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Thanks, granite - My dr won't fill any scripts for me until I get bloodwork done. I really gotta do that soon.

Wiki - Thanks for the recommendations. Should all of those things be taken simultaneously? I have magnesium. Wonder if I should take it.

I have group T tonight. *sigh* Debating on whether or not I'm going. I sent that check to T the other day and told him that my instinct is to just be done....I simply can't afford it. But I can't imagine not going to T anymore. I really just need to talk to him about it....ACK.

Don't feel like being at work today. Or going to grad school tonight. Telling my T today that I want to take a break until well after the holidays.

Just hung up from talking with T. Well so much for my big pronouncement about being done! As we were discussing the Active Imagination I did yesterday, we stumbled upon something that needs more work - something I thought I was done with - truthfully, I'm not afraid of handling what's left on my own, so I almost said it anyway, but I enjoy working with her SO much, and I've been doing some overtime lately at work so I decided what the heck. I'll keep next weeks appointment anyway. At this point, I feel like talking to T is more of a luxury than a necessity. Maybe I'll call it a luxurious necessity heh heh and stop in January instead of this month. I do want to be done. But I don't. SO maybe if I'm this conflicted I'm not really done? I dunno. But we had a really good session it's good that we're both intuitive people and can catch subtle nuances in the other's voice to know when we're joking or serious and stuff like that. The relationship totally translates over the phone. I'm so relieved. Off to work with me now!

Home!! No kids, just me and the puppy!!!

MUE, Those are things that will build up in your body and perhaps prevent migraines or lessen them in the future. Calcium/Magnesium is important for every woman...but especially for us herbivores. You should take them together, like 1000 calcium and 2000 magnesium per day. But halve that into 2 doses. (calcium can only be absorbed if its 500 mg or less). I take one in the am, one in the pm. Use calcium citrate if your stomach is funky. It is always the best idea to bring your supplements to your pharmacist to make sure there is no adverse interaction. Calcium doesn't do well with a few medications (like antibiotics). Coenzyme Q10 can be taken with the calcium stuff and doesn't interact with much...but same rule, ask the pharmacist.

(oh...and make sure any herb or supplement you buy is made in the US, Canada or Europe. There have been icky things found in supplements from other countries.)

At least she didn't say "we" ... I had a nurse who would always say we ...used to drive me nuts...

it takes me most of my lunch hour to catch up on the couch and then its almost time to leave

Hope you enjoy the quiet...and do whatever YOU want or do nothing at all...

Ugh. Cried my eyes out until 6-7 a.m last night, finally fell asleep. Not feeling much better, but I guess I've got stuff to talk to T about. Maybe. I'm not sure if I want to tell her about it. She tends to tell me to not worry about pleasing others or trying to fit in, etc, and to just be myself. Surely doesn't help when I feel like an outsider among my own friends and am limited in what I'm capable of doing compared to them.

This is a better pic of my hair...I've gotten nothing but compliments on it here at work. H actually likes it too. I love it!

I did NOT anticipate my pic being that large.

I love your black hair. I used to change my hair color all the time too. I still do but less often.

Love the hair Chopin

Been wanting to die my hair again for a while but just haven't had the guts and hard to justify the expense. Would love to go that dark but it doesn't suit my coloring. Maybe I will just go for it...but given the need for a job search in my future...yeah probably best to stick to boring natural dull red/brown/grey

sent out the last of my cards today thanks for letting me share guys i love ya all bunches

You're happiness is justification enough. The lift it brings is so good for you. You can get normal shades for under $15. The newer stuff makes your hair super shiny too. Go with a color not far from your own, you're worth it Murray.

I'm looking forward to getting mine!

She's right, Murray...you're worth it.

I just found a poem; you may have heard of it...If by Rudyard Kipling. It resonates with me and who I want to be:

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

love Kipling.

Back from T. Nothing note worthy to report. Talked a little bit about anger, shifting states of mind, and just some general stuff. I hate when I leave a session feeling like nothing got done. Especially since its self pay. Erg.

Love the black hair, Chopin!

Note to self: Do not post on group T blog when annoyed while in the midst of a migraine. Grrr.

I have so much less patience....

I am so drained after a very emotional but good T session. Think I am going to take a nap, which I almost never do. Guess if I'm not sleeping well at night though I might as well sleep during the day

aww...of course you have less patience, you're in pain.

Chopin...love the hair but love the sweet smile even more.

Sila, we all want to fit in. Human nature, and it hurts like heck to feel like an outsider.

Jerz...glad t wasn't too hard.

granite...chickie...hi. Have you monitored your glucose? I honestly don't know much about blood sugar, so I can't lecture you. Aren't you happy? But I will probably be reading up on it when I get home so that I can pester you.

Wikipedia, when you are getting out?