This is my first entry in a very long time. On the Jefferson bus back to Duluth after a weekend with R. Saw Deadpool a second time, which was fun. My new catch phrase is probably "Minimum effort..." Also got to meet B (who's temporarily living with R), and our second meeting seemed to go WAY better than our disastrous first meeting, which is good ( Read more... )

- SSDI application (ASAP - 2/10 ( Read more... )

Ever since I started high school I've been having difficulty with academics, work, family and friends, obligations, and more. After 15 years of trying to will myself to be successful, becoming increasingly disappointed in myself, and eventually losing hope and becoming suicidal, on May 27th, for the first time in my life I had a suicide plan that ( Read more... )

Just did a full list of all the chemicals I put into my body on a daily basis in the name of physical and mental health! Normally I prefer generic names, but I'm gonna go with brand names right now for better understanding to those who don't know the generic names ( Read more... )

Got a call back from my state benefits manager, and it turns out any cash benefits are only available if you don't go back to work within 45 days of when you submit the application, so if I had applied by June 24th I could have qualified, but instead I waited until I felt like I actually needed it, which was apparently a mistake. Also, I was under ( Read more... )

I called St. Thomas' Interprofessional Center again today to see if a space had opened up in their DBT program, and when they again said that the program won't be open until September I asked if there was a waiting list, and there is. (Apparently I didn't think to ask if there was a waiting list last time. The funny thing is the woman on the ( Read more... )

Oh, thank God - turns out I already received 3 food stamp deposits and apparently they roll over, so I have $41.65 available. I also got a check from my dad to cover July and August rent, but I might text him and ask if I can use some of the money for *cheap* groceries. In any case, I plan to go grocery shopping tomorrow or possibly Friday (when ( Read more... )

- Thoughts influence feelings which influence actions. (This can sometimes be reversed as "act as if", but it's more difficult the other way ( Read more... )

So, at Walgreens this week we have 30-count bottles of this weight loss supplement called Mangodrin on sale for $10 with a $10 Register Reward. Now, normally these are $27.99, but after factoring for my discount and tax, I basically got paid 84 cents to try this product for a 15 days, and even though I don't believe that weight loss supplements ( Read more... )