smonster, it sucks you have to deal with all that. I hope your landlord does the right thing and you find a better job soon. And your roommate gets a cluesticking.

Steph, that's good news about your friend! May Cymbalta do the job for you!

Empress, I've missed you and your smitings!

WS and sj, overwhelm~ma.

I am up almost before the sun. My life seems to work better if I have a couple hours before work to get stuff done and have a real breakfast. Let's see if I can keep it up this time.

(Yes, I work from home and nothing's really stopping me from having a real breakfast at any time. But once I'm working, I'm zoomed-in on it and it's hard to make myself stop and do something else, or even notice that I should.)

That's understandable, Zen. I'm home with ltc all day, and even with feeding. Her three good meals a day, I still often fail at feeding myself proper food.

Oh, smonster. That is a lot. I hope you have a day of rest and some spoons appear. At least the election will be over in 5 days.

Okay, I just want to say I feel like a giant cliche, going to therapy and talking about my mom the whole time. (But then, I suspect parental issues are therapists' bread and butter.)

Also, I think I cannot take Cymbalta at bedtime (I read about the side effects, one of which is drowsiness, so I figured I'd take it at bedtime and use the drowsiness to my advantage), because I was WIRED and up until after 2:00. Possibly that was from the World Series, but I don't think so. I'll take it in the morning starting tomorrow.

I'm trying to decide whether or not to go to campus today. There are several things that I should do, but nothing that's totally urgent. And my ankle hurts, a lot.

I had insomnia with cymbalata. Definitely try taking it in the morning.

I've been taking Cymbalta at 9pm for the same reason, but it does seem to be keeping me awake. I'll switch to taking it in the morning tomorrow, too, and see if I'm more alert during the day. That would be nice.

Attempted meara on a phone, so forgive if I skip someone.

Empress, that's an excellent smiting. Thank you.

Steph, will be keeping all digits mentally crossed for your improv friend. I hope the trial is helpful.

WindSparrow, I am so proud for you and excited about this new opportunity. I hope the training gives you what you need.

I'm at work, but it's not going well. Some of the painters are right where I need to be working, as in the creepy one who asked me out last week is on the outside of the window I'm working on. I don't enjoy an audience at work at the best of times, and today is not that. And while I feel somewhat better (no sharp shooting pain), something is still out of whack because there's a dull pain going down my arm, which seems to weigh thirty pounds right now.

Plus I left my pills at home, so I have to leave for lunch.

Sorry, I'm still a big pile of rage and despair. Am trying to remember that I am not my thoughts and feelings, but the waves are crashing over my head at the moment.

Oh, hey, Steph - any contraindications about drinking while taking Cymbalta?

OK, yeah, I just tried to walk a bit. I'm definitely staying home today.