At long last, after my roomie Mike's patient labor (of making a flat spot on the side of a hill and then tamping it down with a special device) I can move forward to complete the Fire Circle I have wanted for so long ( Read more... )

Yep-- you read that title right! I began taking St. John's Wort to treat mild depression starting yesterday morning ( Read more... )

I'm so far behind in my own journal here, it's hard to imagine catching up ( Read more... )

I've been watching "The Haunting Of..." on Hulu, and it's about a medium, Kim Russo, who goes to places where celebrities have had ghost encounters and joins the celebrities and feels out what the deal was with the ghost. It's actually pretty good ( Read more... )

She's at it again ( Read more... )

I'm completing an exercise about unhappy childhoods.

1. Constant Need for Validation

Studies have proven that too little validation can create a strong need for external validation in your adulthood. This often manifests as anxiety, seeking words of reassurance and approval from friends and romantic partners, and feelings of inadequacy.I'm ( Read more... )

~ long sigh ( Read more... )

I just got the news that Reese & Sleep both caught Covid this week.

Reese had it really bad last year at this time and it fucked up her system for over 9 months and may have contributed to other issues that required surgery! She was just so fucking sick. We barely saw her at all ( Read more... )

I've been deep-diving into solutions for my lack of motivation. It comes down to this: I have absolutely ZERO anticipation of a reward! I barely know what a good outcome feels like. I mean, I DO-- but there's a curious lack of feeling in this area of my life. Luckily, I'm too poor, too practical, and too risk-adverse to become a criminal or an ( Read more... )

Sometimes Cat drives me insane, and I know I drive her just as insane. I made the mistake of laughing about one of those things and she went to bed all upset last night... [insert long sigh here ( Read more... )