WheelieWifee

A personal journey:

Living with chronic pain, changing my entire world, and learning to love my new life.

I am applying the principles learned in 6 years of eating disorder recovery to my current process of accepting a new disability.

Welcome to the roller coaster!

Husband worked 20 hours this weekend doing body painting for pride, and since he agreed to be paid on tips, he walked away with only $30…

We were REALLY counting on him bringing in much more (years prior he has made $400-$600!!) and we are really in trouble now.

I have a doctors appointment on Wednesday, and it costs $50.

Unless I can sell some things or find some money I am going to have to cancel, which I really really should not do in my condition…

If you can spare ANYTHING you can donate at Paypal under: thepaperpoppystore@gmail.com 

Or through the button under my picture on my Tumblr URL:

www.wheeliewifee.tumblr.com

I have some art that I am going to sell through etsy, as soon as I can manage to get the site up, but if you are interested in buying something NOW, you can look under the “My original art” tag and get an idea of what I would be offering.  At this point I will sell things just for any donation, so let me know.

Thank you, and I apologize.

I promise I will not do this all the time… 

Bad day.
Bad day.
Bad day.

Nice!!

(via immaculatemolars)

I had a blast at Pride, but boy did it use allllll my spoons! 

We had record heat today (I think it was 95?) and I am drained!! Even after being uber-vigilant about sunscreen/water/ice packs I am feeling the effects of heat sensitivity and dehydration.

D had to go do body painting again tonight at after-party, so now I am home by myself for the night and trying to muster up the energy to find something to eat.  This is one of those times I wonder how on earth other chronically ill/cripple folks live alone! I am whining because my husband is gone for one night, I can’t imagine fending for myself day-in and day-out….

I will probably just end up making a dinner out of licorice, pretzel chips and granola bars, lol.  

That is, if I don’t just collapse onto the bed first! ;-) 

At Pride!! :-) 

I love that you can see the reflection of my legs resting on my wheelchair in the lenses of my sunglasses! 

I’m actually feeling halfway okay, and having a great time. 

#blessed

At Pride!! :-)

I love that you can see the reflection of my legs resting on my wheelchair in the lenses of my sunglasses!

I’m actually feeling halfway okay, and having a great time.

#blessed

This is kinda how I feel today, lol. 

We’re going to the Pride festival in a little while and I’m afraid I am going to MELT!

This is kinda how I feel today, lol.

We’re going to the Pride festival in a little while and I’m afraid I am going to MELT!

I snapped a picture before my shower yesterday, so here is an example of me as a Jackson Pollock! ;-) 

(maybe NSFW?)

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Thank you, friends, and I apologize for the delay.  Please let me know if I missed you.

I love you all!!

xoxoxo

Asker Anonymous Asks:
Have you heard about the new show Push Girls? Its about fierce women in wheelchairs and made me think of you! Hulu is showing the first episode right now. You should check it out!
wheeliewifee wheeliewifee Said:

I have it saved in my Hulu queue but I have not watched it yet!

I will admit, based on the previews I have mixed feelings, but I AM going to try to be open-minded and give it a shot.

Any of my followers seen it?? Any opinions?

I'm probably just being stupid, but I can't find your donation button.
wheeliewifee wheeliewifee Said:

awww, you are sweet! and you aren’t being stupid at all, if anything I am the dumb one for not figuring out how to embed the link under the tab that says “donate” lol :-)

The button is under my photo/bio on my home page:

http://wheeliewifee.tumblr.com/

Thank you for even considering a donation <3 <3 

I’m not browsing sexy GIF’s while my husband is off working late… no way! not me…

*whistles innocently*

Here goes nothin!

(I sure wish husband and I didn&#8217;t have to work&#8230;)

Here goes nothin!

(I sure wish husband and I didn’t have to work…)

I will go to law school and I will sue their dirty discriminatory asses for you :P.
wheeliewifee wheeliewifee Said:

awww, thank you!!

am on the waiting list to meet with a free ADA lawyer, but it has been almost a year now, so I am not sure how good my case would be… 

Fuckers. 

Husband practiced body painting on me again before he left for the party.  There was no time for me to rinse off, so he used ALL of my skin.  I mean ALL of it. 

he he he.

It looks cool, but my sensitive skin is not too happy, lol.

must. bathe. immediately.