I have a request. I'm feeling lonely and isolated. If you have been missing me, invite me out. With A, with E, without either. Be specific on time and date and plan. I’m having trouble reaching out myself but I'm going to try. I'll even learn skype if you want a virtual hanging out ( Read more... )

My best purchase all year is likely a bubble maker for the bath.  It's a bubble machine that is slightly water resistant and sticks to the wall.  It’s only draw-backs are that it runs on batteries and can use a lot of bubble solution.  Every time I take a shower, I run the bubbles.  And I get this ridiculous grin all over my face.  And I laugh.  ( Read more... )

Last xmas (2011) my sister gave me a desk calendar - a crossword puzzle a day. In March I gave up on them. They were too hard. This weekend, went at them again. They were right at the level I liked. Played 2 board games, and didn't feel like I was playing through a tired fog. Am I finally back? Am I finally me again? May cry a lot this week. Mostly ( Read more... )

Okay, I should be working but instead I am going to rant.

I generally love Ideas, the CBC radio program that’s been on at 900pm (930 in Newfoundland) for as long as I can remember.  I don’t always agree, not by far, and sometimes it isn’t very interesting.  But not very often do I consider it to be sensationalist pandering.

Last night was an ( Read more... )

In other news, I've been trying something crazy.  I've been making my bed in the morning.  This is not a military-tight corners perfectionist job - just a pull up the covers and make sure all the pillows are there.  I decided to try it as an exercise to prevent getting back into bed after getting up.  Not sure it works for that.  BUT it is working ( Read more... )

So someone at a party thought that I might be a horror fan given that I liked all of Cabin in the Woods and Caitlín R. Kiernan. Given that I still have nightmares from childhood accidental exposures I don't think so. One lead to a phobia of nutcrackers (I'm not sure that ragnhildr really understood the depth of this until I agitately told her that ( Read more... )

Editted to add:  I won't unscreen without specific OK. 
*if I did it right, comments are screened*

I feel conflicted about Bell's Let's Talk. It seems such a vehicle for Bell, and less about Mental Health. I might feel better about it if it was associated with World Mental Day - Oct 10 - rather than just a day created by Bell. On the other hand, Bell ( Read more... )

If exercise were prescribed, what would it look like?  How would you get it delivered ( Read more... )

One of the weird things about recovering from illness is that you aren't quite the same person anymore but you also have habits that started when you got sick and don't want anymore but you have them anyway.  And your other family members have them too ( Read more... )

Signed up for two art classes - a one day course on photography and a two day course on Glassblowing ( Read more... )