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We stayed at my brother in law’s apartment for the weekend. The hallway outside smelled really bad (like a combination of a vet’s office and cigarettes) but his apartment was clean and smelled fine. I kept getting whiffs of what I thought was a neighbor somewhere smoking pot at night, but figured it was because we had the balcony door cracked (AC is uncommon in the area)….

Well, we get home late today, and after unpacking and cleaning up I settle into bed—so relieved to sleep in my own bed again after sleeping terribly for 3 nights—and put my BiPAP mask on, and what do I smell? All of the above. I guess this explains the asthma flare that I’ve been in.

I’ve changed the filter—it reeked—and washed the mask, but it still smells. I think it’s in the tube and machine. I’ve had it turned on, airing out, for the past half hour and it’s slowly getting better. Maybe eventually I’ll be able to sleep…. I’ll order a new tube in the morning 😮‍💨

Back story: I have a lot of immune problems, and one of them is a disorder that causes a lot of allergic-like reactions. Another one of them is an autoimmune disease that I’m on chemo for.

A few months ago I told some friends about how I was starting chemo, and while it sucks (I feel like garbage) I was hopeful that it would calm the other condition down too and I could safely eat some of my favorite foods again. After hearing me lament about how much I missed garlic, they told me I’d have to throw a party if I got garlic back. I agreed because I didn’t think it would actually work out in my favor…

Well here I am in need of the silliest garlic-themed party ideas 🧄🥳

I initially joked about making a garlic-shaped piñata but we live in a shoebox apartment. We could manage a “pin the clove on the garlic” game if I move furniture around (and by I, I mean my fiancé, because.. chemo), a quiz-type game about garlic would go over well with our group, but what else could we do?