Paris

I. So. Want. To. Win. Wonderful Paris trip right here! Today is the last day to enter. (Margaret, you come to mind…)

The Beach

We finally made it to the beach, although it wasn’t Pensacola after all. Once again, we went to Galveston, which now feels like it could be a second home, in all its filthy glory. I still love the Hipstamatic app. No way was I taking the “good” camera anywhere near sand! We played on the [...]

Too Much to Write

Lots of things have happened since I last posted on this blog. My dog Salsa died. She was 13 years old, and she simply couldn’t get up one day. We miss her a whole, whole lot. My older son and I are not seeing eye to eye on some important things. I’ve been exercising, have [...]

Wheeee!

I heard from Sky! He’s fine. I’m still not thrilled about his trip, but it’s so, so wonderful to hear that he’s doing okay.

Fear

I’ve been writing like crazy — thankfully, I’ve been able to concentrate and really turn out the articles. I realized that if I put my mind to it, I could make the $5,000 I want for a down payment on a new car this month instead of digging into the savings. I really hope the [...]

Perseverance

Those of you who have been my blog friends for years know I’m an old-school blogger who blogs to get stuff off of my chest and provide a record of life — good and bad — that I can look back at later. I don’t think about “value to my reader” and other stuff like [...]

Reality

Took only 1/4 mg of Ativan this morning — a mere eighth of the amount of poison I used to start my day with. I’m soooo jazzed! I really just want to stop taking it altogether, but the possibility of a seizure is making me be patient. I read a book that was so good [...]

Acceptance

I am saying the serenity prayer over and over in my head. You know, the one that goes, “…accept the things I cannot change…” I see how this could help with addiction, but am not sure how one goes about being able to accept things one does not like. I got an email from Sky [...]

Activated Dreams

My dreams are so much more vivid lately. Last night, I saw colors that were much more colorful and magical than in real life, traveled all night in a series of helicopters, landed in airports where corrupt officials stole from me and tried to kill me. The weirdest thing was when this guy pulled out [...]

Vacation’s Over

I had a nice vacation. I decided to quit the Ativan withdrawal process for the holidays — starting around Thanksgiving — and start up again after the new year. I figured that withdrawing while simultaneously dealing with the stress of the holidays would not be a good thing. So I just stayed at my new [...]