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Sep. 24th, 2016 11:39 pm♠ My little brother misses me, so apparently I'll be headed down to Los Angeles again in the very near future. Last time we went north to San Francisco and the sequoia forest, so this time we picked a different direction and decided to head east into the desert. So we will go to Joshua Tree National Forest and around the Salton Sea.
For those that aren't aware, the Salton Sea was a lake accidentally created in the desert when an irrigation canal broke through its banks and flooded a large area in the California desert that lies below sea level. Initially, it was a resort area. However, since water can only flow in and then evaporate, it slowly became saltier and more polluted. The resorts around the lake are now mostly abandoned. I don't know why, but stuff like this fascinates me, and I've always wanted to see it. More info here, if you're interested in reading about it: http://www.vice.com/read/i-went-to-californias-post-apocalyptic-beach-town-salton-sea
I will temporarily make my Instagram public during and for a short while after the trip, so you all can take a look.
Also, if any of you have any ideas of some fun things to do in LA for the day the two of us will be in town, let me know.
♣ An international food market opened in the place of the Pathmark supermarket in my town. They've stocked a number of fruits and vegetables I've never seen for sale before. They have had fresh breadfruits, jackfruits, mameys, and even frozen durians.
As a side note, if you ever have the opportunity to try a cherimoya fruit, do so. They have the most wondrous fragrance I've ever gotten from a fruit. I probably should have let it ripen a little longer than I did, but it was delicious nonetheless. I will have to buy another one and let it ripen up.
♥ The amitriptyline and topiramate combination seems to be mostly knocking out the headaches, and it isn't scrambling my brains nearly as much as the gabapentin was doing. But the neurologist wanted me to take one drug at a time, and it didn't work unless I took both drugs. I see him again on Tuesday, so I'll have to see what he says. The psych was ok with me taking the amitriptyline with the luvox, since I'm taking a fairly small dose of both drugs.
♦ I dumped way too much money into my car, but it passed my state's emissions inspection. (Six months late, but oops.) Now, after I put new tires on it, I won't have to worry about it for another year and a half, so there's that. And every month I drive this car is a month I don't need to make a monthly car payment, so I'll hang on to it for a while longer.
For those that aren't aware, the Salton Sea was a lake accidentally created in the desert when an irrigation canal broke through its banks and flooded a large area in the California desert that lies below sea level. Initially, it was a resort area. However, since water can only flow in and then evaporate, it slowly became saltier and more polluted. The resorts around the lake are now mostly abandoned. I don't know why, but stuff like this fascinates me, and I've always wanted to see it. More info here, if you're interested in reading about it: http://www.vice.com/read/i-went-to-californias-post-apocalyptic-beach-town-salton-sea
I will temporarily make my Instagram public during and for a short while after the trip, so you all can take a look.
Also, if any of you have any ideas of some fun things to do in LA for the day the two of us will be in town, let me know.
♣ An international food market opened in the place of the Pathmark supermarket in my town. They've stocked a number of fruits and vegetables I've never seen for sale before. They have had fresh breadfruits, jackfruits, mameys, and even frozen durians.
As a side note, if you ever have the opportunity to try a cherimoya fruit, do so. They have the most wondrous fragrance I've ever gotten from a fruit. I probably should have let it ripen a little longer than I did, but it was delicious nonetheless. I will have to buy another one and let it ripen up.
♥ The amitriptyline and topiramate combination seems to be mostly knocking out the headaches, and it isn't scrambling my brains nearly as much as the gabapentin was doing. But the neurologist wanted me to take one drug at a time, and it didn't work unless I took both drugs. I see him again on Tuesday, so I'll have to see what he says. The psych was ok with me taking the amitriptyline with the luvox, since I'm taking a fairly small dose of both drugs.
♦ I dumped way too much money into my car, but it passed my state's emissions inspection. (Six months late, but oops.) Now, after I put new tires on it, I won't have to worry about it for another year and a half, so there's that. And every month I drive this car is a month I don't need to make a monthly car payment, so I'll hang on to it for a while longer.
