself at the age of 26 when I’ve been to a neurologist since I was 11 lol so I’m about to teach you two neat and fast little tricks to deal with pain!

The first is the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the SCM muscle.

This big red section is responsible for pain around the eye, cheekbone, and jaw, as well as some temple pain. Literally all you have to do is angle your head down a little, angle it away from the side that hurts, and then you can gently pinch and rub that muscle. I find it best to start at the bottom and travel upwards. The relief is so immediate! You can increase pressure as you feel comfortable doing so.

Here is a short and easy video showing this in action

The second is a fast and easy stretch that soothes your vagus nerve, which is the nerve responsible for calming you down. The vagus nerve, for those unfamiliar, is stimulated by deep breathing such as yawning, sighing, singing, or taking a deep breath to calm your anger in a tense situation.

You can stretch this out by sitting up as straight as possible (this does not have to be perfect to work) and interlacing your fingers. Put your hands on the back of your head with your thumbs going down the sides of your neck and, while keeping your face forward, look all the way to one side with just your eyes. Hold that until you feel the urge to breathe deeply or yawn, or until you can tell there’s a change. Then do the same thing on the other side. When you put your arms down, you should clearly be able to turn your head farther in both directions. If the first session doesn’t get rid of your migraine, rest and repeat as many times as necessary. I even get a little fancy with it and roll my eyes up and down along the outer edge sometimes to stretch as much as I can.

If you need a visual here’s a good video on it. I know some of the language they use seems questionable but this is real and simple science and should not be discarded because it’s been adopted by the trendy wellness crowd!

I seriously cannot believe I didn’t hear a word of this from any doctor in my life. Additionally, if you get frequent recurring migraines, you may want to see a dietician. Migraines can be caused by foods containing histamines, lectin, etc. and can also be caused by high blood pressure in specific situations such as exercise, stress, and even sex.

If any of this information helps you I’d love to hear it btw! It’s so so fast and easy to do. Good luck!

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Surgery was tough, the recovery has been tougher. I’m glad that the anesthesiologist knew that as a natural redhead I needed more meds to help me get to sleep. It usually took me so long to get to sleep for the last four surgeries. This one I told her yes I was a natural redhead

“takes you a bit longer to go to sleep then doesn’t it?”

“Yes it does.”

“I’ve got all the happy juice to help with that.”

“Last time it took a few min…” and that was it till I woke up whimpering in the recovery room. 😂

Also TAP blocks are no joke, and they didn’t give me enough happy juice to make me feel sleepy or forget about the pain of that alone.

The rushed wrist IV was very painful. The same anesthesiologist told me it was just to get me to sleep but not to worry I’d have a different one come time I woke up. Well I did have one in my other hand but that was after three more attempts and the wrist and other hand attempt that blew as well.

I feel like I’ve been blown up like a balloon, I can’t breathe well it’s so much pressure. I hurt so much and the coughing from the tube is annoying and hurts. Crying without pain is impossible also idk why I cry most the time. Hiccups are hell.

Hoping the biopsies all come back clear and negative and I’m cancer free.

Coming home to gifts are wonderful, loveeee my breakup book from @irishavengersassemble thanks so much sissy! You’re the best sister I could’ve ever asked for.

Made a new friend in one of my techs at the hospital. She was so sweet telling me she loved my hair and the volume of my hair and how it reminded her of Merida and Ariel. I looked like a princess. After a week of feeling like a failure as a woman, as a daughter and in life in general she had no idea how much it mean to me. So happy to have met her. Amazing person. Nominated her for a tulip award. Made friends on Facebook and told the nurses about how much she helped and helped even to lift my spirits.

I’m done rambling now.

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Getting this cake after surgery. So freaking nervous.

treating myself after any minor inconvenience

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VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.

Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)

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Yay they came in! But boo, nurse said they’d rather I not have my nails painted for surgery so, it’ll have to wait till at least Saturday to be placed put on 😑.

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soulmates? lmao, even my shadow’s tired of my ass.

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Danny Pino in the Key Largo Rehearsals at Geffen Playhouse 2019

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Danny Pino as Frank McCloud in Key Largo at the Geffen Playhouse in 2019

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My dad struggles at being a lefty so much. He basically curls his whole arm up and wrist around so he’s still pulling the pin. He’s always had the tiniest hand writing because of it.

and my personal favorite:

i love getting validation as a lefty but also learning about new fun ways it continues to suck