Gratitude

So I’ve been doing a gratitude challenge that several of my friends have sent me…and it’s actually been pretty enlightening.  It’s a month long series of exercises where you write, think and reflect about positives in your life.  I’ve also challenged myself to say two positives about every negative thought I’ve had.  Some of them [...]

An Open Letter to my Future Rheumatologist

Dear Dr. (insert your name here),
First and foremost, let me tell you that I’d so much rather be shoe shopping than rheumatologist shopping.  To put things in perspective, I’ve never gone shoe shopping and left with 5 vials less blood than I came with.  Rheumatologist shopping…different story.
I’m really frustrated.
I think I’m a pretty good patient. [...]

Three, Tres, Trois!!!

Something curious has happened to me lately and I’ve been a little nervous to mention it for fear of jinxing myself.  Several months ago, when my health insurance was cancelled by my douchy ex-employer and I had to put myself on a craptastic emergency policy that covered only $100 per month in prescription medication, I [...]

Feeling good…I think

I’m afraid to say definitely because the past few months have been like being on a roller coaster with a stomach full of candy apples, corn dogs, and blue slushy.  Blllleeeeecccchhh.  Don’t you appreciate my visuals?
I like my job.  It’s nice to have a job where I don’t have to manage anyone, have measurable goals [...]

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When life gives you lemons…

You make lemonade.
When life gives you shit, make nothing.
So, that’s what I’ve been doing these last couple of weeks.  Making nothing.  This will hopefully be resolved in the next couple of days though at which point, I will give you a complete update.
Until then, fingers crossed, knocking on wood!!!

Stressed

Last night, I headed out to the gym after dinner and found myself instead stopping at the liquor store, getting a bottle of wine, saying screw the gym, and heading back home.  Things are very shaky at work right now; we’re all being made to take a half day of unpaid PER WEEK and rumor [...]