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You are listening to Hello Cupcake, it's Me, a podcast with your host, Michael Peterson. Hey everyone. Michael here with Hello, Cupcake, it's me. And today is February 23, 2020. You and how are you? Before we get into it, make sure that you like and subscribe and if you are following along on the podcast, thank you very much. If you don't know about the podcast, check out the links down below and let's get into it. So today is officially one week since I had to put my cat Bella down, and it has been a serious emotional roller coaster. I have gone through every emotional manifestation that one could possibly have. There are some days where I'm really good, there's other days where the grass being as green as it is causes me to cry. So I know a lot of that has to do with my bipolar, my ups and downs and in betweens and everything else. But I'm trying to do my best. Also, just today is a little bit difficult because I know that today is the day that she goes to the Crematorium. And next Wednesday I get to go pick up her Ashes and her paw prints. And I'm looking for somebody who can do resin, like make resin jewelry and stuff, because I have some fur of hers that I want to put into a pendant and make that into a necklace. So try not to think about all that right now. And honestly, I wasn't even sure if I was going to get the update done right now just because I have a lot going on this morning and I woke up kind of late and taking a shower. Got to go meet my sister for lunch and all this other stuff.

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Yeah. So there's all that. I talked to the biological mother the other day, and she's going in for surgery. Apparently they found a bunch of polyps that were all uneven and quite a number of them. So they're going to go do a colonoscopy biopsy surgery and some other kind of surgery to see what the hell is going on with her. I honestly think that it has to do with the fact that she got the first covet shot because she's never had any of these problems before. Now polyps and stuff like that, she could have had for decades, who knows? But the fact that she's been in and out of the hospital, I think this is her 9th time since October. That's way coincidental

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got her getting taken care of, which is a good thing, I guess. We called Social Security and talked to them about making us her PE representative, but we really can't do that without approaching her first about it. And there's just a whole bunch of crap going on with that. So my sister and I think have kind of agreed that we're just going to call it good and just let the cards lie where they fall or fall where they lie, whatever that sentiment is. So yeah, it's nice and sunny out today, so hopefully getting out there and getting some of that natural vitamin D is going to do some good for me. But it's also freezing. Freaking cold. It got down into the teens last night, and right now it's like 25 out there, even though it's bright and sunny. So I'm not looking forward to leaving the warm house to go out and venture forth. But I already told my sister that I would meet her for lunch and I got some other things to do while I'm in town. I need to swing by the doctor's office and pick up a letter stating that I need an emotional support animal so that in that way I can give that to the Humane Society and just get that filed away in my records. I've had it before, but my doctors can't seem to figure out where the hell that is, and it was actually listed as a service animal, not an emotional support animal. So don't know how different that's going to be or what that's going to entail should I ever have to leave and move into someplace new? But I don't foresee that happening anytime soon. So with spring knocking on the door, I really want to try to get out and go camping this year and I just need to get away from the house for a little while and I want to surround myself with things that take my mind off of everything and where I don't have to really worry about anything and I can just go be and enjoy myself. My mom's been wanting me to come out to California to go visit her and I've been a little reluctant to do so just because the part of California she lives in, I'm not really too keen on, I don't know it. So therefore it's not like something that I can go and then just go drive around and have a good time because. Well, I don't know it and the only people that I know there are my cousins and my aunt, and honestly, I don't even remember how to get to their house because I've only been there once. But I'm pretty sure with GPS being what GPS is, I could find my way. Now, if it was Southern California, I'd probably be all over it in a heartbeat just because I want to go see a lot of my SoCal friends and there's a lot of stuff that I want to do in SoCal. But at the same time, if the news and Facebook videos and stuff like that is to be trusted, then yeah, Southern California is kind of like a no man's land right now, but still doesn't change the fact that I want to go see my friends out there. And I would really love to just go slum it on the beach for a day and just enjoy myself because it's been a long time since I've been able to just hang out on a warm beach. Like, yeah, I'm only a mile away from water no matter which way you go. But it's like that icy Arctic tundra water where it is never warm. Even in the hottest day of summer. That water is still like 30 or 40 deg. But that would be like, ideal just to go to like, Santa Monica or Huntington Beach or even Newport. Hell, I'd even take at this juncture of my life, the only thing I don't like about Data Point if you don't know anything about California beaches is the couple of times that I've been there, the beach was so freaking unnecessarily Rocky that you had to have shoes to even swim out there. And there was so much trash and pollution in there. I found a Harpoon gun and a wallet with about $180 in it. So I mean, I'm not going to complain about the $180 in the wall, but yeah, anyways, just a lot of stuff going on right now. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to focus on any one particular thing. My Dyslexia is kicking my ass, so I'm having serious typing issues and I'm making a lot of grammatical mistakes and trying to get my point across, or just trying to talk in an educated manner is like damn near probable right now. But yeah, I'm doing my best, guys. I really am. Starting up the podcast has really helped me to focus on what I need to do and what I want to do, and it's been a great distraction. I'm even thinking about starting up a secondary podcast for another YouTube channel that I do, but I'm just going to see how the first one does, kind of use it as my guinea pig, and then maybe look into doing that secondary YouTube channel podcast and I also haven't been blogging that much lately because it seems like every time I try to blog, I spend more time correcting errors and spelling mistakes than I do actually typing. And

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I'm doing the best I can with what I have afforded to me. That's all I can say. But anyway, I feel like I'm starting to ramble, so I'm going to let you guys go. But if you have any questions, comments, concerns, put them in the comments section down below. If you need to get a hold of me, you can do so by shooting me an email to Hellocuptaketsme@gmail.com. Follow the podcast wherever you can get your podcast, but the podcast is sponsored by Spotify and Anchor. Fm, so that's where it is hosted and done through. So yeah, until next time, I will talk to you all later. Thank you so much for tuning in. You have been listening to Hello Cupcake. It's me, a podcast with your host, Michael Peterson. Please make sure to check back often as new episodes are released by weekly. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to send a message to HelloCupcakeitsme@gmail.com And until next time stay happy safe and keep doing the best you can with what you have been given.