Now, I'd planned to not follow the diet on Thanksgiving, but what I didn't plan for was to continue not following it since then. It seems that every day after I "must" have a piece of candy, or something breaded, or the Saturday event where I drank three sodas (two had alcohol added, one did not). I don't actually think I could have stayed as ( Read more... )

When you develop a chronic and painful illness, you really find out who your lasting friends are. Most of mine simply drifted away, and even the ones who are still around, I sometimes find that our conversations are stilted and awkward. This isn't much surprising, after all, I don't have many topics to discuss other than my illness, issues with ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is going to be a little different. Lately I've been 'exploring my anger' as I call it, and I'm going to start up something called "Whining Wednesdays" where I (and others) get to voice my aggravations. The caveat? One must also channel that anger in a meaningful direction. Anger with Purpose ( Read more... )

Check out this episode on my podcast "E4. 4 - Snobbery & Fatigue":
http://podOmatic.com/r/4G4tj

My volunteer place needs me to work two shifts, and they are longer than my normal 3 hours, AND my printer broke AND I'm exhausted. Gonna try for some winning writing somehow on Wednesday evening if I don't simply collapse in exhaustion.

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Thinking of heading out to KT's memorial in a bit, so I'm doing this early. It's gonna really cut into my goals for today, but in the end which is more important?

Comprehensive List of Tasks

• strength exercises = done
  
• chore = rolled coins since my change cup was overflowing with pennies, AgtOrange said he'd help a bit with laundry
  
• groom = basic, ( Read more... )