This is National Eating Disorders Week, a time to raise awareness about the damage done by eating disorders, what causes them- and how prevalent they are, especially in children. Despite the cyclic attention such disorders as anorexia and bulimia have received over the years, there is never enough emphasis put on what drives children to adopt such ( Read more... )

I detest silence ( Read more... )

Today was a pretty good- albeit mega-high on the pain scale- day. Still, I find myself inexplicably melancholy ( Read more... )

I would just like to say that despite my slightly depressing ruminations of earlier in the week, this week in and of itself has been a very good week. Socialization (the human contact kind, not the instant message kind) can do wonders for one's mood. I still wonder if I'm not being terribly pushy or needy or imposing, but that's what happens I ( Read more... )

I went digging through my storage unit this morning, looking for items to toss on ebay. Botcon is the end of the month, and too many Major Issues in a row plus the Diamond thing mean I have not nearly enough saved towards it. I'll admit, I went into the year expecting that I'd also have a work bonus to put toward it and yeah, well. No dice. I'm ( Read more... )

Goyle passed on last night. At least I was more prepared for this. He was an old cat, right at fifteen years old. I can't help but feel responsible though. He'd been losing weight and I had scheduled a vet appointment for him on the day Yin died. Obviously, I didn't make that appointment, and since he seemed to be eating and putting weight ( Read more... )

Today, I said goodbye to my gold-eyed baby. I boarded Yin at Gentle Care as I usually do when I go out of town; I was to pick him up this morning. I received a call this morning that when Dr Blackburn came in at 630a to open(he is always the first one there), he found that Yin had a seizure during the night. He was barely alive when they started ( Read more... )

( ”With no reliable internet, I actually have time to write a real update post. )

I am feeling more like I am tolerated by most folks rather than liked lately. I know this is not correct and that this is a depressive response to the various shit that has been happening lately. Doesn't change the fact that right now I can't find very much evidence to the contrary to use as a salve for my anxiety.

Next week: making doctor's

was pretty much a great big pile of suck.