We were driving to an expensive restaurant because I have two gift cards given me as thanks for programs on local history I had given. We get to the corner and I notice he is signaling a right turn. We need to go left and I mention that. He turns right very enthusiastically and tells me we can get there via his route. Which is 180% in the wrong ( Read more... )

My husband's younger sister lives in upstate NY and fell out of contact with everyone for several years. We finally got a letter from her a couple of years ago saying her husband is abusive and giving the usual excuses abused women give so we could only correspond with her through a friend at work ( Read more... )

I was ordering supplies for the copy room for next year and couldn't find the right masters for a particular duplicating machine. I could find the ink EVERYWHERE but you need the masters for the system to work. We finally decided to order what seemed like the most likely replacement. If it doesn't work, I'm not sure what to do. The machines are ( Read more... )

Long ago, I belonged to several active group of writers of fan fiction. I have fond memories of those days and actually think a few things I wrote weren't half bad. I have some very old stuff posted on AO3 and was startled to be notified that someone is reading through all my H:TLJ stories and giving me kudos on everyone. Very kind of them.

Got things accomplished today. The thrift store got a donation of a bunch of little ceramic and pottery dust collectors from a closed antique store. Ugh. We have trouble finding space for all of them and they just don't sell. People don't collect crap like that any more. Then we ran a bunch of errands, picked up expensive pills for the cat and ( Read more... )

Woke up last night at some ungodly hour with a full-blown panic attack. Shaking, sweating, upset stomach. Took a clonazapam and waited for it to kick in. I know why. Husband repeated his gassing up the car mistake by putting the credit card in the wrong slot AGAIN. I thought we had this solved but it keeps happening. Is it enough to worry about? I ( Read more... )

Last night, for no particular reason, MAJOR panic attack. Took double my usual dose of clonozapam to calm me down. Nothing big triggered it; just reminder of one more thing I volunteered for coming up at the end of the month. I work at the school four days a week. I volunteer at the thrift store two days and the seventh day, I wrote for the ( Read more... )

For those of you with a romantic view of Montana, we have had five days of high temperatures being around -20°F and wind chills of -60°F. Yes. MINUS SIXTY. Today it warmed up to -2°F and should be clear of sub zero highs in a few days. We figured out this afternoon that the extension cord for our headbolt heater is broken and the drive to the ( Read more... )

Weather is warm and dry and NOT feeling the winter season at all. I put up my tree and some other decorations, like my penguin collection, and have bought a few gifts but just not feeling it ( Read more... )

I woke up from my Sunday afternoon nap from a very clear dream of myself struggling to comb my ankle length purple hair with white stripes. It was very silky and vibrant. My own hair is brown, streaked with white and gray, waist length and in good condition for long hair. I washed my hair Friday and was debating washing again today -- I keep my old ( Read more... )