So we’re coming up on the seventh anniversary of The Event, which should mean that we’re past the statutory seven-year bad luck period of whatever caused it, right? I don’t remember walking under any ladders or breaking any mirrors, but it’s possible that I opened an umbrella in the house or that I crossed paths with a black cat, most likely because I was trying to pet it.1 But anyway, this isn’t a post about good luck or bad luck or even anniversaries, really. This is a post about saving throws.
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An Annie-Versary
So as of the time of this post, it was exactly one year ago—9:13am on 11/7/2019—that I woke up on the floor in the living room.
Continue reading “An Annie-Versary”A Six-Month Semi-Versary
So this week (Thursday, specifically) marks six months since The Event, when an undetected 3mm aneurysm at the base of my brain ruptured on November 7, 2019, causing a serious subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and putting me in the hospital for about two weeks, most of that time in ICU. After being released, I spent the next couple of months recovering at home and returned to work on January 2, 2020. Also in January, my wife and I started going to our local dance studio again, and I resumed exercising and most of my other normal activities, at least until California shut down due to the coronavirus about six weeks ago.
