Category: Going Mental
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Cipralex in Action
This past week was a rather busy one and thus I did not write too much. Yesterday in particular was not a great day from the beginning , but gave me a bit of a jolt to recognize that after about seven weeks on Cipralex, it does seem to be working. 1. Life dramas –…
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Mixed Reality Check
This morning I chatted with my supervisor. It was both good and not so good, but not necessarily bad. The good is that I am making good progress and understanding better what I am doing. 🙂 The not so good is that I will probably not finish in 2013 and need to refocus my outcome…
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Health Conscience
Last week a friend/colleague at work asked me if I would be interested in joining her for interval training for runners at a nearby fitness center. Since I have not been running or even exercising very regularly I was not quite sure if I was up for such a challenging session on a regular basis.…
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The Difference Black Makes…
For the last few weeks I have completely obsessed over this billboard that I have seen on our street. I could not for the life of me figure out what the ad was for nor what the image was supposed to me. For some reason all I could see was the backside of a female…
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Conditionals…
Today I taught conditionals in my class. “If [this], then [that]” for adverbial clauses and future clauses. As I was thinking about the form of these structures, then I began to wonder about the meaning for myself…. Lately, I sort of have returned to contemplating the purpose of life and what I am doing. It’s…
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Eleven Days In….
Time for a wee update on the drugs. Do I call them drugs or medication or is it the same? Hm… So, as you can see I still am pondering things at a weird depth, but the change is happening in that I am not really worrying about things so much. In fact, I feel…
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A Weary World
Yes, I’m back on the topic of being tired. Can you sense a theme here? Yesterday at pottery, my teacher asked why it is that everyone is always tired in this country. One of the local girls said it’s because it is summer…; not exactly a satisfactory answer to the rest of us since we…
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Swan Lake
Ballet is a mysterious part of my life. In my second adoptive family, I used to take ballet lessons. My crazy mother at the time was really into “Flashdance” and perhaps had some dream that I would become her surrogate dancer or something. In any case, I did fall in love with ballet, but due…
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TGIT!!
There is really nothing as wonderful as a tasty margarita at the end of a long week. The times when I have gotten really drunk or pass out early are when I have not eaten enough during the day. I can often forget to have proper food throughout the day when I get super busy.…
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Weariness…
It seems that everyone I talked to at work today was feeling very tired or exhausted somehow. I hardly got out of bed this morning when my alarm went off. Thankfully, I was able to escape again to come home to do some study-work, but wish today was the beginning of the weekend instead of…
