14,636 Days Alive
4 Hour System Outage at Work
Well. Today sucked. Stressful and overwhelming and just…. A bad day. I almost cried.
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14,636 Days Alive
4 Hour System Outage at Work
Well. Today sucked. Stressful and overwhelming and just…. A bad day. I almost cried.
Continue reading “Of Embracing Weirdness and Embarrassment”14,629 Days Alive
8 Ounces of Egg Noodles
2.97 Pounds of Chicken Breast Fillets Made Into Soup
Lucian and I went grocery shopping after I got off work today. It was nice! Just sibling hang out time, being goofy in a store together and trying to find a Mr. Coffee-style drip machine for morning coffee.
Continue reading “Of Silliness and Soup”14,622 Days Alive
2 Slices of Supreme Chicago-Style Deep-Dish Pizza Had for Dinner
1 Class Only this Five Week Term
My class load this five week term is only one class! Hooray! However, it is Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology. So, a whole lot of note-taking this term!
Continue reading “Of School and Slices”14,615 Days Alive
3rd Day at the New Job
2 Acts of Love Provided to Me Today
1 Haircut Gotten
I think I am settling into the new position quite well. It helps that I have two and a half years experience with our company’s site software for inputting records requests. It also helps that I don’t need training on our EMR (electronic medical record) system.
Continue reading “Of Hairstyles and Hope”14,608 Days Alive
3 Days Til My Birthday
2 Days Left At My Current Job
I am heavily medicated against my anxiety right now. And tired. And stressed.
But I got my homework submitted on time and am headed to sleep.
Take your meds, folks.
14,594 Days Alive
2,049 Days Straight on Duolingo
17 Days Till My Birthday
8 Days Till My Trip
Mac fell asleep pretty early this evening. He’s been snoring away since maybe 7pm. I stayed downstairs to focus more on my homework and keep an ear on the laundry.
Continue reading “Of Snoring and Soap”14,587 Days Alive
2,042 Days Straight on Duolingo
Not doing too good today.
Continue reading “Of Home Row Keys and Homesickness”14,579 Days Alive
350+ Words Written for All of This Week’s Discussion Board Posts
25 Sour Skittles Eaten (1 Serving)
3 chicken Breasts, Pounded Thin and Cubed
I made what I call ‘white girl chicken stir fried rice’ for dinner tonight. Only Dustin and I partook; Mac got himself some Doordashed Arby’s for dinner. My feelings were a little bit hurt, but it wasn’t my money to spend, and it means, I suppose, Dustin has leftovers for lunch tomorrow?
Continue reading “Of Stir Fried Rice and Sore Muscles”14,552 Days Alive
Spock turns fifteen tomorrow. He has a special can of wet food for his birthday dinner.
Did homework. Ate dinner. Now I’m going to read more of Gone Girl even though I’m not enjoying it thus far to see if I can get into it.
Take your meds, folks.
14,545 Days Alive
19th Day of this Gorram Headache
5 Years Divorced as of Today
2 Hours of Sleep
1 Therapy Session Tomorrow
I was officially divorced from my ex-wife five years ago today.
Continue reading “Of Anniversaries and Anxiety Cleaning”14,538 Days Alive
I called out of work today because I woke up at four am with a migraine so bad I threw up. It was wretched. I have been mainlining Imatrex, ibuprofen, and caffeine day in between trying to rest with my eyes closed.
I didn’t eat at all today until almost 10pm.
I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
14,531 Days Alive
1,989 Days Straight on Duolingo
2 Lectures Left to Watch
1 Clingy Kitty Boy
Spock is super clingy tonight. I’m not feeling super great; just another headache and general fatigue issue. I can’t wait for Friday’s appointment with the hematologist, even if I’m nervous. Despite my tattoos, I’m not fantastic with needles being used to inject stuff into me.
Continue reading “Of Caffeine and Cat Hair”14,522 Days Alive
1,982 Days Straight on Duolingo
6 Lectures Watched this Week
3 Homework Assignments Completed Tonight
1.5 Servings of Cheese It’s Had as a Study Snack
Oof. So! The tornado sirens have stopped. And no one dropped a house on me, so it is safe to say that we got through the massive storm system that dropped a few tornados in our area without too much damage.
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