The Prettiest of Princesses.

Okay, this is a bit of a story:

I have a set of "magic skirts," double-layer, reversible wrap skirts made with recycled silk sarees from India that I live in in the summer months, but move to the back of the closet in the snow and the cold. So, I didn't notice for awhile that Penelope had pulled down the purple one for Penelope's Purple Princess Palace in my closet.

That's not Penelope in the picture. That's Hamish, my biggest, burliest, boy cat going I WANNA BE A PRINCESS TOO!!

Which very much reminds me of playing Pretty Pretty Princesses as a kid with ALL the kids, even the older boys would pause their Nintendo games or Hot Wheels races to join in. Everyone's family game set was inevitably stocked with grandma's old costume jewelry, because there was never enough of the plastic jewelry that came with the game for all the kids to play.

For the record, not only did all the adults think it was cute and funny for us kids to play super gendered games in mixed-gender groups, now that I'm thinking about it, some 90% of the boys I played Pretty Pretty Princesses with grew up to join the military. Special forces, multiple tours, the works.

Anyway, my cats are lucky my only plan for tomorrow is a doctor's appointment, that's my Mardi Gras skirt... they're definitely losing it the minute it gets warm enough for me to really wear, though.

Speaking of, I splashed some hydrogen peroxide on that white spot on my incision... no bubbles whatsoever. It's not infected, it's fat that hasn't grown skin over it yet.

More rabbit tracking story... my 92 year old grandmother has been having problems with chronic wounds on her feet and legs for about a year now, with this exposed fat layer issue. When I learned she was putting collagen dressings on them from the wound care clinic, I talked her into drinking my instant bone broth every day, with a full dose of bovine collagen, so she can get the collagen both internally and externally. A month later, her wounds are nearly healed. Which means I have access to collagen wound dressings she's not using anymore, which I'll put on today, and let both my PCP and my surgeon know what's going on at my respective appointments. And yes, I am dosing myself with bovine collagen and vitamin C daily, as well.