that's a link to a really good explanation of what it is like to have a chronic conditions - It makes me feel lucky, because I have a lot more spoons most days
Jinx? If you and Dreg have been using my moisturizer again I'm going to have to rip off your scaly- hey, what's the deal with your face?
Glory ,'Potential'
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beth b - Sep 27, 2010 9:53:31 am PDT #4220 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
smonster - Sep 27, 2010 9:56:30 am PDT #4221 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I love the Spoon Theory.
Laga - Sep 27, 2010 10:04:03 am PDT #4222 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Great article, beth. Thanks for posting.
Zenkitty - Sep 27, 2010 10:04:07 am PDT #4223 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The Spoon Theory is excellent.
sj - Sep 27, 2010 10:25:21 am PDT #4224 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Spoon Theory made me sniffly.
Calli - Sep 27, 2010 10:29:34 am PDT #4225 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I shared the spoon theory with my BFF last weekend, and she really liked it.
Strix - Sep 27, 2010 10:43:30 am PDT #4226 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh! That is brilliant; I love it. It's so true; I'm always thinking about what I will do will affect my insomnia.
Steph L. - Sep 27, 2010 11:02:51 am PDT #4227 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My biggest problem with incorporating the spoon theory into my life (I want to be clear I DON'T mean "biggest problem" in the sense that I disagree with the spoon theory) is that I don't feel like I have the "right" to use my spoons differently than healthy people. If that makes sense.
Like today -- I have a migraine that's making me barf. But I feel like I have no right to be cut any slack, even though I'm starting from a place where I have no energy, knifey head pain, and general barfiness. I wouldn't ever think that of anyone else in the same situation (like "Why aren't you washing the dishes/cleaning the bathtub/going to work/etc.?"), but I think it of myself. And I get that that's inconsistent and unkind to myself, but I still have a really hard time asserting my needs with other people. And with myself, I guess.
Aims - Sep 27, 2010 11:06:18 am PDT #4228 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DUDES!!! And those who don't wish to be identified as dudes!!!
I am subbing!! Not as a teacher, but as an instructional parapro/aide!! I started today in Emeline's classroom and will be "renewed" every two weeks until the position gets posted and then I apply for it and then I (hopefully!) get the permanent gig! Holy shit, ya'll. Ho. Lee. Shit. I'm working in a classroom!! An honest to goodness classroom! With kids!
!!!!!
Jessica - Sep 27, 2010 11:08:06 am PDT #4229 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm personally uncomfortable drawing a bright line between "healthy" and "sick." (And especially with the implied definition of "healthy" as "has unlimited energy to do anything all the time." Nobody's healthy by those standards.)