Mental has been getting worse when it comes to stealing food: we now have to make sure he can't get into the cabinet with the trash bin, let alone anywhere near his dog food when we aren't home. It is a given that he will of raided the cats' food bowls when we've been away for more than 15 minutes. He is continually finding a taste for new things, ( Read more... )

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of poor idahoswede in the hospital today. Hope all goes well!

Yes, I'm still here. I came down with a cold in Stockholm, was bedridden until Dec. 31 and then I had to finish up my school project, but as of this evening it's all good. I am pathologically good at crisis-mode, so things have really felt better since Christmas. Also, graduation is coming up so fast, I can feel the bitterness of a decade of stress ( Read more... )

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I am simultaneously sleepy-tired and jazzed up after a day of exercise and an online project meetings. I'm going home for school this weekend, so it's time to deal with the real world again. Our current group project isn't due until January, but I just know that the holidays are going to mess up what little planning we have done. I haven't read as ( Read more... )

After my last water aerobics class today, floating alone in the 35 degree (Celsius) pool, looking up through the skylight as a light rain began to fall.

All 100 of them, in no particular order:

Instant repeater 99 :: Kings of Leon :: U2 :: Francis Ford Coppola :: mobility :: functioning hands :: no headcolds all autumn :: headphones :: ear plugs :: horses :: modern medicine :: I was not there for the first Thanksgiving :: being born after 1964 :: Joy :: Jessica :: Cia :: Nanci :: Corey :: Katie :: ( Read more... )

My mother called this evening to tell me that a childhood friend of mine has died. She received a letter from Anna's parents, who hadn't been able to bring themselves to write until now, poor dears. Anna has been gone since February, when she asked her sister to take her to the hospital to check up on a stubborn bronchitis and the doctors found ( Read more... )

Okay, so this whole exercise thing is starting to get old. I skipped half of my sessions yesterday because I was just too dang tired. Instead, I slept all afternoon and told myself I'd do better in the morrow. Even though I didn't quite do better today, I managed to get through aqua therapy, physiotherapy, hand training, and a mindfulness session. ( Read more... )