Archive for 'Mental Illness' Category
Progress report
I didn’t exactly work out on Tuesday, but I did do quite a bit of wandering spindle spinning which is both walking and an arm workout! It finally dawned on me that spindling is probably what gives me these lovely firm triceps, and maybe some of the other arm muscles too. Just for tracking purposes, [...]
No sir, I don’t like it
I have got to get journaling again. Things have gotten really crazy and writing it down usually helps me cope. Or at least remember it correctly later, for comparison. Humans are built to forget the really yucky times, and I’m afraid this is one.
We’re all familiar with the current economy, right? [...]
Oh yeah…
Somehow, I forgot to mention that I’m pregnant again! Not very far along, about 6 weeks, due around the end of June. A few weeks ago, I started tapering off the Lexapro because I was so tired all the time, and the Wellbutrin because I was feeling nauseated about an hour after I [...]
Back to my story
Yes, I’ve been a bad blogger. But it’s been an interesting three months. I quit my old job, Noodle Girl started preschool, I started school again, started a new job, had a visit with a friend from out of town, took up some new crafts, drowned in a pile of laundry, battled [...]
FAITH COMES IN CANS
FEAR COMES IN CANT’S – Local church sign
cant – noun:
1. insincere, esp. conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
2. the private language of the underworld.
3. the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.
4. whining or singsong speech, esp. of beggars.
–verb (used without object)
5. to talk hypocritically.
6. to [...]
A pause
I took a week off at the beginning of January, and it did help. What helps more is not having any classes this semester! Mom and I cleared out the office for Noodle Girl’s new room and rearranged the living room. My parents bought new carpet and paint for her room – [...]
Jane, get me off this crazy thing!
Hope you had a happy holiday, whatever you celebrate. I finished the traditional ornaments for the adult gifts just in time, and forgot to get any pictures. The kids got too much again, as usual, but lots of good food was eaten and family enjoyed. We had to borrow my parents’ Explorer [...]
Yup, crazy
Insanity — a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. – R. D. Lang
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. – Nathaniel Emmons
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed. – Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 – 1894)
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. – Charles Bukowski (1920 – 1994), [...]
No worries
You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. – Olin Miller
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. – Thomas H. Huxley (1825 – 1895)
I certainly don’t worry about what people think of me! Probably to the point of being a bit [...]
Independence
You’ve got to party for your right to fight. – Cartoon Network ad for Naruto marathon
It may be time to change the medication or something. It’s harder to get to sleep, stay asleep, and get up in the morning, and I’m having little muscle tics. As usual, most of that can be blamed [...]