Today has been a productive one around the apartment for me. All the things that started stacking up from yesterday have been addressed and resolved. Today was highlighted by two deliveries. The first one came straight to our door, in a shrink-wrapped cooler. Inside were several cuts of meat and a couple side dishes from… Read More #594 – Catching Up and Setting Up
Today I made the executive decision to acquire a laptop for college. Between games, bookmarks, files, music, and other things, I have a ton of distractions on this rig that I fear might get in the way of me studying. Besides, this laptop is somewhat iffy on whether its battery will work, and the keyboard… Read More A Change Will Do Me Good
My wife and I are planning to travel out of town tomorrow for an SCA event. It’s a symposium of classes centered around one aspect of the SCA, and it’s one that I’ve been interested in since my earliest days in the Society. The trick is, since my mental illnesses have gotten worse, I’ve lost… Read More Preparing for Tomorrow
So, my throat is sore again. I was doing very well, hadn’t had sore throat problems for days, and now it’s coming back. This is somewhat concerning, since I’ve been on antibiotics since Thursday night, and there was supposed to be a noticeable improvement within 24 hours. I don’t think I’ve caught it again from… Read More I Might Have Spoken Too Soon
I got a lot of good advice about yesterday’s panicky, frantically written post on both WordPress and Twitter. I want to thank everyone that commented and tried to talk me down off the ledge; it eventually worked. More than one person essentially said “this part of the book is not written about you.” I tend… Read More Roadblock Reframing
As I’ve said here recently I’m reading The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown. For the last two days I’ve been reading “Guidepost #3, Cultivating a Resilient Spirit: Letting Go of Numbing and Powerlessness.” I split my reading at the section entitled “Numbing and Taking the Edge Off,” and I read today from that point… Read More Roadblock to Change
Toward the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Drax the Destroyer said to Star-Lord, “Finger to the throat means death,” then paused and said “Metaphor.” Star-Lord’s response was “Yeah, sorta.” This actually became relevant in today’s therapy session when I brought up the subject of shame. I’ve mentioned this in a past post, I’m sure,… Read More Football to the Throat
Today’s going to be really short, since I’m fighting a migraine that just won’t let up. (The prevalent thought is that it’s actually a caffeine headache, since I’ve only had one cup of coffee all day, whereas at this point in the day I’d usually be on cup four or even five.) I just ordered… Read More An Ounce of Prevention
My primary laptop is almost back to normal at this point. All the keys work, but it suddenly started taking a notably longer time to load Windows after logging into the computer (BIOS is still running as before, though). Not sure what the lag is, but it’s disconcerting. We’re still only talking about a matter… Read More Technological Update, Part III
Yesterday the laptop I spilled water in spent the majority of the day having a fan blow on it on high. A few times during they day, I would check how it was doing by opening Word and hitting every key and taking note of what the result was before shutting it back down and… Read More Technological Update, Part II
