Steph, FWIW, one of my calming routines is solitaire-like games (like timed Sudoku) or puzzle games where I can't think about anything but which thing goes where, instead of what's making me anxious.
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Sep 19, 2014 7:42:49 am PDT #6536 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Zenkitty - Sep 19, 2014 7:55:11 am PDT #6537 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I got a stomach bug, the day after I started taking a diuretic for my newly-discovered hypertension. Bad timing. Dehydrated. Lost 7 pounds in two days. (Don't really mind that part. The barfing, I mind.) Doctor says take it easy, drink fluids, stop the med for now. I said, that's what I was gonna do! Go me, doctoring myself.
brenda m - Sep 19, 2014 8:13:18 am PDT #6538 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here's a new one, from my boss on a conference call:
"So who's the one neck to choke on this [if X doesn't get done]?
shrift - Sep 19, 2014 8:13:32 am PDT #6539 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
the day after I started taking a diuretic for my newly-discovered hypertension.
Hypertension high-five!
...too soon?
I am going to engage in some retail therapy for somehow making it through this week of enormous deadlines. I need a new messenger bag, so I'm thinking this: [link]
And maybe some extra flaps: [link]
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2014 8:14:30 am PDT #6540 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Hypertension high-five!
Go Team Hypertension!
(I finally went to get blood drawn this morning for that damned cholesterol test. I sure hope that 9 months of oatmeal almost every morning plus lots more veggies and coconut oil brought my level down by the 9 [NINE!] frigging points that will keep the doctor happy.)
Dana - Sep 19, 2014 8:18:25 am PDT #6541 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Aw, I'll miss your purple bag.
Zenkitty - Sep 19, 2014 8:24:41 am PDT #6542 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The hypertension isn't worrying me, really. If all it takes to fix it is taking a water pill, eating less salt, and getting a little more exercise, you know, I could have worse problems.
How long does a stomach bug usually last? 48 hours? I'm going back to bed. Hopefully without barfing on the way.
Jesse - Sep 19, 2014 8:30:58 am PDT #6543 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Just in case our techy job-seekers haven't seen that Reverb is hiring: [link] They are open to remote workers.
shrift - Sep 19, 2014 8:38:37 am PDT #6544 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Aw, I'll miss your purple bag.
The brand discontinued the style, so I'll hang on to the purple bag if I can figure out how to clean it since I can't get a new one. It's pretty grody.
-t - Sep 19, 2014 9:28:16 am PDT #6545 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sweet messenger bags.
I have been admiring Sherpani bags in various styles when I see them in stores, but I do not need any sort of bag for any reason at all probably for the rest of my life. Huge surplus at my house.