Water balloon

Content warning: skip this one if you are squeamish about bodily fluids.Last month, I had a fairly large tattoo put on my left upper arm. It was something I'd planned for some time, commemorating the journey I've been on with my medical issues and autism diagnosis in a positive way. I was fortunate enough to...

Dormancy

I haven't been around here much the past few months. I haven't really been anywhere else online, either. Work has been... rough... and I don't have much in the way of energy left at the end of each day so I've retreated into myself, mostly. I'm fine, though. Really. I took advantage of the little...

Autopilot.

I tend to go on 'autopilot' at times; I'll complete a sequence of events - sometimes fairly elaborate or lengthy - without having any conscious recollection of doing so afterwards. I think we all do that sometimes. I know I've had lots of times where I've gotten halfway to a destination and didn't remember driving...

Return of the creature from the nap lagoon

I just shambled back into the IT office after an 'emergency nap' in my car. In spite of the loud construction going on across the street, I was down for almost 45 minutes. I fought it all morning, feeling worse and worse until finally I had to give in. Now I am drinking a cup...

Hunkered down in my happy place

Wow, it's been almost a month since I blogged anything and I feel a bit guilty, but it's been a pretty rough month (lots of work-related stress) and I know from previous experience that if I try to force things and blog when I don't really feel like it, all that comes out is a...

Minus ten points for the socks

This morning I was determined to pay more attention to my 'getting dressed' process. Colors match? Check. Going with all black so not an issue. Shirt not inside out or backwards? Check. This was a problem last week. Shoes are from the same pair? Check. Hey, I am doing good today. :mentally pats self on...

WTF Wednesday

I owe Visualvox credit for the title for this blog post, and I guess I owe my pal #brainfog for the inspiration. Yes, my closet where I keep all of my shoes is pretty dark, and yes, I'm having a dry eye flare-up so I had gel eye drops making my vision blurry, but you'd...

Brain fog for breakfast

Yesterday morning, having woken up with exceptionally bad brain fog, I followed my usual 'autopilot' routine of making coffee and taking my meds, but my autopilot apparently got stuck... Get cups, put baking cocoa and cayenne in my cup, (that's how I like my coffee) pour coffee, get the coconut milk (for me) and soy...

Still here

It's been over a month since I have posted. Life got in the way. Mostly, I've been dog-paddling my way through the messy situation at work. There were a couple of meltdowns and lots of stress, and I took a week off to recoup my sanity. Tomorrow I go back and I won't say there...