Slow and steady wins. Great job....
Ancestry was the start--over a year ago. It has broadened out extremely since then. I was looking up something else--and realized I had never searched for my paternal grandfather, who I never met....
Yah--it is I. I had to take a break. I was angry about something that occurred at that time, Carl et al, and had to just leave it. I have missed all of you as well. I have checked in periodically but...
I wanted to add my thoughts to the others. You had a beautiful marriage and a good man, and that does not change, at all. That strength stays around you and in you, and it will help you to get...
We can, and should, make a choice on what we wish to follow. Everything else-ignore and repeat-not my monkeys, not my circus. For instance-I only get news from specific sources. Sources that have...
I would add to your list a terrific book-How Doctors Think, by Jerome Groopman. Understanding how physicians are trained gives insight into how they make diagnoses, and subsequently their choices for...
Yesterday was the Arts Festival in my town--alongside the canal project wending through downtown. I guess there are two pieces of important info about my past. One is that I am/was a trained actor,...
Rock on, chickie. "What I used to admire as calmness and unflappability was obviously no such thing: it was the impression HE wanted to give of himself, and he did it very successfully. " This is a...
I am glad to hear things are okay-ish Pitmom. I hope things are easier, Karen. Trina--did you get your internet yet? Jamie--I think of you often--hope all is well. Ms. Joyce--I hope things are better...
Jobs make the time pass more quickly. But since you haven't worked in so long, it may not be the best solution. At this time, anyway--you do have to build up tolerance to stupid people and silly...
Cymbalta was prescribed for me for fibro pain. If made me very cranky and angry with the world, and did nothing for the pain. For depression, I take effexor with wellbutrin. It seems to work well...
The ear plugs seem to have done the trick. He is taking front-end web design classes--both online and in-person. He was on the web team for a government agency that downsized unexpectedly. Currently...
NSSGirl--I teach online--I teach kids and adults in China to speak English. They are twelve hours ahead of us--and prime teaching time is 6 pm-9 pm there, which is 6 am-9 am here, or 7-10 am with...
1. We are going to try earplugs and hanging a heavy blanket over the doorway when I am teaching. He is negative towards it--but he agreed to try it for a week. His beef is that I am loud--which is...
So, I teach English online, starting at 7 AM (or 6 AM in daylight savings.). I am working mostly with small children. My BF complains that I am loud. I wake him up. I try to be quieter. But, really,...
Any word yet, Pitmom? Only someone who has loved and lost a pet understands, Karen. Guess what? I have little wee peppers on a pepper plant in my garden! It is an Italian frying pepper, a Jimmy...
Life is what you make, not what you hope. One half of one half of one half of one percent gets what they dream of, ya know. Things happen. People happen. Illness happens. Grief happens. Stupid things...
Thanks Pitmom--it really is very exciting if weird. Every time I get in to go somewhere, it feels surreal. I can't wait to turn 30,000 miles. I have damaged a few seedlings this year, and it is so...
I would find another way to cope with the IBS symptoms. Many people find other medications to deal with the symptoms, as opposed to taking a second medication to complement the first. There are...
It feels so bad because of your brother--not directly, but too many losses so quickly build up and eventually overwhelm. The only way out of the mess is through--or words to that effect. You had a...
Fake it until you make it. Pick something to cultivate interest in. Even though you do not have any intellectual interest, do it anyway. I find that, most times, the act of doing something mutates...
Huge hailstorm here on Tuesday night, with over 6 inches of rain in two hours. There is a state of emergency in my county--we were apparently the ground zero for the storm. We are under a flood...
I am so sorry to hear, Karen. Scratches and head pats to you and hubbie....
Keep the faith, woman. This, too, will be dealt with. Trina--I hope all is going smoothly for you. Jamie--glad to see you post. Health issues are so scary when they pop up unexpectedly. But a...
Hey kids--been out in the garden. Lettuce going great guns--tomatoes got accustomed to being transplanted, tho cucumbers are still settling in. 2 out of three summer squash have come up--and I am...
