random bits of tid
1. my sister called me tonight. i guess my mum's been bugging karen to get me to road-trip up to oregon with her to visit, mostly because my mum has stuff that she wants to unload on my sister (and i'm apparently being enlisted to help her haul it home). but, also, there was this not-exactly-spoken plea...something about the two sisters spending time together. when my sister hinted about that part, i spoke up: what? why would mum want to force us to spend time together? karen didn't know. we both think our sisterly relationship is good, if not every-day kind of close. we're two entirely different people. we get together every couple of months or so, and we have fun when we do, and that's good enough for us. regardless, i said yes to oregon, so that's where i'll be for labor day weekend.
2. i've been slumping again, emotionally. denial, in a fake it till you make it kind of way, works well a lot of the time, but not lately. starting in early july i could feel my mental health teetering. lately i'm isolating, avoiding, rarely socializing, hardly exercising, eating improperly or not at all. took what i think will turn out to be my last dose of my current remedy a couple of weeks ago with no discernible uptick in my mood. insomnia, memory loss, mental dullness, apathy. apathy. apathy. oh yes, there's also impatience and even anger. denial is delusional at this point.
3. spent the majority of the day today preparing for amanda's birthday party (she turns 11 on monday, 08/13). it was a "favorite actor" dress up party / sleepover at her dad's house. she dressed as penny pingleton from hairspray -- and, hey, i was even able to do her poofy hair reasonably well! -- and looked totally adorable! funnily enough, one of her friends also dressed as penny...astonishing considering all the girls were instructed to keep their identity a secret as part of a party guessing game. amanda's long-time best friend julia dressed as marilyn monroe in diamonds are a girls best friend!!! fabulous. because i was the planning, preparation and set-up parent (we decorated the ex's house with all kinds of hollywood-like glitz, so cool) i got to leave after games and food and pinata and cupcake decorating-and-eating and presents. thank goodness. i was exhausted by that point.
4. my friend steve is homeless this week while his boat (oh, excuse me, his yacht) is in dry dock for some repairs so he stayed in my guest room last night. he came over after work and we barbecued a couple of new york steaks, made tomatoes provencal (using the barefoot contessa's recipe) and oven roasted potatoes, and accompanied it all with sour dough baguette and a variety of cheeses. afterward, we pureed some fresh raspberries and poured them over a couple of slices of cheesecake we'd picked up at the grocery. mmmm. those tomatoes were fantastic, filled with fresh herbs from my garden, topped with melted, browned gruyere cheese. i ate WAY TOO MUCH food.
5. this weekend is the first of three courses for advanced myofascial release techniques, at the end of which i will receive a certification. the initial weekend focuses on the wrist, arm and shoulder. i'm looking forward to it because i have several clients who will benefit from me having more knowledge and tools to relieve / release pain in those areas. sweet!
6. crap. i know there was a 6, and a 7, 8, 9 and 10 too, as a matter of fact. but i've forgotten them all, at least for the moment. (see what i mean about memory loss? it's really quite bad this time around.) oh well. i have some reading to do before class in the morning. that's probably a better use of my time right now anyway, assuming that tomorrow i actually remember what i read the night before.
2. i've been slumping again, emotionally. denial, in a fake it till you make it kind of way, works well a lot of the time, but not lately. starting in early july i could feel my mental health teetering. lately i'm isolating, avoiding, rarely socializing, hardly exercising, eating improperly or not at all. took what i think will turn out to be my last dose of my current remedy a couple of weeks ago with no discernible uptick in my mood. insomnia, memory loss, mental dullness, apathy. apathy. apathy. oh yes, there's also impatience and even anger. denial is delusional at this point.
3. spent the majority of the day today preparing for amanda's birthday party (she turns 11 on monday, 08/13). it was a "favorite actor" dress up party / sleepover at her dad's house. she dressed as penny pingleton from hairspray -- and, hey, i was even able to do her poofy hair reasonably well! -- and looked totally adorable! funnily enough, one of her friends also dressed as penny...astonishing considering all the girls were instructed to keep their identity a secret as part of a party guessing game. amanda's long-time best friend julia dressed as marilyn monroe in diamonds are a girls best friend!!! fabulous. because i was the planning, preparation and set-up parent (we decorated the ex's house with all kinds of hollywood-like glitz, so cool) i got to leave after games and food and pinata and cupcake decorating-and-eating and presents. thank goodness. i was exhausted by that point.
4. my friend steve is homeless this week while his boat (oh, excuse me, his yacht) is in dry dock for some repairs so he stayed in my guest room last night. he came over after work and we barbecued a couple of new york steaks, made tomatoes provencal (using the barefoot contessa's recipe) and oven roasted potatoes, and accompanied it all with sour dough baguette and a variety of cheeses. afterward, we pureed some fresh raspberries and poured them over a couple of slices of cheesecake we'd picked up at the grocery. mmmm. those tomatoes were fantastic, filled with fresh herbs from my garden, topped with melted, browned gruyere cheese. i ate WAY TOO MUCH food.
5. this weekend is the first of three courses for advanced myofascial release techniques, at the end of which i will receive a certification. the initial weekend focuses on the wrist, arm and shoulder. i'm looking forward to it because i have several clients who will benefit from me having more knowledge and tools to relieve / release pain in those areas. sweet!
6. crap. i know there was a 6, and a 7, 8, 9 and 10 too, as a matter of fact. but i've forgotten them all, at least for the moment. (see what i mean about memory loss? it's really quite bad this time around.) oh well. i have some reading to do before class in the morning. that's probably a better use of my time right now anyway, assuming that tomorrow i actually remember what i read the night before.