Archive for June, 2009
Isn’t It Ironic?
Went to fill my prescription for “happy pills”.
Waited 45 minutes to be told that the pharmacy technician was talking with my insurance regarding the way my psychiatrist wrote out the prescription.
Threw me into moments of anxiety. What if I can’t get my next dose after already starting on the samples she gave me? What if [...]
Filed under: Anxiety, Doctors and dentists | 1 Comment
June 25, 2009 – A Very Bad Day?
I keep hearing and reading how June 25, 2009 was “a very bad day for Generation X” with the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.
While I would argue that days such as January 28, 1986 and April 19, 1995 and September 11, 2001 were the worst days for Generation X (and for many alive [...]
Filed under: Memories, News and Politics | 1 Comment
Judgment day.
Still trying to make sense of this latest round of anxiety.
I know of two things that are true:
Strict deadlines make me more anxious. Since I work in the accounting department of my small company, there are all sorts of deadlines. While I’ve had to abide by a strict daily deadline for over a year regarding [...]
Filed under: Anxiety | 6 Comments
Common threads.
We had three things in common.
Being female.
Blogging.
Residing in the Denver/Boulder metro area.
And for a couple hours, we met in the back room of a local coffeehouse in preparation for next month’s BlogHer conference in Chicago. Some of us are attending, some aren’t, and some just found out they made it off the wait list and [...]
Filed under: BlogHer '09 | 6 Comments
Action Item: Anxiety.
I’m in the midst of hitting a wall that needs to come down once and for all.
Anxiety is that wall. I don’t remember when there wasn’t some kind of anxiety in my life. And now frequent panic attacks have been affecting my work, my health, and my life the past few weeks.
I have been avoiding [...]
Filed under: Anxiety | 14 Comments
Friday cat blogging.
(Two posts in one day? WOW.)
Here’s one of Karelia, aka Kari-cat:
Filed under: Cats | 2 Comments
Cute Shoes.
There are plenty of ways I don’t act like a girl. I love football, I hate shopping, and my fingernails continue to be bitten on a regular basis. I will laugh out loud at dirty jokes and I’m not a big fan of wearing make-up.
There are plenty of ways I do act like a girl. [...]
Filed under: BlogHer '09, Domestic Life | 8 Comments
Sunday cat blogging.
Trying this again… Neppie at the catnip-topped scratching post.
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Water Conservation.
If all goes as predicted, thunderstorms will occur in the Denver area for the seventh day in a row this afternoon. Even before this started, there was rather wet May. Everything looks green and lush, something that doesn’t always happen by mid-June. At this rate, we may seen green well into July.
Needless to say, most [...]
Filed under: Colorado | 1 Comment
