i appear to be getting over diverticulitis — AGAIN — i’m no longer experiencing bouts of lower-gut pain 30 seconds to a minute or so before i have to rush to the bathroom or else i shit my pants, and i am experiencing FEWER “shit-my-pants emergency” trips to the bathroom, although they are still somewhat frequent, and i have A BIT more control over them, for SLIGHTLY longer than i had last week. i’m still on a more-or-less restricted diet, which is largely liquid, although solid food has become a daily occurrence again, and it hasn’t caused any visible backlash.

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i’ll be VERY GLAD when i no longer have to worry about things like this, over which i have VERY LITTLE control, affecting my body. 😒

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the panto is selling out. we have two more weekends (eight total shows), and, so far, they have either been sold out, or mostly sold out before they even opened the box office. the tail-end of the donkey did something wrong, and hit his head (or something like that, i never heard the details), so the understudy was supposed to play the tail-end of the donkey, but then King Oswald Montegue (played by newbie shelley douma) lost her voice, but was, otherwise, feeling fine (a common malady for someone who took on a leading role without much advance preparation or training), so she took over the donkey-ass position, and the understudy (Chochi Smiley?) took over the King’s part, and she actually did really well, including the songs. it’s really good to have an understudy who actually KNOWS ALL the parts! 👍👍

thursday is xmas. thursday is also the day when the trash-collectors normally make their rounds. i’m going to bet that they’re going to bump it to friday, but i haven’t heard anything, yet.