It was two years ago that my boyfriend took me to visit the grave of my grandma Margaret. We weren't dating at the time; there was just some flirting going on, but I never really expected him to fall in love with me. I remember that day we went to the cemetery, how beautiful it was, what a perfect, if slightly chilly, day. He sat in the car and ( Read more... )

Being in a successful relationship doesn't mean you get everything your way. It doesn't mean that everything is about you and your happiness. It's about compromise and respect, and understanding that it *isn't* all about you. This time around, I'm learning what it means to be respected and to respect. I guess going into this relationship I ( Read more... )

It has been two and a half years since I last posted an update on LiveJournal. I'm, frankly, surprised my journal is still here, but I'm glad. I just read the last post I made - I remember what it was like to feel that depression. But my life has changed so much now. I have grown so much since then, matured, become an adult. I used to think I ( Read more... )

I haven't been on LJ much lately. I generally lack the energy or the will to put together coherent posts, and mostly figure no one's reading it anyway ( Read more... )

Goodness, it's been awhile since I last updated this thing! So much has been happening that I haven't had the energy to write any of it down until now ( Read more... )

The path just keeps twisting before me, with no glimpse of the end, or how many more trials I'll have to endure before I get there. My chiropractor is sending me back to my back specialist doctor person for a reevaluation. And there are really only three things he can tell me: continue with the chiropractor, have another steroid shot, or begin ( Read more... )

It is currently 99 degrees outside, and the heat index is 107. It has been like this for the past few days, and seems determined to remain so for at least a few more. I can't take it. With my heart problem I'm even more susceptible to being sick from the heat. We don't have an air conditioner in the main part of the house; Krys has one upstairs ( Read more... )

Warm today; muggy. Not very comfortable, but it could be much worse, and at least there's a breeze ( Read more... )

Spent the weekend planting flowers and enjoying myself in the garden. Loaded up on plants and seeds at Bachman's on Saturday with my mom, planted some, and then did the rest on Sunday. While I was working my back felt fine. It was after I was all done and had rested for awhile that I seemed to lose all strength from my legs, and then when that ( Read more... )

Things are progressing slowly with my back, but I believe they finally *are* progressing, so that's something. On Thursday I went to the chiropractor (I've had to go twice a week for the past month), and he tried something new, told me to see if that helped. If it did, I was to make another appointment with him, if it didn't I was to make an ( Read more... )