Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Have you ever wondered about the full story of Rip Van Winkle? I have only ever known that he slept a lot, but never knew the story in full. So, thanks to Wikipedia I learned something new today. Random, you might say? Well, yesterday I laid down to take a short nap and woke up an hour later instead. This is unusually long for me. Then, I went to bed rather early –…

  • So, this term I was given five hours a week of what is called ‘release’ time, which means non-teaching time. This was in payment for the time I spent coordinating earlier in the year. I had sort of forgotten about it or assumed that I would not receive the time given that I had only coordinated for one year and was unceremoniously told not to continue…(that’s another story). Thus, it came as a…

  • For me and most of the American population the 5th of May mostly means eating Mexican food and having some margaritas. I would gather that the vast majority of us have no idea really what the day signifies. I only know that it has some important historical context since most holidays are the case. I said “Happy Cinco de Mayo” to my Mexican friend and she said that it isn’t a big deal…

  • Back in my early education days I was notorious for getting my work done right away. I always thought about how if I finished my homework early, then I would have more free time to do other things. It was a good foundation for entering university. I never had those typical all-nighters working on an assignment that was due the next morning. In-between classes I used to come back to my room and…

  • Phew the week is finally over. One more major item on my list of things to get done and then I may relax a bit more. Last night I started on the 20mg of Cipralex. This will mark the start of the 4th week and so I should be noticing more the effects. I asked R if he noticed any difference and he said maybe, but probably I’ll feel it more with the…

  • Thought it was time to do an update on the cipralex since I have not really focused on it lately. I was sitting waiting for my pizza to be finished at work and realized that I definitely am not thinking about a trillion different things at once. Rather now it’s like hundreds – which is, believe or not, an improvement. I felt a little bit nauseous last night after I took the pill,…

  • [shashin type=”photo” id=”7459″ size=”medium” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”] It’s been a very strange year in the desert with the weather and shakings of the earth. It really makes me wonder what is going on in the environment and if perhaps the true end times are near (if you believe in that kind of thing). For the past week the weather has gone from clear blue skies to grey and now today there is rain.…

  • So, I guess I got busy this week and it passed without me writing as much. I’d like to say it was because I was busy writing other things (ie my lit review chapter!), but alas that was not the case. It was just an extremely busy week at work that left me exhausted. I slept in a bit this morning, which was good because I really need to ensure that I relax…

  • Surprisingly, I still feel fewer effects of the Cipralex with the higher dosage. It is good to not have the haziness, but I am not sure if it also means that I am calmer or if I am not as affected. I wanted to try staying at the 10mg for a while, but have to sort of see how we go with this dosage. It’s only been 3 days and a total of…

  • Strangely, I feel less hazy on the higher dosage. Maybe by this afternoon that will change as I notice I do get a little bit more tired. In any case, no side effects that I can see so far and I think I am calmer, but can’t say for sure. I will just have to be more watchful. Anyway, this weekend passed so quickly. I feel as if I still need another couple…

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