( This is probably depressing. )

I was flipping around the TV today and landed on an episode of "The New Yankee Workshop." I used to watch that every Sunday morning with my dad before we went to church, but today, all I could think of was how much I wanted to do something, make something ( Read more... )

My parents got me a 4 lb. jar of jelly beans for Valentine's Day, because they're apparently as unconcerned with my weight as I am. I've made a slight dent in it already today with zero flavor mishaps. Knock on wood ( Read more... )

If I had something to write about other than insomnia (hence post time) and not doing anything, I would definitely write about it ( Read more... )

Well, not exactly, but I am on vacation. I've gone to the beach with my family again, like we do every year. There is Internet access here, but I've discovered something interesting about my laptop that it only took me a year and a half to learn: it doesn't handle unencrypted Wi-Fi signal well. It sporadically disconnects for no discernible ( Read more... )

I have been in constant pain for three years.

Recently (read: within the past three months), I was talking with several friends about my time in the hospital in Michigan and about some of my experiences there. One of the medicines that they tried to help with my headache was some kind of steroid that, apart from not doing anything to the headache at all, kicked in my fight-or-flight response ( Read more... )

You know how it feels when you accidentally get water into your nose while swimming ( Read more... )

Most of this week, I've felt rather rotten. Bad headache, very strong desire to sleep a lot to escape the pain, overall malaise, that kind of thing. And I've been fixating a little too much on how the migraines are taking my life out from under me. I feel like I'm tying my shoes in the middle of a marathon ( Read more... )

Since Sunday evening, I've not been feeling well. I have this ever-growing laundry list of things I want and need to do, and no ability to really do them. Here's a bunch of things that have been running through my head repeatedly as I lie in bed staring at the television. I'm getting them out of my brain so that there will be room for other ( Read more... )