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Gracefully Abnormal
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Looking through an alternate lens of depression, this blog includes trying to get through depression using the refined art of gratitude and gratefulness. It also includes skills I've learned and how I'm trying to apply them (please note the keyword of "tr
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Pictures from Casablanca, Morocco
I really don't have much to say and haven't for a while. Do you ever get that way? So, instead of boring you with blabber about nothing, I'm going to post pictures instead. The following pictures are ...
It's Time To Be Real
For anyone in the depressed community, the following post may be a trigger for you. Please don't read it if you are triggered easily. I would never think to even mention this if it weren't for Zathyn....
All Work and No Play...You Know the Rest
This is a very busy week for me. Not only is work busy and I need to work overtime, more needs to be done which is outlined below:Thursday - Want to get to work at 6:00am at the latest. Work for 12 ho...
The Picture is NOT What You Think!
Tonight was a great dinner filled with fabulous food and incredible conversations with sweet people. The talk centered around art, art, art while our taste buds focused on stuffed grape leaves (as pic...
How Did You Ring in the New Year?
I can't believe it, but we actually went out for New Year's Eve. We haven't done that in YEARS!! Physically and mentally I have been feeling better and better over the past month and didn't want to si...
Once Again
No Christmas tree. I went home last night thinking that it would be set up and we could decorate it. The tree wasn't set up. It was still boxed away in the shed. The problem is that by the time I got ...
It's Time to Fess Up
There is something I need to talk about. I never talk about this and I feel I must. I need to track it. So, I'm going to put a label for this post entitled "Sleeping" to find it easily.This blog is fo...
Pictures from Morocco
Wow, I haven't posted for a week! Things have been very busy lately and I don't even know where to begin.I had mid-terms last week and got through them both with A's. I then had to start writing a fir...
$2.99 Well Spent
I am very proud of myself today. Even though I went to bed late last night I was able to get up early this morning. My daughter is not here this weekend because she is down in Florida and it is her re...
Too Much To Do In Too Little Time
I don't know what is wrong with me. I can barely breathe. I think that it's anxiety; however, I don't know what I'm anxious about. I'm at work right now taking a small break. It's 7:52pm and I'll be h...
Birthday, Work, Mid-Terms and Exits
I have not had a chance to blog at all! My husband left for Morocco yesterday and we spent a lot of time together prior to him leaving. He won't be back for a month!It was my birthday this past Monday...
February Can't Get Here Fast Enough
I'm trying something new today. I'm not posting directly to my blog...I am actually sending it via e-mail. I don't know if it will work and I won't know until tonight when I get home and can check it....
Back to School
Did I mention that I am a college student? I attend Strayer University and hope that by the time I'm 94 I'll be able to wheel myself across the stage to receive my degree. Strayer operates in quarters...
Making the Hot Dogs
I didn't cry today until driving home. Imagine that...compared to the last few days it's a miracle.Tomorrow I have to get up at 6:00am (on a Saturday and I am so not a morning person!), get ready and ...
Best Thing for Contacts
Do you wear contacts? I do and have since I was 16. I was that kid back in the early 80's (I was 10 in 1981) with the big glasses and plastic, transparent, light purple frames. I remember trying on gl...
Monologues and Extreme Fatigue
I worked late tonight to make overtime pay and I plan to do that again tomorrow and Friday night and Saturday. I hope that I can get through it.When I got home late my husband and I discussed our fina...
Gratitude and Gratefulness
Wow, I just realized today that I wrote the following concerning what my blog would be about. I stated:"Looking through an alternate lens of depression, this blog includes trying to get through depres...
Agitated....
First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone that spent the time to put a comment on my blog. It means more than you all know and I appreciate you.On another note, I cannot believe how agitated a...
Background Information
I never see my husband anymore. He just started a job where he works second and third shifts during the week. Sometimes I spend nights on my own while he is on the job and sometimes when I do see him ...
Feeling Better...
Wow...it's the next day and I'm writing again. I think it's because I made my laptop hibernate last night and all of these windows were still open when I opened my laptop again tonight. Maybe that is ...