I’ve got the energy to clean now. Oh yeah. After three weeks of telling me not to worry about it, she’d get Chris’ stuff, my case worker has told me the only problem is the money the manager is gouging, and I’ll need to take care of it. Thanks so much. $265, and no one […]

I am here. That’s the best I can say. I have used several coping strategies to be able to say that. All are inadequate. Ice cream only lasts so long. Reading works for a while, but too much makes my head hurt. And I can’t read while I drive. That’s when I need help the

If you’ve ever read Douglas Adams, you’ll understand why I feel like the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal. (A beast so mind-bogglingly stupid, it thinks if you can’t see it, it can’t see you.) For those more Earthbound, I’m playing ostrich, with my head stuck in the sand so deep I can barely wiggle my

Anyone who hides behind the rules instead of doing what they damn well know they ought, needs to be gotten rid of. Think of all the things that would get better. All I want to do is cash a measly little $120 rebate check for his cell phone. I can prove he’s dead, I can

I don’t know. All I know is I am in hell. Again. I’m pre-enrolling students for next year, which basically means I’m marking their records that they intend to come here, and updating their contact information. And every time I come across parents that are together (most of them are, these are GATE kids, and

Five days. It’s hard to comprehend. I have survived without him for five days now. Am I supposed to celebrate? People are expecting me to start getting back to normal. I’m usually indecisive, but lately it’s been hideous. Someone asks what I want to drink, and my mind goes blank. Then I think about why