Great article, beth. Thanks for posting.
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
The Spoon Theory is excellent.
The Spoon Theory made me sniffly.
I shared the spoon theory with my BFF last weekend, and she really liked it.
Oh! That is brilliant; I love it. It's so true; I'm always thinking about what I will do will affect my insomnia.
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.
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!
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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.)
Aimee, that is AWESOME!
I am subbing!!
YAY!