I forget to tell you in the Week in Review that I plan to take it a little easy for June. I’m not feeling right. It’s not just the overwhelm, I think there’s a physical element as well. I realized last week, after taking it Super Easy for some time and still having crashes, that I was feeling kinda like I did right before my diagnosis two years ago – the extreme exhaustion/fatigue, heart pounding way too hard after even the most minor exertion, dizziness, etc. And that was all due to being severely anemic. That’s why I ended up in the hospital in the first place. And after filling me back up with blood, the question was why. Why was I so anemic.

Well, then it seemed an easy answer. I’d been bleeding almost nonstop for several years. And in hindsight, I’d had cancer for much of that time – but I didn’t know that then. Now, I don’t really know what the reason would be, but it feels very much the same. I’ve added iron pills and my sister recommended Vitamin B…and I’m making a point of eating more high-protein, iron-rich stuff, but none of that seems to be making much difference in how I feel. Anyway, I’ve made an appointment for a full physical and will hopefully get to the bottom of this.

But in the meantime, I am lowering the bar for myself. I’m going to back to 3 posts a week (Mon-Wed-Fri) for the time being (unless some idea is just pouring out of me)…and I’m taking a little ebay break now that I’m done selling all my friend’s things. I’ve grown accustomed to Box Hill in the living room, although now that I have a little extra $$ from those ebay sales, I’m going to reach out to someone on Task Rabbit to see if they’ll come assemble the bookcases…and then all the contents of the boxes can go on the shelves. It won’t be a lovely, styled bookcase vignette (oh Instagram you have ruined me for real life) but it will be neater than Box Hill.

All that said, today’s outfit is the result of a little bar lowering as well (who’s the Queen of Segues? Come on, who?). I’ve been buying and returning like crazy, trying to get some summer clothes and it has really been a challenge! But when June 1 hit I started feeling a little panicked…any day now it’s going to get HOT. Like for real hot.

So when these green linen pants arrived…and this blue linen popover, while neither are the items of my dreams, one of my worst nightmares is showing up at work naked, so…I’m Gonna Make Them Work. I’ve wanted army green pants for years. These are a little more on the yellow/olive side than I like but BETTYE YOU’RE TOO DARN PICKY they’re at least in the range of green I wanted…and they were on sale for $14…and so far they seem to fit alright. They’re hiked way up high…

…ha ha, but I’ll always wear a shirt out over that, so…DEAL WITH IT BETTYE. I kept them on for a bit after the shoot on the patio just to see if they stretched out too much (linen stretches out a LOT) and didn’t stay up. They’re a button fly with no drawstring, so waist stretching was a concern. But after shooting and sitting (largest stomach situation) for a couple of hours they seemed okay.

The blue top from Woman Within is nicer than I expected. The linen is nice and soft, it has side slits for a little extra grace in the hips/tummy area and there’s no button gaping at the bust. Since I’m me, I will point out my dislikes as well: the three-quarter sleeve length and something about the collar/neckline just feels a little matronly…it’s too big and it’s a little prone to laying flat and not standing up against my neck like a proper collar. But there ya go, it is what it is. It is June 9 as I’m writing this and the heat is coming. I need to lower the bar just a tad so I actually have clothes to wear to work and out with friends.

Sometimes you can keep your standards high for just so long. Then you gotta live the real life that’s in front of you.

What I Wore

No one’s to blame for these pictures today but me, ha. It is REALLY green out on the patio so I was fighting green-tinged skin…and I didn’t have the energy to reshoot the photos that are not quite in focus. Consider it a dream state shoot. Remember where my bar is. Thank you.

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