One of the problems with suffering from occasional bouts of severe depression is that you can miss the longer, quieter bouts of mild depression -- since, after all, you don't feel that bad. Sure, you're sleeping badly, your appetite is gone, you don't feel like doing anything except hiding under the covers, you find eight excuses not to leave the ( Read more... )

I opened the door last evening, and breathed. I moved out, and breathed some more.

CoolNot cold yet, even by Florida standards, although I hope that's coming - the few days of genuine Florida chill and even occasional frost are just enough to remind me that winter still arrives in the rest of the world and that my cats need to stay warm, like, ( Read more... )

1. Trike update: attempts to fix the trike have failed. The new trike is on its way, but by all reports will not get delivered to the bike shop until next week (it's coming on a very very slow truck from California. Well, maybe the truck isn't actually that slow; it just feels slow.) Then it has to be assembled, which takes time ( Read more... )