I can’t believe how long it has been since I posted a blog. Yet, I’m grateful to have kept this domain and account. I hope to get back to posting about things I love to collect. Recently, I’ve been toying with idea of selling a large portion of my comic book collection. I’m not looking for quick buck but rather looking to downsize. The immediate problem I see is that during this tough economic time, everyone seems to be selling their things to make ends meet. For me, I think that spells “saturated” market. I don’t know with certainly but it’s what I’m thinking.

Somewhere in one of my last posts, I talked about eldercare. Well that horror has stretched on to almost 5 years now and I know that I am not the same person. I wish that I could be. These days eldercare is all encompassing emotionally, physically and now financially. My selfish in laws have care needs that exceed their income. My spouse does all the overnights but during the day, while they sleep and I work (full time) we pay caregivers through an agency. It is expensive. My in laws are clueless and did not prepare for their health needs as they age. They both have said, they didn’t think they would get old and they dont want to die. I can’t imagine having this mentality. I try not to dwell but it’s difficult not to be angry as they take more and more from us so that they can live.

I recently had a medical wake up call that has me centering my energy on me. I stopped exercising about 2 years into this 4 year care giving experience and was stress eating. I also was not sleeping properly. I did a daily shift with my in laws from 1pm to 4, 5 or 6pm depending. My father in law is the heavy lift when it comes to care because he is bed ridden and require adult diaper changes and feeding. He has dementia and Parkinson’s in addition to being violent and exit seeking (this means he tries to climb out of the bed constantly) so he has to be monitored. He is at his worst at night after he has sun downed. He fights diaper changes, punches, bites and spits if he can. I would help with night time diaper changes sometimes staying awake until 1 or 2am. This resulted in poor sleeping habits for me. To stay awake sometimes at night, I would snack. I ended up in the hospital for about 4 days because of high sugar. Like a I said a wake up call.

What I’ve decided? Focus on me and cut back on eldercare. This has made a difference for me, a month in my sugar is under control and I’m off high doses of insulin. I workout every morning and walk after each meal. It’s helped a lot and I’ve lost some weight. For my mental health, I am resurrecting this blog. I enjoyed writing about comics I was reading and sharing my likes of pop culture. While I don’t collect comics every week (I really did stop back during covid lock down); I do love visiting comic shops and buying things I find unique. I hope to visit comic shops to help me with content for the blog. New shops help motivate me so hopefully, more to come.