I found the shark tooth necklace dad bought years before I was even a thought! When I was tall enough to reach it, I used to go through everything in a box my parents had on their chest of drawers. Many times, like I thought there would be something new in there. There wasn’t lol. It was dads and there were pictures and various little knickknacks and military stuff in it, and this necklace. A couple of weeks ago, I asked mom if it was still in dad’s “duck box” (it has a big wooden duck on top) and asked if I could please have it. She said yes, and I was reallly happy about that. I’ve been wearing it for the past couple of days and don’t really want to take it off, but the tooth is still pretty sharp. It’s not something I could wear while sleeping. Anyways, I’m in my pajamas and still wearing it. I wish I knew the story behind it, where he got it, and so on. But I’ll never really know and that’s fine. I like to imagine he got it from a beach store when he was a rambunctious teenager living on Long Island, before joining the military in ‘79. I think that’s a likely scenario, so I’ll roll with it 😺
Additionally, why the hell must I hold my phone in a really awkward way to get this type of picture? I can’t just hold the thing straight out, it’s ridiculous. Help. 😅
Isn’t it cool, though? Knowing dad had it since he was young…I don’t know really how to describe how I feel, but it’s a nice feeling. I still can’t talk about dad without bursting into tears, but the necklace is definitely a comfort.
Anyhoo.
I took the rest of the dolls I’ve thrifted, the gross ones, to moms this afternoon and disinfected those. I’m not buying anymore Disney ones. They just kind of suck. I’m talking about Elsa and Anna type ones, and those are freaking everywhere. Always gross and crusty. The Anna I was wiping off had some kind of dark green shit around the hairline and behind the ears. I stopped and tossed it in the junk bag when I noticed. I also tossed Elsa because…I can’t remember lol. I decided to donate the big musclely (sp?) military dude to my favourite thrift store. It already has a molded shirt but no pants because I kinda threw his clothes away 😬 I wiped him off so the person that finds it won’t have a nasty, germy doll. As for Anna and Elsa…I’m not putting that evil on a child, because it’s freaking nasty and I ain’t doin’ it. There are some I’m just going to re donate. They are kind of, well, useless. Incredibly cheap and poorly made. There’s nothing on them I can use, not even the head. I don’t look very closely when I get them, especially when they’re someone’s lot that’s in a plastic bag.
While cleaning, I noticed that a few of them had gotten in a fight with a cat and lost. There were a few chewed hands and one foot. Sadly, one of them was some kind of Rainbow High doll but smaller, and it had damage on a hand and a foot. I don’t know how to replace parts. I guess I’ll figure it out. It looks like it might be difficult to rebody one of those, the heads feel like they’re really fucking on there, like for good. Another thing to figure out, I guess. Rainbow High has really grown on me, so I don’t want to throw it in a donation bin just yet, even though I might have to if I can’t fix it. They are pretty cheap on eBay.
I know I have a doll blog now, but I don’t think these bits really belong there lol
The pain in my right bum and leg was so freaking bad last night. I did not know what to do, I couldn’t take Aleve yet, so I just laid there and fidgeted my leg to death. This wasn’t the restless leg I sometimes get. It’s like I thought if I moved it around enough, that would somehow help? I’m getting a little bit worried that I might have this pain for the rest of my life. I already knew I’m destined to have back and neck pain forever because of bulging discs, but this is different pain from what I usually had every day. I have an appointment at a pain clinic coming up. I don’t know how or if they’ll help.
Oh, Pippi launched herself up through my eyes underwear’s leg hole again, probably trying to get the TP from my hand. She has got to stop doing that because I’m going to have a freaking heart attack! I need to shut her out of the bathroom, but I always forget. 😑
I would also like to say, again, that this iPhone keyboard and autocorrect are absolute shite. SHITE! I’ve said it many times, but I felt the need to gripe about it because writing this post was really difficult because of it.