Category: health

  • 2020-10-28 Tell Me

    2020-10-28 Tell Me

    What there is to complain about? That’s a line from a song I don’t remember. I was planning a road trip to Austin, so I could be with my peeps for the election. Really.. just so I can hang out with them like old times. You know, their house has been my sanctuary through a…

  • 2020-10-27 My Days are Like the Weather in Nebraska

    2020-10-27 My Days are Like the Weather in Nebraska

    Being gung-ho one day is no problem. Having big plans and Ideas and goals is easy to do for a day or two but sticking with a plan, day in and day out, is not as easy. This is why taking on bite-sized improvements is important. I can count on my 10 fingers the things…

  • 2020-10-26 Goals and Accountability

    2020-10-26 Goals and Accountability

    Making progress is sometimes tough. But what IS progress anyway and who decides what success looks like? Like most things it’s not one size fits all. Each person has to decide for themselves what success means to them. Regardless, there has to be some measure and to measure something there has to be a value…

  • 2020-10-23 Just Another Friday Soapbox about the End Times

    2020-10-23 Just Another Friday Soapbox about the End Times

    The biggest news of the day is the cold temps. 35 now and headed straight for a hard freeze over night tonight. On one hand that’s rotten as all the annuals including the veggies will be done done. But, I’m not too terribly upset, you know, having neglected that garden for so long this growing…

  • 2020-10-20 I Just Can’t Today

    2020-10-20 I Just Can’t Today

    I stare down at the glow of the screen of my SE, Evernote open with the date typed into the title. Just the date. I’ve been told I’m a good titler. Yeah, lots of years of practice. But today I’m at a loss. How on earth does one sum up the aching heart that comes…

  • 2020-10-15 Fat Stacks and Train Tracks

    2020-10-15 Fat Stacks and Train Tracks

    Back in my day, children wandered out of their bedroom on Saturday mornings while their parents hid under the covers, behind closed bedroom doors in attempts to get a few more minutes of precious sleep. We shuffled in our PJs to the living room to sit in front of the TV to watch a thing…

  • 2020-10-15 If I’m Being Honest…

    2020-10-15 If I’m Being Honest…

    I might as well be painfully honest. **Spoiler alert.. Rant city, dead ahead in 30 seconds. I have not had one of these in a while, but no matter how good life is, it is bound to happen. And the longer I hold the angst inside, the worse it will be when it comes out.…

  • 2020-10-14 New Addiction

    2020-10-14 New Addiction

    I can feel it. I’m approaching being completely free of my benzodiazepine dependency. I haven’t taken a sliver of a pill since the end of August so it’s about effffing time! And my doctor was spot on when he said it would take up to six weeks to clear my system completely. Yeah… that. Last…