Cold and Dry in 2020s

My skin is dry, I’m freezing in a 72-degree house, and I’m on the second day of being stuck. My TSH must be sky-high, which means the weight loss is connected to what I’ve been eating after all.

Yesterday was awful because I was horribly tired. The fatigue was so bad I could barely do anything. Today is the first day in nearly a week that I have a little energy, but I don’t know how long it will last. I still didn’t sleep great last night.

I was out cold for the first few hours, then woke up briefly. An hour later, I woke up to pee. Two hours after that, I woke up gasping for breath, though I’m pretty sure it was due to my stuffy nose and not my throat closing. Those cute, colorful breathing strips for kids are worthless! I thought they might work because my nose is small, but they’re so thin they don’t open my nose well at all. I switched to regular breathing strips, dozed on and off, and ended up getting over eight hours of sleep in total.

I seem to pick up new problems in every state I move to. Asthma and stress landed me in the hospital for a week in Connecticut. Arizona was where all the dental problems started. Oregon brought me TMJ. California gave me thyroid and anxiety issues. Here, it’s my nose and extreme fatigue. What will I get in New Mexico?

I still don’t know for sure what those spiders we saw in Phoenix were. They definitely weren’t Avondales. Tom said they were hairy but not tarantulas because their legs were much longer than their bodies. Tarantulas have fatter bodies and move more slowly. I’m guessing they were some kind of hobo or wolf spider.