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Last Thursday was one of those days. The water in my building was scheduled to be turned off from 9 am to 5 pm. Routine maintenance, they say. I can’t help but wonder why they do this about once a month. And always on a day when I’ve planned to do laundry. Miraculously, I managed [...]

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May this year be kinder to me than the last. Not so much resolutions for the year, but resolutions for moving forward: Take care of my health – physical, mental and emotional. Stop putting off the search for a therapist. Stop eating so much damn ice cream. Do something about the self-esteem issues. Do something [...]

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Tell me, have you ever thought about your circumstance in ten years? Who will you be, what will you have, who will you cherish? If there’s one thing I’ve learned: ten years is a lifetime. Anything can happen. from kristin @ better now Ten years. I can’t even tell you what I am doing next [...]

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School is, likely, a no-go. I learned yesterday that the government dweebs that receive and review the applications for funding are so far behind that it is unlikely that my application will not be reviewed/approved in time for starting school in September. If it weren’t for the numbing affects of Zoloft, I’m sure I would [...]

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The other day, we spent the morning chilling out, just The Mook and me. She crawled into bed with me this morning and I feigned sleep. When I finally rolled over to see what the hell she was going, I found that she had made a little nest out of the duvet and it was [...]

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I’m still here. Alive and well. Ish. Taking my meds so that I don’t go off the deep end. And – looking into school for the fall. Career/Work Counselling. 16-month program. Shit. I couldn’t even keep it together for cooking school. That was 12 years ago and now I’ve got the single parent gig that [...]

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Ramble On

People wanted to know…why Seattle? Well, why not Seattle? I like cities on the ocean. I like coffee. And I had an unnatural obsession with the movie Singles as a teenager. If you are a fan, than this will look familiar: And I really do like coffee. I stayed in a hostel so very close [...]

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I’m taking a sick leave. Of sorts. I hate thinking of myself as ‘sick’. Sick sounds weak and helpless and taken to my bed. I am far from that stage. My health – specifically mental health – has been on the back burner for far too many years. Actually, back burner doesn’t describe it. It’s [...]

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I don’t yet have the words to detail what’s going on in my head and at my workplace. Suffice to say, I’m scared and I feel like crap. I said as much to a good friend who is a social worker and who also struggles with depression. Here is her response:____________________ Yes, take some time [...]

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non-smoker working. Has worked. Will work. Work ethic. Ideal – love his work, but recognizes need to contribute financially to the family parenting possibilities will/can provide sib for The Mook – bio or step or adopted recognizes that he is not the primary father healthy relationship with his mother and other family sex! healthy sex [...]

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