After months of no energy, weight gain, no appetite, and either sleeping for 16 hours or having severe insomnia, I have finally been diagnosed with Hashimotos. My TSH is within the normal range, however I have a high antibody count and an inflamed thyroid. I was given a low dosage of synthroid due to my symptoms.

Happy Sunday, y'all! So my time in public education (high school) has made me realize that I think the place I can really make a difference is in the field of public health. My passion is providing health and reproductive information and education to low-income kids in urban poverty. Most of these jobs require a…

Jezzies! Tonight's the night! I'm going to meet Mr. I've-Had-a-Crush-For-Years tonight. Send me your awesome thoughts and energy please, because I'm quite nervous!

Also, here's what I'm wearing. You can't tell (curse you, poor lighting) but the jacket is a really pretty, distressed mousey grey.

Tell me you're going to college while poor stories.

I just hosted my very first party at my house and it was a roaring success! Jezzies I realize this is what I love doing. I've organized happy hours before and love gathering people together. I like planning things. I really want to become an event planner but lack the training. Any recommendations for getting my foot…

I visited my parents today, and my mother gave me a gift to take home- a dish brush. She was apparently convinced that Dutch dish brushes were superior to anything you can buy on this continent. It's kind of funny how even though she's been here for 50+ years and considers herself Canadian first, yet she's still…

I'm visiting Auckland for the next couple weeks. What things should I be going to see/do?

It's week 3 of post break-up blues. I've been holding myself to a half hour every day of weeping like a maniac. I am almost looking human again instead of like an anthropomorphic dirty dish rag. I've been having the most bizarre dreams though and have spent all of my free time downvoting people on Imgur and posting…

So...my girlfriend of 8 months-ish broke up with me because she felt like she 'needed' a cute relationship with someone in the same campus as her. Although when she had done the breaking up, she kept repeating something about "distance" and "respecting her choice" without any elaboration. I had to find out everything…

I'm a recent college grad and I recently turned down my "dream job" (or at least a job that would be a foot in the door to the "dream job").

It's hard to try and fix someone who knowingly knows they need to fix themselves, yet refuses to do it. I am wrestling with some guilt here, but I don't need fixing or saving, and I am so worn down and dead tired of trying to fix people who aren't motivated to get it done themselves.

So long time reader, rarely ever comment...I need advice Jezzies! I'm 21, married and just had a baby 6 weeks ago. I love my little guy so much but his father...eh. We've been together since I was 14, married at 19 and I just feel like I outgrew him. I don't know where to go from here. I don't want to be with him, but…

So... I've been doing a lot of volunteer work in the last few weeks for Wendy Davis in Ft. Worth. The other day, I was at a local college getting kids registered to vote and one young black man simply refused to sign up, saying that "Voting didn't matter," and that it was "dumb." I wanted to yell "Are you FUCKING…

Hey everyone. I'm thinking of making a career change, like a complete overhaul. I'm currently working in the baking/pastry field. I make $13/hr and I have health insurance. I never get weekends off (which kind of stinks when the bf always has weekends off and we havent been able to spend a full day together in about 7…

Well, somebody here has to be the opera buff and I guess it's me. Beautiful clip—Popp sounds beautiful and I'd never hear the Moon aria before—gorgeous. Thank you for the gift tonight.

I just started watching Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive on Netflix but had to shut if off because of the pedophilia/sexual abuse "jokes". WTF. My idea of a good time does not include listening to jokes about child rape. I am disappoint. He can do better than that. Jezzies, I need some stand up recs pleeze?

Was sexually harrassed by my landlord/flatmate yesterday (who just before it revealed that he went to court over sexual assault charges by his ex). Have been locked up in my room ever since (considered peeing in a bottle, but went to the bathroom around 3 am and quickly brushed my teeth, and got new water supplies).…

I have a friend who is going through some serious shit right now. A personal tragedy, subsequent depression and leaving work, and now a breakup. She's really into music and I got it into my head that I'd like to make her a mix cd of inspirational/cathartic songs. Not like "Time of Your Life" by Green Day type shit,…

Do I really want to watch Captain America, or am I just delaying the inevitable rewatching of The Avengers because Hiddles? I've only seen The Avengers once when it was in theaters, so it's not like I'm watching it for the 100th time or anything, but I haven't seen any of the non-Thor Marvel movies and maybe I should?…

Blah. I'm feeling rather depressed and lonely... not super-depressed, but the mild depression that indicates that the maintenance/prevention level of meds I'm on is just not cutting it.