lost in a foreign land
I finally posted the answers to those questions I requested, a full three weeks later because I am so on top of things that I toppled over the other side. Yes.
Actually, these past two months I've had trouble dealing with my depressed brain, so what productivity and energy I do manage to squeeze out has been devoted to more pressing things, like getting out of bed, going to work, cleaning, studying... mostly that. It could be worse, and I'm assuming my medication is softening the blow, but I'm only taking half the dose I should be and I can't afford to take the full dose. It's frustrating.
Missing my trip back to Arizona certainly did nothing to improve my mood! Not getting to see my friends and family and missing out on the parade and my most favorite holiday, um, sucked. It necessitated a full day of crying in bed in a blanket burrito.
BUT the next day I drove out to Jersey City to deliver supplies for the people affected by Sandy, aaaand I got kind of lost so I got to drive around for a half hour and really see what a mess the storm had made. By the time I delivered the supplies they were full up on volunteers for the day, and I couldn't afford the gas to drive out and help the following day, but at least I managed to be slightly useful.
And Thanksgiving wasn't too bad! That is, I wasn't super upset this year about not being able to be home for the holiday, partially because I'm going to be home for my birthday this year, and partially because last year my family celebrated Thanksgiving in December while I was there. So, not Thanksgiving so much as Beardsleymas. And even if we don't do another Beardsleymas this year I'm still touched by the sentiment. I think the only upsetting thing about not being there was that my mom was really upset. :(
But instead I worked (overtime yessss) and
tatterpixie and I went to
mindsplinters's parents' house for dinner, because her father offered to have a second meal just for us after the extended family had cleared out and we found that offer too damn thoughtful to refuse. AND we had a lovely time!
And now, apropos of NOT A GODDAMN THING, some pictures of the Catalina Mountains at the end of monsoon season (late Aug/early Sep) 2008. They're not the best quality because they were taken on my old Sony Ericsson phone, but I just recently rediscovered them in a long-lost folder and I like them. So I guess it's apropos of that.
Panoramas are hard to do on a cell phone. Especially old, non-smart phones.
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Actually, these past two months I've had trouble dealing with my depressed brain, so what productivity and energy I do manage to squeeze out has been devoted to more pressing things, like getting out of bed, going to work, cleaning, studying... mostly that. It could be worse, and I'm assuming my medication is softening the blow, but I'm only taking half the dose I should be and I can't afford to take the full dose. It's frustrating.
Missing my trip back to Arizona certainly did nothing to improve my mood! Not getting to see my friends and family and missing out on the parade and my most favorite holiday, um, sucked. It necessitated a full day of crying in bed in a blanket burrito.
BUT the next day I drove out to Jersey City to deliver supplies for the people affected by Sandy, aaaand I got kind of lost so I got to drive around for a half hour and really see what a mess the storm had made. By the time I delivered the supplies they were full up on volunteers for the day, and I couldn't afford the gas to drive out and help the following day, but at least I managed to be slightly useful.
And Thanksgiving wasn't too bad! That is, I wasn't super upset this year about not being able to be home for the holiday, partially because I'm going to be home for my birthday this year, and partially because last year my family celebrated Thanksgiving in December while I was there. So, not Thanksgiving so much as Beardsleymas. And even if we don't do another Beardsleymas this year I'm still touched by the sentiment. I think the only upsetting thing about not being there was that my mom was really upset. :(
But instead I worked (overtime yessss) and
tatterpixie and I went to
mindsplinters's parents' house for dinner, because her father offered to have a second meal just for us after the extended family had cleared out and we found that offer too damn thoughtful to refuse. AND we had a lovely time!
And now, apropos of NOT A GODDAMN THING, some pictures of the Catalina Mountains at the end of monsoon season (late Aug/early Sep) 2008. They're not the best quality because they were taken on my old Sony Ericsson phone, but I just recently rediscovered them in a long-lost folder and I like them. So I guess it's apropos of that.
Panoramas are hard to do on a cell phone. Especially old, non-smart phones.
Posted via Dreamwidth. Comment there. Or here. I'm not picky.