I have had a rough time with rejection sensitivity this weekend. Happily I have two friends who yanked me out of it. Well, not completely, but enough. Mary told me I was overthinking and need to wait until my medication dosage increase kicks in before making any decisions that I will regret ( Read more... )

I am incredibly happy with my life. I have adult kids that I not only love, but actually like as people. I have the most amazing and supportive group of friends that anyone could ask for. I live in my favorite city in the world. I’m finally seeing the results of my education and experience with a paycheck that will keep me in a lifestyle that I ( Read more... )

Because I overthink things when I’m not on meds, I’ve been having stuff going round and round in my head ( Read more... )

Tonight I had dinner back in the Bluff with several friends from high school. Gayle was back in town for a short time with her husband and kids, on a visit for the 4th. They're headed down to Dublin tonight to spend time with her in-laws. Jolene came up from Chico, and Chasity, Michelle and Mike are all still in town. We got together at the ( Read more... )

The weather is amazingly sucktastic this weekend. It just happens to be rodeo weekend in Red Bluff, and Cool April Nights weekend in Redding. Last night there was a "cruise" at 6pm downtown, with classic cars and the like, which probably would have been neat, but I have to drive 40 minutes to get home, and as they were shutting down the streets ( Read more... )

Yeah. So I got a call from a friend of mine today. He works for child support services, and we were deployed together, so he's going to try to push for them to hire me. Yay. We chatted for a bit about working maybe working together again, then he brought up the reason that he called. He's getting married in October. Yeah. WTF is with people? ( Read more... )

As I was getting ready to leave on Friday to take the kids to Brian's the phone rang. I totally should have let it ring and walked out. But I didn't. It was Jen. Asking at the last minute if I could come over and spend the night with the boys right then. Absolutely no notice. Ian was supposed to be here at noon on Saturday, so I told her, and she ( Read more... )

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( cut cuz I said so )