I have two draft posts hanging out in my WP dashboard. I started them ages ago. But school happened. And then surgery happened, followed by recovery. And then moving happened, which included all manners of FAIL: lackluster coordination, major appliances, and dangerous flooring. But I had to start my field placement and my research job….
I’ve been in hiding for a long time. I broke up with my abusive boyfriend 4.5 years ago & it has been almost 3 years since I last heard from him. The past 5 years have been spent in constant fear that he would find me and hurt me or begin tearing my life apart….
Yes, I am a Perfectionist. I have known this for years, but I haven’t found any real solution. Okay, I admit, I haven’t really looked for one, as far as I recall. I knew that my perfectionism would come around to bite me in the ass at some point sooner or later. And it has….
So I know I started a format with the first update post, but this month has proven to be a bit different, so I’m switching things up. Besides, it’s my blog and I can do what I want to, lol. There is a short, bulleted list of the big deals of the month, but first,…
so the past few weeks have basically been entirely too much. between considering major life choices (two of ’em) and learning that i have an as-yet-undefined condition that could possibly negate the decisions i make in the first place, and finals, i’m spent (but still have a lot more left to do). when i was…
yes, this gets a little personal. i’ve left out some of the gory details, but we need to talk about this kind of stuff. a month ago i went to the ER. the doctor scoffed at me and told me to take a laxative. well, sir, of COURSE i’m constipated. if you had done…
Ok, so we know I’ve had my run-ins with the healthcare system before. Here’s the latest. Had the doctors done a thorough job when I went to the ER a month ago, I wouldn’t have been the ER again this time. Stories like this (and so much worse) are why my friend, Regina Holliday, paints…
Click here for Part 1 It’s been 15 years since I started to think that I didn’t want children, but that has admittedly been an off and on consideration – I actually spent a good part of my 20s striving to get married & have children. About the time I turned 30, I decided I’d…
Note: this is partly an angry rant. As angry rants go, there is profanity.. Getting a PhD is hard. Yes, we knew this, but roll with me for a few. Being in this program is THE most difficult stressful experience I’ve ever had in my life (well, I hear being born is traumatizing, but I don’t remember…
so i shared this a few minutes ago: it’s september 25th & i haven’t touched my blog in almost three weeks. honestly, i’ve had a million blog ideas since i left DC for chicago two months ago. i just haven’t been able to make good on any of them. so much i would like to share,…
