I should have known better. When I got home yesterday, the dishes from two days ago remained untouched. Dishes in the sink, by the sink, pans on the stove. I decided it wasn’t worth saying anything, but that I wasn’t going to start dinner until the stuff was washed. Instead I showered, and went into…

Yesterday I ran into this little piece of tripe: Man, the red cross is really milking this… Do people in SoCal think their blood is getting airlifted to New York or something? There’s a HUGE blood drive in the college quad. It’s just opportunism on their part. *Makes cha-ching noise* When it was noted that…

Well, I made the call to the dentist yesterday, and left a message. Still no response. Part of me knows I ought to call back, but a bigger part of me is cackling to itself, saying “OK, I did my part, now I can kick back and forget about it.” It’s rather like the big…

OK, major admission time. I’m a dental phobic. As in the very thought of having to go to a dentist makes me get sick to my stomach, keeps me awake nights, and does fascinating things to my lower GI tract. It feels stupid to admit it, because I *know* there is absolutely no rational reason…

Went to bed at 7:30 last night – told the Professor I was really tired from our friend from Norway’s visit and needed to catch up on sleep. And I did sleep, too, until six this morning when the alarm clock went off. I always get this way when I get really down. Appetite is…

Still avoiding the forum that was getting me so bent out of shape. Found another place to post, where some of the people from the old forum visit once in a while. Nothing there to trigger my anger, nothing to trigger tears, nothing to turn me into an ogre, unfit to be company to anyone….

I’ve yet again been privileged to add an internet friend to my list of face-to-face friends. These are artificial categories at best; if I’ve learned nothing else these past three years or so, I have learned that friendship has absolutely nothing to do with physical proximity. But it’s always nice to see the face and…

Thanks to Fury for tipping me off to both of these. Nothing like a couple of mindless quizzes to lighten the load. First, I’ve been intruduced to NatureBug’s Diary, which contains the test What Looney Toon Are You? I scored a 33 – two more points and I could have been Pepe le Pew! (27-34…

Still in a bad mood, still depressed, still impatient, still indignant, still a bear to put up with. I’d frankly walk out on myself, were it an option. The best damage control I can do is continue to avoid things that set me off, get my work done, go to bed early, and wait for…

Things are better than yesterday, but only because I refuse to return to the place that was making me miserable. It’s a situation akin to addiction; I need that place, but it’s bad for me. I need these people, I’ve come to rely on and place my trust in many of the regulars there. But…