MAY I REQUEST A DUMBO OCTOPUS

MAY I REQUEST A DUMBO OCTOPUS

Daily Cephalopod #138

Fuck I have Covid again. Why the hell do people go out when they’re sick??? I’m 98% sure I got it from a girl in one of my classes who wouldn’t stop coughing. Sure it’s not her fault that the class isn’t recorded so missing lecture means missing material but still why is it so fucking normalized to go out when you’re sick??? I’m honestly really scared that this will end up like the last time I had it, in bed with a high fever and racing heart 24/7 with muscle weakness and extreme fatigue. I already have long Covid from that time what the fuck is this time going to do to me??

thanks mom (read left to right)

An interaction I had with my mom

I may have an official diagnosis, but she will still give me her advice as an able body person.

Thanks mom...

The Adventures of Ted 12/1/2023

Today Ted went to school

Alt text: Ted, a yellow plushie tube like dinosaur with rainbow tabs on his back, sits in a backpack in a classroom

Ted also rode the bus

Alt text: a close up of Ted, a yellow tube like dinosaur plushie with rainbow tabs on his back, on a bus

I feel like half the time I'm like: "Yeah, I'm completely fine and used to this"

And the other half the time I'm: "I am slowly being torn apart and I cannot do anything about it, so I grieve myself and what I wish I could do."

way too many disabilities still exist in the public consciousness as “childhood illnesses”, and that majorly contributes to the infantilisation we’re subjected to