Today was a pretty decent day. The last couple have been, actually, in spite of some dramatics concerning arguments over abortion and gay rights. But today all that floated away on a relatively cool Memphis breeze. I did wake up to a neighborhood without electricity, but I was happy to find out (after 45 minutes [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘flood’
March 10, 2008
defined
There is no better way to describe my issues than this: http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/chronic-depression-dysthymia. There’s an even better, more in-depth description here: http://www.allaboutdepression.com/dia_04.html. I’d forgotten about dysthymia all this time.
So, I haven’t really felt like posting lately. I’ve been living at home since the flood and I think I’ll be able to move back in tomorrow, once [...]
February 21, 2008
who says you can’t go home again?
Why do I find it so comforting to awaken in my mother’s house? Even when I’ve spent the evening fidgeting around on the hard futon, I still prefer that to waking up alone elsewhere. Perhaps it’s just that it feels like a vacation right now, after only one night, and will lose its luster after [...]
February 20, 2008
generosity and type B
Sometimes I fail to notice the generosity of the people around me. Even the smallest things are laced with kindness when I least expect it, and for that I am so thankful. This short list has come about in the past 24 hours and it amazes me that so little need be said or done [...]
February 20, 2008
soggy tragedy
I know most everyone is squeamish about the idea of walking in on their parents having sex, but I’m pretty sure I would have preferred that to what I walked in on last night: an apartment soaked with water from one end to the other.
I decided to be sociable and have dinner with Nina last [...]
