Improving

My mom is out of the hospital and in a physical therapy rehabilitation facility. She’s doing much better. It’s been really stressful however, because she has expected a lot out of me and my stepdad. I developed pancreatitis over the weekend and I’m still trying to get better. I know it’s because I was pushing …

Don’t have time…

Today, I am in so much pain. I am terrified that my chronic relapsing pancreatitis has relapsed because I have been pushing myself too hard trying to be at the hospital all hours for my mom, (and to take the stress off of my 78 year old stepdad). I am miserable. I don’t have time …

When you wish upon a star…

What's a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I really wish I could go without sleep. That my body didn’t need it to regenerate and keep me healthy. It would make things so much easier. My mom wanders around at night and I cannot be awake all of the time as …

Princess Kate?

So I know she’s tremendously popular and I personally respect her a great deal, but I don’t know her. It’s for that reason that I’m kind of flummoxed as to why the news of her cancer diagnosis hit me so hard today. I think it’s because I just can’t handle anymore sad things. My mom …

Ambulance

I had to call emergency services again last night. My mom tumbled down an entire flight of stairs in the middle of the night last night. She called my stepdad on her Apple Watch and let him know that she fell and he investigated and called me and let me know that I needed to …

Confidence

Who is the most confident person you know? I swear that the most confident people I know are the meteorologists on my local news station. They seem to be sure that their forecasts will come to fruition, even when they prove to be horrifically off base. In reality, I couldn’t really think of anyone that …

Accept and Release

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? I’m all about acknowledging negative emotions and accepting them for what they are: Temporary feelings that can’t hurt me. I acknowledge them and then I let them go. I mean, in an ideal world this is what I do. Sometimes I have to process them …

Good entertainment

What activities do you lose yourself in? Don’t get me wrong, I also lose myself in good music as well, but I think Netflix popped in my head because I just spent two weeks in the hospital watching it to stay sane. I definitely can lose myself in streaming services and shows if they’re good …

Character growth

What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? I have easily watched this series more than five times. The first time I watched it, I stopped after the first few episodes because I didn’t “get it” and the characters just seemed tacky. I had a friend encourage me to watch a …

Spilled salt…

Are you superstitious? I am not really a very superstitious person. I mean, there are only a couple superstitions I abide by. 1) I will never say, “Macbeth,” in a theatre for fear of bringing horrible things down upon myself. 2) I try hard not to walk under ladders, but then I don’t freak out …