Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • There’s a lot to write about and a lot I want to write, but at the moment I’m trying to catch up on other things so that I have time to chill and work on my dissertation in the upcoming winter break. So, for now, here are a couple of notables: *This song and video has been in my head for some reason. I really like the artistic aspect of the video and…

  • Last night I had a visit to my therapist/counselor/head shrinker – whatever one calls professionals who help us maintain mental health. 🙂 I gotta say that I really like mine and that’s saying a lot since over the years I have not been able to find someone that I could be comfortable enough to share things with. Sometimes it’s like she reads my mind…. Anyway, I was having a random thought about why…

  • I have realized lately that I just might have a great deal of deep seeded anger inside of me. I think when I was too busy trying to get a hold on my own mind I didn’t notice or want to admit to the anger that lies beneath. Lemme ‘splain… The other day on my way to work a white woman in her car came speeding up in the right lane. When the…

  • As I get older I find myself talking more and needing to be understood. When I was younger I kept everything inside and avoided arguments or the need to express myself until I am understood. Lately, I find that the more I try to talk and share my viewpoint the more I feel as if I will never be truly understood or that no one actually cares what I really think. People seem…

  • Today is the 41st National Day of the UAE. The celebrations began around the 28th and have continued and will continue until tomorrow. For me, it means time off to relax. For the country, it means showing pride in how far they have come in such a short period of time. For other expats, it’s a weird mix that I can’t quite seem to understand. The students love for teachers and other expats…

  • 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 helping with it. However, it could also just be that I’m on my way up, so as always…

  • 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 might think this is sad, I don’t really feel that way. In fact, I’m pretty ambivalent. Recently, my…

  • [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, but not too long or else the dust starts to settle inside. So, last week, I was able…

  • 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

  • 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 given to me and a rather significant pay increase were all music to my ears. Almost four years…

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