"this time of the month," as they call it, always finds my mind like a little sailboat tossed in the stormy sea of female hormones. i woke up this morning feeling hopeful and optimistic for the first time in months. i took on two mildly ambitious kitchen projects. by the afternoon i wanted to fall asleep standing (and I hadn't even begun those ( Read more... )

life is hard
life is amazing

Will you stay near me now?
Don't leave this town until we figure out.
Between the two of us we're strong enough,
I feel that in your touch.

Am I teetering on the edge of an anxiety attack?

I feel like I'm going to lose it.

PMDD (is it real? is it a made up syndrome created by the pharmaceutical giants? if it exists, I sure as fuck have it), constant stress in every single area of my life, utter panic, I don't know how to calm down.

I don't know how to give my frustrations a voice.

I go back and forth between wanting to just delete this blog to wishing I had the enthusiasm to write an entry every day ( Read more... )

life sure as hell is not going to get easier.

Let's do this while we still can.

My deep-seated resentment is bubbling up ( Read more... )

I dug a patch of my parents' backyard in preparation for planting veggies. I love gardening, although I haven't done it much in the last few years. I can't wait to get back into it. Veggie gardening is especially rewarding. Since I got back from vacation I've felt renewed and my activist passions reawakening, and the vegetable garden is my latest ( Read more... )

What would you do if your country was in a recession and you had a relatively stable job that paid living wages and gave you every other Friday off, but took an hour one way to get to and was causing you so much stress that your health, your relationships, and your general well-being were all suffering because of it?