I Said What I Said

Hello from public transit on a super long city day

And i did have a dream. But it was about taking the puppy into the city with me. She is still small enough to fit into a large tote bag, so i had her in there so i could get on the CTA and whatnot (that’s the rule in Chicago, if the dog fits in a bag or carrier you can bring it. Not sure if official or unofficial but that’s what people do).

ok so in the dream, we are down by the chicago river, up on an elevated platform for catching the L, when i realize, oh i havent let her out of the bag recently to pee, let's go do that before boarding. i drop something while taking her out of the bag, set her down, and in a split second, she drops from the platform INTO THE RIVER (there is no real track platform where people can congregate that i know of that is in fact directly over the river where this could happen fyi).... so i'm panicking, leave my tote bag, and jump in after her. i manage to rescue her, but we have a tough time swimming to a place where i can get her and myself OUT of the river. we float til we find an area to do so, but then we're so far from where i left my bag. and suddenly its night time. and we are soaked and shivering. and i have no money to get on a bus or train or phone for navigation. so i just keep walking to try to find something that is open or someone who can help, on the general route back to where i left my bag. dream ends before i get there.

HOWS THAT FOR A WET DREAM HUH.

I never like to do anything the morning of before a gig because it throws me off but this wedding is close enough where I was able to attend and not feel crazy rushed.

I changed purses before we left to something very small and managed to forget to take my drivers license!!!!! So we panicked about getting into the show (it was 21+) but the guy scolded me but let me slide so holy shit I was very lucky.

ESG was super good. They played exactly an hour. No encore but the singer lady can barely walk so once she was done she was done. Just glad we got in.

But then… Husband woke up at 4am with a massively low blood sugar. I’m talking like only a “6” according to the meter. I got him ginger ale and juice and got the emergency glucose nose spray ready. He was moaning. I almost had to call 911. Thankfully he stayed conscious and tested again and it came back up to 60… then 85… then 95. So we didn’t go to the hospital but man that was a close one. I stayed awake til probably 5 to make sure he was ok.

Then we are seeing ESG at a queer/femme festival on the north side that my old radio station is sponsoring. So I’m guessing I’ll see some folks I know and haven’t seen in over a year.

Hard to choose an outfit that works for both but I maybe managed….

Ever get Phytophotodermatitis for your birthday?

Aka margarita burn. Aka lime juice sunburn.

Cause I did.

Picture one was the day after the backyard bday bbq.

Picture two is just now.

It looks so fucking gross in person. Like an ugly blotchy rash. But it doesn’t itch. It just feels like the worst dang sun burn ever.

And so far it has barely faded and tomorrow will be 1 week.

But that’s ok. We can go somewhere tomorrow in the city before the concert we have tickets to.

This article is about a high school friend of mine’s brother in law killing her father in law!! Crazy shit!!

Anywho I swiped a wet Qtip across and got it off/out. Husband didn’t know what a tonsil stone was but he does now 🤭 just hoping I feel ok bc Tuesday is my birthday and I really would like to not feel ill on my 40th.