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Health bits and side gigs
Jun. 19th, 2026 01:42 pmFrom the weigh in at the doctor's last week, I evidently lost 20 pounds since the last appointment. The lab numbers are decent, though looks like there's more work to go. A1c went from 7.1 (diabetic) back down to 6.1 (pre-diabetic). For some reason, Labcorp forgot to run the lipid panel so I have a new script and will get re-stabbed for that on Monday morning.
I do seem to be struggling with the 7.5mg dosage since I have the same side effects this week as last week - nausea, headache, fatigue and this week I also have a mild ache in a spot in my abdomen. Thankfully the latter is slowly going away but better not be the pancreas. That would suck to have to go down or discontinue when it's helping.
Anyway, I've picked up a shopping habit lately which I need to get under control. Mainly press on nails (did at least discover how to get them for FAR cheaper than mainstream brands), purses, beads/beaded bracelets and dresses. Thankfully I've discovered thrifting so the amount spent is far less than it could be. Certainly less than Emily's Lego habit lol
I have sent a few items of clothing in to ThredUp which five items have already sold. It's not as lucrative as someplace like Depop/Mercari/Poshmark but I haven't dipped a toe into reselling there. Yet. That's one thing I'm pondering is online selling. Part of what I'm going to try out during the townwide garage sale this year is making curated mystery boxes to sell. One will have a "self care" theme (face masks, some of the fun press on nails, hand cream, etc.) and the other a "Bookish without a book" theme (beaded pens, small journals, bookmarks, etc.). Those things are HUGE on social media right now so I thought why not. If they don't sell in real life or even if they do, I may try etsy. I figure along with the YouTube channel, I should come up with more side gigs that when I could potentially retire from Rutgers late next year, I can either do side gigs full time or get a non-Rutgers admin job and do those to keep the income flowing.
Today we went to Container Store since I need something better to store my earrings than the plastic bins I've been using for years. Since they're merging with the former Bed, Bath and Beyond, right now they're reducing inventory with discounts. The discounts aren't huge yet so I stuck with my original intended purchase and that's what I'll be sorting through this evening.
I knew the store didn't open until 10am and it was only 9:40 when we were getting into the area so we detoured to a Goodwill Store that was on the way. I'm not a big thrifter but for my fake boutique roleplay for the YT channel, it's been paying off to have an engaging looking background. So we have been putting fake flowers and such and I needed some bigger vases. The sign in the front said that yellow price tags made things 50% off so we kept an eye out for those. We found two nice size vases, a pair of fabulous sparkly heels which will look amazing in the background of the fake "shop" and also a JCrew suit dress in near perfect condition.
The entire haul totaled $12. Nice. The reason for purchasing a size 2 dress is I'm going to send it in the bag with my other stack of clothing to be thrifted to ThredUp. I'm curious to see if the name brand makes me more than I paid for it which was $3.50.
If online thrifting becomes a thing, we'll follow the sales at Goodwill and other good thrift stores and Emily will have to come along because she knows ALL the good fashion brands. I only really know the big names. Oh and once I've filmed with the sparkly heels (on the shelf, I'd break an ankle), I'll either try to sell them at the garage sale or will sell online.
I do seem to be struggling with the 7.5mg dosage since I have the same side effects this week as last week - nausea, headache, fatigue and this week I also have a mild ache in a spot in my abdomen. Thankfully the latter is slowly going away but better not be the pancreas. That would suck to have to go down or discontinue when it's helping.
Anyway, I've picked up a shopping habit lately which I need to get under control. Mainly press on nails (did at least discover how to get them for FAR cheaper than mainstream brands), purses, beads/beaded bracelets and dresses. Thankfully I've discovered thrifting so the amount spent is far less than it could be. Certainly less than Emily's Lego habit lol
I have sent a few items of clothing in to ThredUp which five items have already sold. It's not as lucrative as someplace like Depop/Mercari/Poshmark but I haven't dipped a toe into reselling there. Yet. That's one thing I'm pondering is online selling. Part of what I'm going to try out during the townwide garage sale this year is making curated mystery boxes to sell. One will have a "self care" theme (face masks, some of the fun press on nails, hand cream, etc.) and the other a "Bookish without a book" theme (beaded pens, small journals, bookmarks, etc.). Those things are HUGE on social media right now so I thought why not. If they don't sell in real life or even if they do, I may try etsy. I figure along with the YouTube channel, I should come up with more side gigs that when I could potentially retire from Rutgers late next year, I can either do side gigs full time or get a non-Rutgers admin job and do those to keep the income flowing.
Today we went to Container Store since I need something better to store my earrings than the plastic bins I've been using for years. Since they're merging with the former Bed, Bath and Beyond, right now they're reducing inventory with discounts. The discounts aren't huge yet so I stuck with my original intended purchase and that's what I'll be sorting through this evening.
I knew the store didn't open until 10am and it was only 9:40 when we were getting into the area so we detoured to a Goodwill Store that was on the way. I'm not a big thrifter but for my fake boutique roleplay for the YT channel, it's been paying off to have an engaging looking background. So we have been putting fake flowers and such and I needed some bigger vases. The sign in the front said that yellow price tags made things 50% off so we kept an eye out for those. We found two nice size vases, a pair of fabulous sparkly heels which will look amazing in the background of the fake "shop" and also a JCrew suit dress in near perfect condition.
The entire haul totaled $12. Nice. The reason for purchasing a size 2 dress is I'm going to send it in the bag with my other stack of clothing to be thrifted to ThredUp. I'm curious to see if the name brand makes me more than I paid for it which was $3.50.
If online thrifting becomes a thing, we'll follow the sales at Goodwill and other good thrift stores and Emily will have to come along because she knows ALL the good fashion brands. I only really know the big names. Oh and once I've filmed with the sparkly heels (on the shelf, I'd break an ankle), I'll either try to sell them at the garage sale or will sell online.
