Looking back at genetics and mental illness in my family paints a harrowing picture. I don't think I would have chosen to have children if i would've understood the genetic legacy I was passing on to them. We never talked about mental illness in our family. When my father was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, my mother told us we were never to speak ( Read more... )

Pre-op testing went alright. Long day, made me tired. I took a nap when I got home. Yesterday was better - went mini-golfing and playing air hockey and skee ball. I'm awake enough now to feel like I want to do something, but too restless to settle on what. I think I'm somewhat worried about the whole surgery thing, even though it seems like it's a ( Read more... )

Warning- this post probably contains TMI about my uterus. You have been warned ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned (perhaps many times) how much I dislike the month of March? Things always seem to pile up in March. Sure it's the beginning of spring and renewal and all that crap, but there seems to be a lot more bad things than good ( Read more... )

Discontent today - I'm up 1.3 pounds this week, which I know is because I'm premenstrual. On the upside this means that I'm likely to lose it just as quickly as it snuck up on me, but it's still not something you want to happen when you're dieting. In better diet news though, I tried the Applebees under 550 calorie menu today. I had the peppercorn ( Read more... )

We went to see Disney's Christmas Carol today - it was a very nice movie. Kept the flavor of the story very well, while adding some nice touches and special effects (the ghost of Christmas past being a flickering candle flame was especially well done). I chose well - since the movie'd been out for over a month, and since there were big draws at the ( Read more... )

Half remember a couple of dreams last night. One was that I was sleeping on the lawn, because I wanted to be outside in the fresh air and wind while I slept. I had a blanket spread out there, and I woke up to answer a text on my phone from someone asking if I was sleeping on the lawn again. And I texted back if that if you live in an area where ( Read more... )

Yesterday started off well enough - we went with a friend to Adventure Aquarium and had a good time. It was very tiring, even though I was in a wheelchair for most of the experience. I still don't have the strength back from my prolonged illness, and it was better just to accept defeat ahead of time instead of becoming completely exhausted and ( Read more... )

Haven't felt up to writing much, been kind of depressed and dealing with family drama ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a very good day - we went to Atlantic City to see The 88 and B52's in concert at House of Blues. We decided to make a day of it, and went to do other things in the city before the show.


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