I don’t like living in big emotions, especially the negative ones, but unfortunately, I tend to ruminate. I get stuck in my thoughts and feels, and I forget how to find my way out. Unfortunately, if the exit is unavailable, maladaptive coping mechanisms come back to the fore right damn quick. Some people respond more positively to life’s slings and arrows, or so it seems … Continue reading Run Fast From the Feelings – a journal joint
I’m feeling tired and overwhelmed these days. A lot is going on in my life and in my head, and my stress level is red-lining. I’m not my bestest self ever when I’m stressed out. I’m short-tempered, quick to anger, and can be rude and unkind if I feel even the slightest bit challenged or under threat. Patience has left the building once again. I … Continue reading You can’t unring a bell, and you can’t turn back time.
I’m six weeks a dog owner now, and it has been a wonderfully exhausting transition period. I sleep better for the three walks a day. I plan to get a fence built in the spring, but I still think two-a-day is a good number. I quite like our walks in starlight. I’m out and about more than I’ve been since my kids were little and … Continue reading Shots of the dog Suki, and an update.
My mother died on January 3, 2024, but we – I – finished the last of the bureaucracy last Wednesday. All the notifications we need to do are done, all her services are cancelled, and all the government departments are updated – and why there isn’t one department to do that in this computer age is beyond me. Someone should create a death app. You … Continue reading Grief is like Pop Rocks.
From Famine to Feast 