mystic_savage

I'm still irritable in spurts, but they seem to come & go. Reminded that I've been off of SSRIs now for seven months and am still managing well, considering, you know, history and chemistry and worldview and stuff. Had a good, quiet, productive day at work though...no struggles there. And the kids are liking drama camp. And I'll be asleep in another half an hour, no problem.

Started reading my journal tonight, from when I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2005. In that time there has been so much change, a huge, huge amount of change. It's maybe no wonder I'm a little nuts? Although, to be fair, I was more than a little nuts to start off with. But in a good way.

Gratitude-ness today: got a package in the mail with birthday presents from Ed & Katy. The card was awesome -- Katy made it, and it may be the most beautiful card I've ever gotten. It went straight up on my wall. Got two yiddish books from Ed (which i can't wait to read!!!) and an Alice Hoffman novel from Katy (which I've already started reading!!!). Had a bath tonight, a long, hot one. Ate a good breakfast this morning -- the cafeteria workers at UWMC have started to get to know me a bit, and I feel like they always look for the most perfectly cooked pieces of bacon for me. And I found the perfect compass-on-a-chain pendant for my steampunk outfit, but it also looks good with my real clothes. And--I've decided I'm going to check out Norwescon this year. Poke my head into a few sessions & get a sense of whether it's my thing or not. (From the session descriptions it seems very much my kind of thing, particularly the writer workshops. But I'm speaking more about atmosphere.) Allen gave me a ride home from the workshop last night & we had a mini-date & that was my dose of real love for the next few days. So there is a lot to be grateful for, as always.