Just when I thought my spontaneous spotting couldn’t get any more spontaneous, it does. My flow is still regular enough, but I hate the erratic spotting I get so many days before my period! It used to be that I had at least two weeks of the month where I knew I wouldn’t bleed. I would only spot once I got down to two weeks before my period, and when I was really lucky, just 5 days. As if that isn’t annoying enough, here I am spotting a whole 17 days before my next flow! I have sudden bloating for no apparent reason quite often and I wonder if there’s a connection. I gained a couple of pounds over the last two days too, and I don’t know why.

As for my ear – same old shit. Sometimes it’s tolerable, other times it’s annoying as hell. The only new thing it seems to do lately is that the area where the ear and nose are connected has been draining. I feel it slip down the back of my nose and into my throat.

I got my cones yesterday. They don’t burn as long as the sticks do, but they’re neater in that the ashes are more confined. They maintain their cone shape. Dipping the cones is easier than dipping the sticks, but I’m definitely going to return to sticks. Meaning, I’m going to order them already dipped. I’ll still use the burner and warmer at times, too. I’ll also order some doll covers eventually to protect some of them from the residue. They have clear plastic bag coverings I could use for dolls with glittery gowns that are hard to wash.

I also got the makeup I won a couple of months ago. It was so-so. There were a few lip liner pencils, which I don’t care for, a few eyeliner pencils, a couple of lipsticks, makeup remover, and a pencil sharpener.