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The anxiety is starting to creep back in. Over the past couple of weeks… maybe even a month… I’ve been managing it well. It’s almost been a golden month. I think I’ve had a better attitude. I’m still struggling with sleeping. But it’s getting better. I’ve been making it a point to eat a lot Read more
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Jason is ill this weekend. I’m not sure what’s wrong outside of a sore throat. He won’t allow a doctor visit – which is understandable. Being the weekend, a doctor would probably be ER and there’s probably not a reason for that level of care. Although hauling him into Kroger or CVS for a quick Read more
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I have so many thoughts going through my head that I’m crazy. But this is a different type of crazy from the usual crazy. I guess it’s a more controlled crazy. It’s a more realized and manageable one since…. finally… I got my brain tumor and some answers. I don’t remember if I wrote in Read more
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Cold. There’s really not much else to say about today. Well, there’s always something, but that’s the main thing. It’s cold. It’s like in the upper 20s. It’s the first day the snow is sticking. That beautiful white fluffy stuff that inspires Christmas carols, serial killers, and snow days. It’s a pretty versatile Read more
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Hey lolly lolly, a new term started. I’m monitoring ENGL102, which is a basic class, one step up from very basic, but students are required to take it. It’s a small paycheck, but it’s a paycheck. A while back, this college started to attach co-instructors to the basic classes. At first, I wasn’t overly thrilled. Read more
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Back to gluttony… binging… yep. I did on left over turkey. I didn’t eat it all, as there is a partial leg left, but everything else in the container mysteriously disappeared down my gullet during the evening and night- as well as a good portion of my favorite Apple Butter BBQ – don’t knock it Read more
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Some fruit of my not-so-polite college inquiries has yielded fruit. I will be an online .. still adunct of course… of a Comp II course. Positives: – Money – Something to do – Keeps the resume free of half a year work absences – I don’t have to drive in the snow, since it’s an online Read more
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The weekly parade of doctors continues. Up today: – Shrink – Osteoporosis Doc Yesterday, I received an official inquiry from a college to resume my old role — adjuncting. (For those who don’t know, an adjunct are the disposables of the college world. We’re good enough to teach classes because of our master degrees, not Read more
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