Building a Home
The deck is finished! The sanding, cleaning, staining, and sealing is finally complete. It ended up being more tedious and laborious than I anticipated, but […]
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Therapy: Discovering and Working Through Problems
It was extra difficult to sleep last night because of the heat and humidity. The air temperature reached 96 in the afternoon here, and it […]
Healing From Trauma
I went to my therapy appointment yesterday armed and charged to stand up for myself and the unfailing pattern of starting my sessions later and […]
Destigmatizing Metal Illness
Recently, my blog posts have largely become a place where I document the slow process of self-teaching our way through basic home-improvement projects on a […]
Dental Care
I went to the dentist yesterday for a long-overdue check-up. He was nice enough, but after the long drive, I didn’t appreciate the half-hour wait […]
Happy With My Choices
Even though it’s Thursday, today is akin to Friday for us because Ben is taking tomorrow off. My work week has been really busy, because […]
Making Progress
I got most of the vinyl tile flooring installed yesterday. It was surprisingly simple after all of the preparation work was done, much in the […]
Progress Isn’t Linear…Even for Comet
Today is bound to be a busy day for me because I have a follow-up appointment with the psychiatrist and one with my foot surgeon. […]
Saying Goodbye to Physical Relics of My Memories
I had a great day yesterday. Even though I was still fighting off my fever, I felt a lot better than I had in Monday. […]
Colonoscopy Prep
Yesterday went by way too quickly. It was dreary and wet most of the day, but the sun came out eventually in the late afternoon. […]