So much ~ma to your family, Laura. Strength and courage and whatever peace and resolution people are able to find or make.

I have a Frankenstein Dayrunner-timer that I put together myself, with self-created inspiration pages, and sections for a two-page per week calendar, a monthly calendar that I carry birthdays and annual reminders forward from last year's. There's a now-defunct section for phone and addresses, a section with notepaper in case writing inspiration strikes, and sketch paper, ditto. There are business card holders, photo pages, zip bags for pens, erasers, rubber bands, and paper clips. A lot of it is no longer relevant, but it no longer goes everywhere with me, either. But it's open on my desk, and I do keep track of current things in it, and bind and store each year's pages, just in case I need to check back on something. I used to journal, and then bind those pages, the first six photos, here, but then I switched to bought blank books. Now I hardly journal at all.

I have my work outlook calendar and my gmail calendar and fb all on my phone, which is ideal for me. I usually need it to be on the calendar or I'll forget, although lately part of my problem is forgetting what day of the week or date it is anyway, so...

Hi all. Haven't posted in awhile. After several 12 hour days this week, during a heat wave, and my unairconditioned office, I have a real bad case of the "I don't want to's". So, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to catch up in Bitches.

~ma to those that need it, and job congrats!! Steph & Zen, the 300 posts that I just read had me thinking, dunno much about meds and stuff, but I do know you two are awesome people. How giving you are here in our amazing community, and how our lives would be different with out your insights and help. Focus on that. Because you do make a difference, and you are loved!

I will try and keep up in here, but I fear it will be like past times. As other said way up thread, FB is nice, but it's not the same. Just wish I had more time to stay current.

I'm teaching an online class, and my class was picked as one of the ones to do a pilot program with online proctoring for exams. The students take the exam on the computer, with the webcam on, and someone watches them the whole time. The first ones took it yesterday, and people will continue through the weekend. It's a mess. Just got an email from a girl who says she started the exam, then the proctor told her she had to go to a different room because the room she was in was too dimly lit. So she brought her computer to the other room, started the exam, and realized she'd left her calculator in the first room. She asked if she could go get it, and the proctor said no. (There were a bunch of options for me to check off for what was allowed during the exam, and I said that it was OK for them to leave the room for a minute for bathroom breaks, but apparently, since there was no "Go get calculator from the other room" box for me to check off, the proctor assumed that the answer was no.) So she did the exam without a calculator, and this exam needed a calculator.

~ma Laura. That's horrible awful.

Can anyone share their experience with Cymbalta? What am I getting into?

Zenkitty, I have been on Cymbalta for about 2 years and it is THE BEST. I was on Zoloft for years before that, but the side effects were just getting way too awful, and Wellbutrin did nothing for me.

The one thing I notice is that if I skip a day, I am more creative and then have crazy ass dreams. And that I really shouldn't skip two days.

Good to see you here again, omnis! Aw, thank you so much, you made me tear up.

All kinds of ~ma for your family, Laura. It's so awful.

Raq, thanks for the data point! I have some hope.

I didn't react well to cymbalta. I couldn't sleep at all.

Another data point!

Super meara:

John Sweden

Yes, bonny, it was a great laugh. I'm really glad I managed to stir myself from my weekend stupor, even if just in the nick of time. Plus, the ticket was $50. I'm not sure I'd be allowed in to see another Scottish comedian if I had been so wasteful with money.

Heh! Billy Connelly might have something to say about that!

Windsparrow

I am not sure how official this is (they asked today, I answered, no paperwork has been done and they may or may not need to post the job externally for official purposes), but I appear to have agreed to become the house coordinator for one of the three houses I work at as a Direct Support Professional. Incidentally, I am also one of seven people in the entire company all over the state to have been accepted to the company's mentoring program for people who want to pursue national credentialing for Direct Care Professionals.

I'm so pleased for you, Andi!

Glamcookie

Boo, personal growth, boo!!!

Mantra.

I feel that way too sometimes. Mantra!

Laura

Just sick to my stomach because there are no good outcomes here. Just pain for all involved. DH is over at his brother's house now lending emotional support. I haven't seen my nephew. I don't think I can without breaking down.

So much ~ma, Laura. I'm so sad for your family, and for all involved.

John Sweden

I still use a Day-Timer. When I w/h/i/p/ get it out in meetings, people gasp like I'm their own personal Christopher Lloyd. I've managed to avoid a blackberry for work all these years, so I never made the transition. I do have an iPhone for personal use, and there is an app that hooks me into Outlook, but I've never felt comfortable storing personal appointments there.

I use a paper Day-Timer that I loooove. I still don't have a cellphone, and am avoiding the Cloud. I just find paper so comforting.

I just finished watching the Fox version of Rocky Horror Picture Show and...well...I'm not sure what I expected but...yesh. Though, the best part of the remake was what I thought was the worst part of the original. Columbia!

Cross posted from Beep Me. I'm kind of freaked out.

So, I talked with a lawyer this morning who says the client has no case, but could file a small claims suit...that would either send us to mediation, or be thrown out.

This evening, the client has called my home number 5 times in 5 minutes (at 9pm) with a voicemail threatening to call the city, the BBB and more. Thankfully, no threat of physical violence, but he sounds unhinged and everyone knows where I live.

Please. Safety ~ma and calm-the-hell-down ~ma for this guy.