Umm, pie. Maybe I will cook this weekend too. After I clean up my sty.
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I'm gonna work on cleaning up my sty this weekend. Some progress is better than no progress, right? I'd like to do something fun. Maybe I'll go on a long drive somewhere I haven't been before.
Jesse, I have no idea what veg you have, but I thought it was as good a time as any to re-mention the vegetable stock recipe here bon bon "Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam" Apr 12, 2009 8:14:50 pm PDT that I prefer to most meat stocks I've made.
I don't think I can leave the house in the next hour. But just as I was about to ditch my pain psych (her approach to feeling good (hope and superiority) doesn't really jibe with me) I vented to her about frustrating medical care, and she is going to call my pain doc and tell him my pain is real and ask what he's going to do about it. Which is...earning her keep, since I have an appointment with him Tuesday and the epidural thingummy has well worn off.
Anyone tried self-hypnisis for changing their responses to stress and pain stimulation?
I have white and sweet potatoes, kohlrabi, onions, carrots (but no celery, mushrooms, or parsnips) -- maybe I will do some stock.
Added WTF of the day....snow. SNOW.
Wait, I forgot something!
Frank! Congrats on homeownership! Yes, many insurance. Much signing. Yay!
Anyone tried self-hypnisis for changing their responses to stress and pain stimulation?
I've used some of the Silva Method stuff for stress and found it useful. With the extreme behavioral challenges occurring at the same time as extreme staff turnover at one of the houses I work at, it was definitely part of me not losing my mind and/or quitting (as well as part of why I got that award thingy in August). I have found it useful enough that if I were experiencing chronic pain I would at least try using it as part of the pain management.
All I know is that I'm making pie.
That sounds like a good weekend.
That's a pretty good article on depression, ita !
I'm pretty much done with feeling shame about having depression; through therapy and research, I'm understand and internalizing (finally) that that's on a par with being ashamed about having any other physical ailment. This doesn't let me off the hook for many of my behaviors; depression isn't a get out of jail free card, but I get that it there are things that I can control, AND things I cannot. Working to control some of the things some of the time is a process. I just can't spend energy on trying to deal with her issues when I am constantly fighting a battle with my own brain. And I feel remarkably OK about it.
This weekend, I'm going to a friend's bday gathering tonight, another friend's kid's birthday party tomorrow, clean some of the things, cook some zucchini bread, and work on some things I've been too depressed and anxious to work on (see what I did there?!)
Yay on the good news, Burrell!
Much signing.
This. So much this. My wrist now gets tired if I write by hand for more than a minute or two (can't imagine taking the kind of notes I used to for school), so I expect my wrist is going to be massively aching come the end of the signing.