Breathing is always a good idea.

shrift, keep breathing is an excellent plan. Tons of moving ~ma to you.

Zenkitty, I'm sorry about your sister. Tons of ~ma to her.

Ebay?

I looked. No luck. I'll keep checking every so often.

shrift, I'm sorry everything is being just too much. Moving is hell. Moving halfway across the country is a special hell. Moving the whole way is the 9th circle of hell.

sara, ugh, that sucks. I hope the second half of the week redeems itself.

Zen, much heart~ma to your sister.

I hate those dreams that linger into the day.

I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.

I needed an appointment at short notice, and they had a cancellation. I can't seem to work up much gratitude, since it's at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Blerg.

I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.

Back when I did real clinical work instead of professor stuff, I used exactly this scenario with a video game fan who had chronic pain. I would hypnotize him, set up the situation, and he would lie back in the recliner zapping his pain with great satisfaction for half an hour.

Unfortunately, he never was able to master self-hypnosis, so the treatment was of no use to him after he left the hospital.

I dreamed there was a drug that let you watch a screen that looked like an Asteroids game, and by concentrating on zapping the asteroids, you zapped away pain.

That sounds familiar, like I read about something like that being developed?

Ugh, Beverly, I hate those kinds of dreams/waking up. I took a nap recently and had one of those sleep paralysis dreams, reminded me why I don't generally take naps (seems to be when that happens the most).

Rick FTW! So, learn how to self-hypnotize and make your dreams come true, Ginger? :)

Thanks for the ~ma, everyone. Hugs, hairpats, coffee and wine to everyone who wants them.

As of way too early this morning, my sister's heart agreed to beat normally again, and she was falling asleep in the hospital room. Her boyfriend is with her. I've heard nothing since, and am assuming no news is good news.

And I got a box of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate from my BFF ass an "unbirthday" present today, along with a letter in her beautiful flowing handwriting on a perfect card she said she's been saving ten years for the right moment to send me. She sure picked the right moment.

Man. I feel like something is telling me to reprioritize my life, and stop letting my work consume all my energy and drain all my joy.

Hooray for normal heartbeats!

shrift, I'm sorry everything is being just too much.

Thanks, Maria.

My manager wants me to set my quarterly goals. My start date in this role was this Monday, so I don't know what my goals should be. We have a meeting later, so I'm going to take a break to clean out my desk and then do some research so I have something prepared.