Trina--I am sorry to hear of the marriage issues. I have been there--but the marriage did not survive. Your time together bodes well for success. Karen--I call this having a big bubble--a need for...
A lot going on. I am sorry to hear very thing jumped the tracks. An fyi-marital relationships are elastic. You do not give having interactions with others. This doesn't have to be romantic. Some...
I get acutely uncomfortable when people tell me to strive for something "holy." I have no issues when they claim that for themselves. Just saying....
Going to go look at a car this week. A Kia Soul. I saw the cutest car downtown this weekend. A peach-colored Smart car. It wasn't a pastel--more of a salmon. According to their website, it is lava...
I did have my contract cut for sixty days. I can return after that, if I wish. I am likely burned out. I am a better teacher than an editor. **enh** Too many jobs with too many rules. I think a big...
Warmish here--sun and a steady wind. Went to check garden yesterday after several days of rain, and saw some real growth in radishes, chard, and lettuce. I have structures ready for transplants. Next...
Sorry to hear this-NCOT. May you find something, anything, for returning feeling. I am no cheery person in recent days--so you will get no cheerleading from me. However, you do get my hope for a life...
They call it the new "gig economy." I have seen several news pieces on it. There is also a term, "the overeducated underclass." Lurid stories about professors living in cars and taking part in sex...
I took my plants outside for an hour yesterday, and the poor little seedlings got frozen and wilty. I brought them back in, and put them under a light--and gave them a little warm water. In an hour,...
I have so many different jobs, I feel as if I am failing at many of them. You have to test every shift for some testing. I don't pass part of the time. I have to do a review with a tutoring service...
I have UC--which does get worse at difficult times. However, it is a separate disease which would impact me regardless. I take a prescription medication that, more or less, manages the disease. IS...
Sunny and cold. I have finished work for much fo the day. I am going to have some lunch and then go to the garden. I put up my Willow teepee over the weekend, and sprouted and planted long beans, as...
Migraine today--and busily working. I will head to the garden before dinner. I am germinating beans. We hit 82 yesterday. It was lovely. Another bumper sticker-- Ask your doctor if the medicine you...
Yah, Joyce. I am in your general area. It is supposed to get very nice after today. We had rain pour down for five minutes earlier--and now it is warming up. I just took the plants outside for some...
F27--I do not miss Zoloft for that reason. Pop in a shower, and keep a suit jacket behind the door at all times ;) Here is another good bumper sticker for me--Hang on. I need to overthink this....
Snow on and off today--hoping it is the last of this winter. Garden plot growing apace--just wee tiny spring seedlings up already, but am building the trellises to be ready. My indoor seedlings are...
Radishes starting to peek through the dirt. Sleeping much better with my medication back in place. Working too much--three jobs today alone. Starting asacol again (for UC) made a difference for about...
Sometimes you have to hit bottom to figure out that you are headed in the wrong direction. If you are there for him, is he really understanding what is happening? Or is he being protected from the...
Update--Went to the doctor yesterday. Ambien and Tramadol are now considered restricted medications. This means a month at a time. I do not know if this is just my state or all states. My new doctor,...
I am trying to think about what I want to say to new doctor tomorrow. it's not her fault--but it could also become an issue--due to the new laws about some classes of medication here in the states. I...
I have colitis, and take generic effexor and wellbutrin. I have no idea if they cause issues--but who can really tell anymore. It is all a balancing act. Everything interacts. For quality of life...
It's Saturday. Tonight will mark the 7th day since I took Ambien. The really bad side effects tapered off. Last night, I had some trouble getting to sleep, but I slept through most of the night. I...
Thanks all. I have been taking an OTC sleep pill with valerian, melatonin, and the ingredient in benedryl. I also take a muscle relaxant. The issue, I *think* is having been on the drug since 2009....
So-I had to switch to medicaid. No biggie, right? Except--one of my medications could not be filled last week. I have been on Ambien since 2009. I ran out this weekend. My prescribing doctor started...
Vanilla--you are not alone. We always try to define ourselves in relation to someone else, usually someone who is what we want to be. In that equation, we always lose. ALWAYS. We have to set our own...