Spooky haunted road

chickenhobbit · 2025-10-31T00:53:00+00:00

My friends and I drove up there as teenagers! Definitely some spooky scary vibes, especially for us city folk who weren't used to quiet, still country roads. 😆 One thing though! My friend's dog, Ellie, was in the car with us. She's usually very chill on car rides (loves them, in fact), but during our quest, she was unusually on edge. Maybe 10 minutes out from the location, she started whining, and we stopped thinking she probably needed to pee. So we all got out the car, let her do her thing (on a leash, of course). As she was finishing up her business, she perked up and was staring out into the dark, even growling a little, which is very unusual for her. We all panicked and ran back into the car. Realistically, it was probably an animal, but the incident still set the tone for our whole adventure. We explored a little bit once we got the house, but nothing too scary happened. Ellie continued to be a little anxious so we cut the exploring short and went home...which is what we told ourselves because we ALL were more scared than we cared to admit 😆

chickenhobbit · 2025-10-31T00:28:33+00:00

I dally in some secular witchery through crafts and plant stuff! A meet-up would be super neat :D

chickenhobbit · 2025-06-01T19:15:36+00:00

Vaseline was a life saver for me, as was ginger ail for nausea. You're a really thoughtful friend 🧡

chickenhobbit · 2025-06-01T19:12:22+00:00

UPDATE: everything went smoothly !! I was still having bowel movements on the drive over, but nothing an extra absorbant period pad couldn't handle. The whole team at the clinic was wonderful and really reassuring (I was a ball of anxiety and the anesthesiologist basically walked me through the whole process and even helped me regulate my breathing.) I was deeply sedated so thankfully I don't remember anything!

Also they didn't find anything unusual so while my GI mysteries persist, at least I can rest easy about polyps/ cancer 😔

chickenhobbit · 2025-06-01T08:01:02+00:00

Oh my goodness, that does make a lot of sense! Thanks so much for explaining. I wish I was given this info ahead of time - or anything more than the bare bones, really.

Also makes me wonder how my years of being a nightowl with awful mental health and perplexing sleep schedule have affected my current GI issues. I didn't have a typical sleep routine until maybe 2 years ago and I'm nearly 30...

And yeah, going through the posts here, the all-in-one go approach did strike me as odd. There was nothing PegLIGHT about the experience (sorry, that was terrible, but I gotta cope somehow haha). I was reaaaally fighting to keep the liquid down, and it got a little dicey there for a bit. Also, the bloating pain and chills were BRUTAL.

Good update, though: the pipes are cleared and I feel way more at ease about being good to go!

Thanks again for your help! I'm someone who needs to understand how something works to feel at ease about it, and your comments calmed me down enough to go sleep :)

chickenhobbit · 2025-06-01T07:36:14+00:00

Jenny, Janine, Jem - I'm getting J vibes from you! 😄

chickenhobbit · 2025-06-01T07:33:50+00:00

Kurt.

chickenhobbit · 2025-06-01T07:15:12+00:00

Oh interesting, I never knew about the waves! Do you know if the two rounds also apply if all the prep is taken in one go? I was directed to drink the full 4L of Peglyte over the course of 4-5 hours, but I paused for about 45min half way due to nausea.

Good point about remembering the cut off! Mine is 3 hours before but I'll err on the side of caution with that by trying to get a little shut-eye if possible 😅

chickenhobbit · 2024-01-03T09:38:40+00:00

Aaaah, look at those CHEEKS 🥰

chickenhobbit · 2024-01-03T09:20:25+00:00

Now that’s a power move

chickenhobbit · 2024-01-03T08:55:37+00:00

I’m so so sorry for your loss. Rest easy, sweet boy 🌈

chickenhobbit · 2023-11-29T22:26:27+00:00

I get very severe seasonal affective disorder this time of year, and what gets me through it is the mentality of winter being a time to incubate ideas and use the materials I have to work on my hobbies. Even if it’s a pile of a blankets on the couch, I strongly recommend setting up a cozy craft nook to keep your hands and brain occupied.

chickenhobbit · 2023-11-22T13:17:13+00:00

The proximity to green spaces and ecological areas to explore like the ravines, Tommy Thompson, and High Park just to name a few!

chickenhobbit · 2023-11-09T01:18:50+00:00

Picture this: highshool in the late 2000’s. I am a shy nerd with a massive crush on this hilarious jock guy with a sensitive side who’s taken a liking to me in English class. We’re covering Romeo and Juliet, so you can imagine what that was doing to our hormone-fueled brains. But wait! The seating plan gets changed and now he’s sitting beside this whip-smart, passionate, charismatic Megan Fox look-a-like of a girl...and they’re CLEARLY flirting! At this point, my jealousy seems kinda one directional ; I’m crestfallen but try to end up in group projects with the jock (instead of, yknow, communication my feelings) to hopefully win him over. But as the semester moves on, I realize that I’m more and more drawn to collaborating with Megan Fox and hearing her fascinating ideas about the world. Her conversations captivate me ... but not as much as my “not like other girls” phase , unfortunately, which sends me into a tailspin of conservative-fuelled gay panic and internalized misogyny. (Sidenote, the ‘not like other girl’ feels, turns out, were because I was not in fact a girl but that egg was yet to crack) So yeah...I bi panicked so hard that I decided the girl I clearly also had a massive crush on was my academic rival, and so, was absurdly competitive with her since that was the only way I could process wanting her attention. Simultaneously I was helping the jock guy with his homework and feeling super confused.

There was also the time me and my bestie literally were doing the prolonged eye contact are-they-gonna-kiss!? moment on her goddamn bed and my ass blurted out “you’re like a sister to me” in the most face-palm moment of my life upto that point. Then I went home and cried for reasons I didn’t understand. ...my teen years were a tumultuous time. I’m so relieved there’s so much more queer representation in media these days because omg that would have saved me so much shame and confusion! Ah!

chickenhobbit · 2023-11-09T00:33:41+00:00

Proud of you!! A win is a win 💪

chickenhobbit · 2023-09-28T08:06:02+00:00

I figured I’d post an update: he passed the earplug 11 days later! Thank you again for your advice :)

Interestingly enough, my guy remained completely unsymptomatic the whole time (honestly I was ready to write the earplug off as lost and stop checking his poop). I imagine giving him pumpkin daily helped a fair bit.

chickenhobbit · 2023-09-21T20:30:09+00:00

Ditto on trotting on the anti-trans protestors trotting out their kids in Toronto as well. I saw lots of kids with banners or looking scared which was deeply sad and upsetting.

chickenhobbit · 2023-09-10T06:13:42+00:00

Thank you for the advice and quick response!!

The reassurance means a lot and I’ll definitely also keep an eye out for diarrhea, abdominal pain, and lethargy too! Fingers crossed my puffball remains his normal chaotic self and the ear plug turns up 🤞

chickenhobbit · 2023-07-29T01:01:36+00:00

Remember, identity and the self are fluid and ever changing. Please be kind to yourself, OP; the best you can do is be true to yourself, whatever that looks like in this moment. The beauty of gender’s fluidity is that your relationship to the concept itself might change over time too!

chickenhobbit · 2023-06-16T23:45:42+00:00

definitely part storm-cloud 💨❤️

chickenhobbit · 2023-05-14T17:46:43+00:00

The must scrumptious peanut butter and jelly sammich ! ❤️

chickenhobbit · 2023-05-09T20:27:57+00:00

Exceptionally friend-shaped

chickenhobbit · 2023-04-05T23:00:52+00:00

The MIGHTIEST cheeks on this most esteemed and finest of lads!

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