Dwarf sunflowers, seitan, bad days

24Mar07

I just wrote a post, complete with illustrations, and through a series of absurdly frustrating events it has been lost.

However! Instead of throwing myself to the floor and forsaking my computer, I am going to re-create the post for you. Let’s hope that the parts I forget needed to be edited anyway. [...]

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reaching out, a pen-pal, and cleaning

01Mar07

I don’t have many friends, partly because I am a tad shy, but mostly because I don’t have a job, I’m not currently in school, and I don’t always have the ability to leave my house. It’s slightly embarrassing to admit that, but it’s my reality. It can be surprising how much of [...]

Filed under: Health, dogs, dysautonomia, fibromyalgia, friends, pain, sleep   |  5 Comments

Back pain, showers, and the unexpected benefits of fibromyalgia

26Feb07

So, I wasn’t going to post because my days have been colored almost entirely with intense back pain, and who wants to hear me whine about that, right?! But then I remembered the entire point of this blog is to document my experience with FM, etc, so here I am.
I’ve felt quite [...]

Filed under: Health, cooking, dogs, dysautonomia, etc., exercise, fibromyalgia, food, jewelry, pain, sleep   |  9 Comments

Rozerem, back pain

23Feb07

I’m not having a great day, so this will be short-ish, but I thought it was important to write a post anyway. Lately I’ve been making an effort to do things even though I can’t do them as well as I’d like to. Will/desire is attempting to win out over perfectionism/paralysis.

a perfectionist:

I’ve been [...]

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Dachshund Gnocchi

13Feb07

I’ve been having a hard time sleeping for the last few weeks — it takes me forever to drift off, and I wake up numerous times in the night. Whenever I am lying in bed like this I seem to be More awake than during the day, my mind chatters and races, I write [...]

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