I'm noticing a definite correlation between times that I deal with my mother and my anxiety. The less I speak to her, the better I feel. My mood is more even-keeled, I sleep better, and I feel closer to happy than I have been in months. When I set up a time to see her, I get more and more panicked leading up to the moment when I finally see her. I ( Read more... )

Every time I come home from vacation, I'm torn between two feelings. There is a certain sadness to return to the real world, but I also always feel a certain zest to be under my own roof snuggling in my own linens and using my bathroom again.

This homecoming, however, was quite different.

I took motion sickness medicine prior to boarding the plane ( Read more... )

Wheeeeeeee it's my birthday!

Today was long. We were up around 8-ish (which is 10 back home in Virginia, but I've been on a sleeping-till-noon schedule for a while) and on the road at 9:30. We went to a national park where there were monkeys, tropical birds, butterflies, jungle cats, and giant snakes. We also saw a lot of waterfalls. It was fun, ( Read more... )

I'm posting from Costa Rica. COSTA RICA. The small town girl finally left her home country!

My body is still recovering from the flight down. I'm still getting a handle on my anxiety after coming off of the birth control pills, so that combined with a lack of sleep and motion sickness almost meant the bad news bears for me in the airport. ( Read more... )

So...a couple of weeks or so after the last time I posted, I hit rock bottom. I started having anxiety attacks. I didn't understand the full extent of what "living with anxiety" means until this started to happen to me. They would hit me after I woke up before I needed to go to work. They would hit me on the way to work. Usually, I could make it ( Read more... )

My kittycat might be making the final vet trip soon. He's always had health issues, but he's been super sniffly for the last month or so. He's lost weight ever since we moved out even though he eats regularly, and he sleeps 90% of his days. I was in denial, but after having people over the last few days, everyone else seems to see that he's close ( Read more... )

Full disclosure, I think pumpkinqueen144 will be the only one reading this post in the near future given that everyone has migrated from LJ land. Nevertheless, Queenie, read your heart out! :P ( Read more... )

I'm back! I'm back! I'm back I'm back I'm baaaack!

It's weird coming back after over a year of not posting anything. I'm going to assume anyone reading this has kept up with a lot of the big stuff on Facebook (ie. the new car, moving in with Alex, new job, etc.). A lot happens in a year.

I'm back because I don't feel comfortable sharing my ( Read more... )

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

1) I bought a car! It's a 99 VW New Beetle and it's been...an adventure, to say the least. I bought it 8/13/11 and it has spent over a week in the shop since the date of purchase because stupid things keep going wrong. (ie. check engine light came on the second day I had it, car wouldn't come out of park one day, ( Read more... )

Dear stupid bitch who totaled my car a couple of weeks ago ( Read more... )