Zoe was groomed recently and is super shiny. Totally random. A friend a few blocks away called and said the mobile groomer was at her house and did I want to bring Zoe over because she had time. I am so much better than spontaneous than planned.

Can someone work on a Facebook access port that will get around firewalls? thanks. Just for timeline post reading, not game playing.

This weekend, our WHOLE UNIVERSITY will be powered down TWICE. Once to put the whole campus on generator power, on Saturday morning. And then again on Monday morning, to return us to the grid. As such, we are taking the precaution, to unplug as much of our gear as possible. Given that there are seven venues, that are in use today/tonight... something is bound to not get unplugged. A lot of it is in the students hands. To say I'm a bit anxious, is an understatement.

Buckets of ~ma to you, sj! IVF is a lot to take in, but just take it one day at a time. My DW got really good at the shots and they weren't bad pain-wise. I was worried about the belly ones, but I barely felt them. Are you doing progesterone shots, too? If so, I found it best to ice the area before the shot and apply heat after (to spread the oil around rather than have it be a lump under the skin). Ping me if I can help in any way. SQUEEING for you!

Glam, I am definitely planning on emailing you. There are three different types of shots, but I have to look over my notes to remember what they are, along with BCP (which is too funny) and maybe a couple other drugs. It was a lot to take in. We're starting next cycle because I'm having my surgery on Tuesday.

I was at the doctor's again today because I was having a problem with my foot. I'm being refered to a podiatrist because I don't already have enough doctors.

I realized I have not been back in Bitches since the end of December. I thought I had been in here since then, but I have not. I was reading up on all the stuff that's happened since then, and caught that a few people were asking after me.

First, I'm sorry I haven't been back sooner.

As for an update....

I have a temporary roommate, for a couple of months. I have also picked up four days of work at the theatre in Beverly Hills that I applied to last summer to be their Sound Supervisor. So on those two areas, there's at least some temporary relief.

I've applied to many multiple jobs, and heard nothing back from any of them. I've poured over hundreds of job listings, searching for something I might qualify for, but was only able to find a few to apply to. And have heard nothing back yet.

My mother and several other people suggested I go back to school and finally get a Bachelor's, or even an Associate's, so I applied to LA City college and got accepted, and applied for financial aid, but I have screwed up this whole process royally, and it's unclear if I'll be able to get FA this semester, which would pretty much kill the whole thing. I'm enrolled, and school starts on Monday, but I don't know what I'm going to do for books, and I don't know how I'm going to pay rent or eat without working.

So, I don't know, the more effort I try to put into finding a way out of this mess, the more overwhelming it becomes.

But, I'm still here, and still trying, but I'm so far beyond burnt out, I just can't even say. I need some stability before I can build my own stability, and much of the time, I feel incapable of making choices. Just being faced with a choice is overwhelming.

Anyway, despite all of that, my thoughts are going out to so many other people in tough times, too.

Hey Sean. Good to see your pixels. I know of the overwhelming. All I have to offer is take one day at a time. Even one hour at a time.

Maybe make lists, prioritize, consider who can help you with school and other needs. Maybe there are social service type programs that may be able to help? Like similar to food stamps except school stamps.

At any rate, hugs. You are in my thoughts.

I've been doing a lot of lists and writing things down. It's very alarming when I do it, because it sort of solidifies just how screwed I am, but I keep doing it. One foot in front of the other, you know? I'm making some appointments for school counseling for next week. So that should provide some guidance.

See if the required text books are in the library. Maybe you can check them out? Or digital copies that you could download? If it's lit classes, a lot of the old, non copyright books are on Project Gutenberg.

Well done, Miracleman!