the purpose of my blog is to document and share images, questions, ideas, information, discoveries, excitement and events as i journey from dream to reality with my tiny house theater
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this post may seem like a bit of a diversion from my normal topics, or maybe too much information for some people, but it’s what’s up in my journey right now
i have been amazed and delighted, as well as horrified, over the last week and a half
first the amazing part— a banana slug has become my new “pet”!— i first saw it on august 26 after dark— a friend had given me a bunch of pears from her backyard tree and they were on the counter— when i went to put them away, a banana slug had found them and was having a feast!
the really amazing thing is that the slug has been coming back almost every night, to the same spot, looking for the goods!
i’ve really been wondering about banana slugs’ brains, and how it can remember where to find the pear, and wondering where it goes during the day
the other night i spotted it on the back wall of the kitchen as i got home— took it an hour and 20 minutes to make it’s way all the way to the counter— i made sure it’s pear was there waiting :)
i’m out of pear now, so going to try giving it banana!— hee hee
now the horrible part—my hair is falling out!!— i noticed a weird gap in my bangs last week, and as i was braiding my hair as i do every night before bed, i realized it felt really skinny
the other day, i felt “light headed”— like my hair didn’t have any weight and the wind was blowing right through to my scalp
i kind of started freaking out, but i did remember that my hair got really thin back when i was 20, moving out under duress from my parents house, and having my periods start again while in recovery from an eating disorder
and again after i gave birth to my daughter
online i discovered there is a term for this phenomenon— telogen effluvium— sudden hair loss due to extreme physical or emotional stress— so now i know what’s happening— it should return to normal in 4-6 months, once my stress goes down and things get more normal
not that anything in my life is ever going to be “normal” again— and i am not sure whether my stress levels will taper off— but hopefully my hair will recover anyway!
as for my vardo, we had a pause last week to catch our breath and catch up on some details— now we are ready to move full speed ahead!— next time i’ll tell you about my water system and how i’m handling my “bathroom” set up
my “pet” banana slug :)))
