June 4, 1982, yr Auntie comes on the scene. That makes her a Gemini sun, Scorpio moon, & Leo ascendant.

In 1998, at 16 years old, yr Auntie starts her current spiritual/magical journey and daily practice.

In 2000, at 18 years old, yr Auntie starts her first business as a professional tarot card reader.

Also in 2000, yr Auntie's family invests in a DVD player, because the local anime shop goes DVD only. At one point, they're told that they were on the middle-high range of repeat renters when it comes to anime watched, they'd go in a few times a week for the next discs in the series, not every day, or even at opening and closing like some on the highest rental tier.

In 2002, yr Auntie's friend gets her the "cool arena concert and IHL hockey game security job" she'd work until 2007, when her college dual major ramped up.

In 2009, yr Auntie got that dual major degree in Anthropology & Classical Latin Language. This culminated in a study abroad in the Peloponnese, Greece in 2010.

Also in 2010, yr Auntie started the "cool art museum job."

Another 2010's feature for yr Auntie was a real deep dive into third-wave feminism, which led to yr Auntie realizing that they'd been asexual and aromantic this whole time, not just "straight, but super, duper, really picky."

In 2014, yr Auntie leaves the "cool art museum job" for the "cool media job."

In 2016, yr Auntie is diagnosed with fibromyalgia, 15 years after first symptom flare. In 2017, they go through a Mayo Clinic-style pain program specifically for fibromyalgia patients, where Auntie's joint hypermobility was first diagnosed.

2016 is also the year yr Auntie took up the mantle of Water Protector in response to the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. While Auntie couldn't make it to North Dakota to the main protest, she organized local satellite protests, as well as protests around local water issues. She served as the first & founding President of their local chapter of Water Protectors.

In 2019, yr Auntie loses the "cool media job" to company sale and downsizing, and learns quickly that her disabilities have made full-time work, and then even part time work, impossible. Their first US SSI Disability application is filed in early 2020, and they obtain a lawyer in 2021.

yr Auntie has her first two spine surgeries in June 2021, laminectomies at both the low thoracic and low lumbar levels. The surgeon goes in again at the lumbar level to remove scar tissue left from a calcified ruptured disc in October 2022. This is two weeks after yr Auntie is formally tested and diagnosed with multiple neurodivergencies, including combined-type ADHD, severe dyscalculia, and internal hyperactivity with hyperverbalism and hyperlexia.

In March 2023, its discovered that a ligament across Auntie's spine at the thoracic surgery site had atrophied, and shrunk, squeezing off and deeply bruising Auntie's spinal cord, a permanently disabling condition called "myleomalacia." Emergency surgery to remove the ligament to prevent further pressure damage caused a severe cerebrospinal fluid leak, which required another emergency surgery to stop the leak to save yr Auntie's brain, it was that severe.

That left Auntie dealing with undiagnosed and un-treated chronic migraines for about a year and a half, until the end of 2024.

2024 is also when yr Auntie was formally diagnosed with five food allergies, and absolutely every environmental allergy you can think of.  They've been documenting how they feed themselves under such restrictions without sacrificing flavor at Auntie's Allergy-Free Eats since early 2025.

Also in early 2025, yr Auntie started the weight-loss drug Contrave (not a GLP-1, an addiction drug), which with that killing her sugar cravings, and her allergy diet providing high nutrients with low fats and sugars, Auntie was thankfully 50lbs lighter by Black Friday 2025 when she learned she was getting a new titanium hip joint.

December 2025, yr Auntie starts this blog to document the surgery process from an experienced patient perspective, but starts responding to trending topics in personal essays, too... because what else is there to do when you're stuck in bed?

January 5, 2026, yr Auntie becomes bionic. With legs that are the same length and a pelvis that's not absurdly tilted, what can't she do? A lot of things, but play along here...

February 1, 2026 is when yr Auntie puts her diet & nutrition, supplement regimen, scalp oiling, and chebe butter & steam treatments to the test with a year-long hair growth challenge - just as her body can switch from healing bone and muscle, to growing hair. Auntie's hair has always been very fine, porous, and prone to breakage, healthy growth will be a huge testament to Auntie's current regimens, inside and out.

2026 is also the first year yr Auntie is heading in full well knowing that it's perimenopause. And if they're already blogging about every other topic that comes to mind, why wouldn't they share about what their body is doing during Puberty's Evil Twin, and what they're doing about it?