It sounds like you are suffering from adrenal exhaustion, which can be the byproduct of living a stressful life. It would be good to see a health care provider. If you have a functional medicine clinic in your area that would be a good place to start.

“your writing is contrived and elementary at best”. Congrats! It is nearly impossible to pull off both those writing styles at once. I can’t wait to read Dwarves in Space.

I enjoyed and felt better! I showed it to my real estate broker hubby who got a kick out of it as well.

I’m an RN, I went to a community college after doing the first semester at a university. I hated the university experience, it was kind of what you are describing. I did much better with the associates degree program but there were some psycho instructors there as well. It was HARD. Very hard. Nurses, it is said, eat…

I’m gonna get right on it, not too late to shake things up for tomorrow!

Starred for “food I’ve never heard of but sounds delicious”.

I love this movie. I saw Arrived last Sunday and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I learned and it made me hungry for more. I was amazed by the soundtrack, the music was as much a part of the narrative as the spoken dialogue. Yeah the audience, I don’t know if they were ready for that. The woman sitting…

I so agree. When I was driving home from the theater after seeing Arrival last Sunday I lucked out and caught an interview on NPR with the composer of the soundtrack, Johann Johannsson. It was fascinating to hear him describe his creative process. The vocals were provided by Theater of Voices. I have been thinking…

Based on teeth exam, he is about 5 months old.

Right? He is named after a character on Rick and Morty “the galaxy’s most influential civil rights leader”.

Congrats! I know how it feels to get THE JOB. So far as travel, I’ve done lots of solo adventures. I went to Ireland on my own and Italy as well. But my favorite trips involve hitting the open road and seeing parts of the USA I haven’t seen. If you’re going over Thanksgiving, I recommend this so you can avoid the…

My daughter adopted this lil cutie a week ago from the shelter. Folks, meet Shrimply Pibbles.

I lived in Memphis a long time and my family is from Alabama. I have a love/hate relationship with the south. While the stereotype white southerns, racist and close minded do exist , there is also a whole slew of really amazing people that you will encounter. There’s plenty of liberal queer folk in the south. I’ve…

I feel ya. I got a cyst so painful once I went to the hospital convinced I had an ectopic pregnancy or appendicitis . But...they are a normal annoying part of ovulation. Assuming you’ve had an ultrasound that showed it wasn’t anything worrisome ? I can’t tolerate pain meds either, but sometimes taking a high dosage of…

I freaked out about lots of things that in retrospect were so very minor. Like, pretty much everything. I can say that when I was your age I assumed that when I was old I would bemoan the loss of my youth.... but now that I am pushing 60, I can say that I have never been happier. Getting older is really it’s own…

“Secretary Clinton? Is is OK to call you that?” I want you to be happy. He wouldn’t say that to a man.

The first time I drove a stick shift was also the first time I ever drove on a highway. Not like I had ANY experience driving at all. I was 17 and my boyfriend and I decided to go on a long road trip. He wanted to smoke weed so I took the wheel. What could go wrong? It didn’t take long for me to lose control as an 18…

I used to ride so I totally understand your reaction. Last time I rode I let my horse step into the edge of a lake and we quickly became stuck in the muck up to her belly. I nearly killed her and myself getting out. Never again.

Beautiful!

Harold and Maude. One of the best films ever.