I’m still alive, despite dropping off the face of this blog for several weeks. My depression is much better, and I’m fairly sure that the drugs are to thank. So three cheers for Western medicine!
But life is still full of stress and chaos and heartache, and I’m having a very hard time not letting it [...]

The weather outside today is bright, humid, hot and sticky - you’d think I’d be grateful to be inside in the air-conditioning. But I’ve been waiting all afternoon for the chance to go home, change into shorts, kick off my shoes, wiggle my bare toes and lay in the grass. I want to let the [...]

(or, How I spent July 4th, 2007)
Slept until almost 9 in the morning (which is extremely late for me, even on a day off). Proceeded to feel mildly guilty about it, mostly because too many late mornings throws off my body clock and leaves me tired when I have to wake up at 6 (most [...]

I have a few minutes before I need to finish getting ready for work, so I thought I’d post an update.
Depression is a horrible thing, and I hope that none of you ever have to experience its wrath, although I suspect some of you have or will in your life. For the past two [...]

Last night, after eating one of the best cheeseburgers of my life (probably because I can’t actually remember the last time I had eaten a cheeseburger), I curled up on the couch with a good book, but only managed to make it through a few chapters before Kai decided it was time for petting and [...]