Parts of this week were really fantastic. J and R were in town, so I met up with them for dinner on Monday. J's sister lives on the far west side, so I had them take the Blue Line to UIC-Halsted. I had planned to take the L to meet them there as well, but they left early and I was running late, so I ended up taking a cab there instead. We ended up ( Read more... )

Our whole house is falling down around us. Every day, something new breaks down, it seems. I suppose that this is to be expected considering that this house is sixty years old and we're the third owners. It was originally owned by the military during the Korean War, after that, an extremely eccentric couple owned it. I'm assuming the military ( Read more... )

As it turns out, I only fixed the dishwasher temporarily. I rewired the plug, so it stopped tripping the circuit breaker, but then the timer on the dishwasher went out. It would do one cycle and then stop. So you would have to unplug it, move it up a few clicks, plug it back in and retrip the circuit breaker. The timer only costs about $70, but it' ( Read more... )

I have been extremely irritable. I think this is largely because I'm hitting the downside of a manic swing. In order to not go completely off my mood stabilizer in-between insurances and psychiatrists, I've been cutting down the dosage gradually. Even so, I've gone from 600 mg a day to 100 mg a day, which is pretty close to taking nothing at all. ( Read more... )