Month: November 2012
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The Ups and Downs
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about my ‘ups and downs’, but as I just took my bi-weekly anxiety and depression test I thought it might be a good time to update. It seems I’m on a gradual decline for both anxiety and depression, which is good as there are no drugs involved in…
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Thankfulness
This is perhaps my very first year of doing absolutely nothing to celebrate Thanksgiving. I didn’t call home and no one from home called me. We didn’t make plans to cook up a storm nor were we invited to any other parties. In fact, most of our friends now are not even American…. While one…
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Changing Seasons…
[shashin type=”photo” id=”6353″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] Something I hardly notice having lived in a warm climate for nearly four years is the changing of seasons. For me, the seasonal change includes allergies and a reduction in the A/C temperature. Sometimes, it might even mean opening a door to let some cool air come in,…
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Some time away…
Just as I’m starting to get into the flow of things, I’m about to head off to a conference. It is for work, but includes a great deal of planned leisure. Details will come upon my return. 😀 Until then, -T
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For the Love of Money and Hating the Need For Money
One of the reasons I moved to this region was the draw of a higher salary and better financial perks. After getting divorced and not so equally settling our debt situation, I was burdened with a great deal of red numbers to consider. The idea of having my housing paid for, a round-trip flight home…
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Why I Never Leave Home Alone…
Lately I’ve been a bit bored running on the treadmill. I’ve started doing the random incline, which makes it a bit more challenging, but overall I’m getting a little tired of the walls of our gym. Since I’m too cheap at the moment to pay for a gym membership elsewhere, I thought I would see…
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Purifying
A few weeks ago one of my friends was having a lot of allergy issues due to the air conditioner and changing seasons. I’m always having issues with the dust that builds up in our apartment. Sometimes I have to take allergy meds just to sleep peacefully. Well, my friend went to the doctor and…
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Midterm hell…
Okay, it is not exactly hell and it should be looked at as earning my very long summer holidays and the numerous other days I get off in the year. However, it doesn’t mean that my work is easy! This week has been crazed, but it must all be taken in stride. Still, it’s another…
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Boundaries…Or Lack Thereof
One thing about not being able to sleep in late is that it gives me more time in the mornings to get things done in peace. Lately, I’ve been considering boundaries. First, I feel as if I do not set my boundaries strongly enough that they are respected. For example, when I have a lot…
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Not a Spare Moment?
I keep thinking that one of these days I’ll catch up and be on top of everything again. So far that doesn’t seem to be happening. My goal over the next weekend and week is to sort myself out so that I’m not working every moment or waking up at the wee hours of the…
