sick and sicker today! blah! don’t know why but i’m not clear headed so i’m not going to torture u with a blog-post. keep on everyone! am falling in love with you all. thanks for that.
Friend to Yourself
A tip every post on being a Friend to Yourself!
Hope you feel better soon, it’s time to give to yourself 🙂
hey stranger. really miss u. thanks for the luv. what’s up w u n yours?
Shame Doc, take care and get better soon. xxx
*sends over a virtual bowl of chicken soup*
I have been feeling bad myself, so I have lots of sympathy for you today!! Hope you get better soon. It is definitely no fun to be sick when it is Christmastime.
thank u pattyann! feel better yourself. let us know how it goes for you!
I agree with Biljana: you are being a good friend to yourself by knowing when to take the time to rest, get well, and rejuvenate! Hope you feel better soon!
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Torture? Take care of yourself.
yes M. u r too sweet though.
Hi Everyone… I thought I would kind of write a guest blog today (call it blog-jacking even) DQ did not specifically asked me to do this, however, I do not have any clear recollection of her specifically asking me not to do this either. With this in mind, I would like to let you know about my unique relationship with DQ (I am just going to write DQ because I have a very limited attention span and am likely to have two or three great ideas flow through my brain by the time I type Dr. Sana Johnson-Quijada and then I also start wondering if she has a middle name too and how she fits all those letters into those forms that have the little boxes on them). Anyway… I communicate with DQ on a regular basis and get interesting insight on a variety of topics. This makes me feel unique and special until I realize that most of the people reading this have the same opportunity. Then I kind of ask myself… “What kind of group have I joined?”
To begin, I would like to talk a bit about my psychiatric qualifications. I spent six years attending college. Technically, all of these were at a community college, but I did take at least one psych course while I was there. In addition, I am an alcoholic and drug addict in recovery who has previously attempted suicide. I currently take medications for both depression and ADHD. I had to go through a wide variety of medication to find the right combination because almost every medication I tried made me sweat profusely and/or break out in a rash. As part of my ongoing training, I am currently going through a nasty divorce which has caused me to be temporarily unable to see my son or live the life that I have become accustomed to. In addition, I have just lost my job of fifteen years due to cutbacks. All of this in the same month that I turned forty and should be free to seek out a quality midlife crisis. The fact that I am laying in bed with my shoelaces in my possession in a fairly nice room that I am free to come and go from as I please over two weeks after the divorce/job loss week most likely indicates that I am totally delusional and only think that I am happy or that I actually am. Either way, I am content in the place that I am at. This, to me, is pretty amazing.
I am grateful for the fact that I have been through all of the things that I have been through in my life because they have given me the strength and experience to go through what I am currently going through. Even though I did not do real well in school, I somehow did well enough with a big corporation that they are willing to give me a severance package that will basically pay me for the next four months as long as I do not get a job or accept one of the positions they have offered me. Basically, a bunch of paperwork and legal terms that say to me “Paid, vacation!” Being an alcoholic and a drug addict have lead me to become involved in a program that connects me with others who have previously tried to use alcohol and drugs as a solution for coping with life. These people are a great source of support and experience. As for the prescribed drugs, I am not even really sure that I need them all of the time; however, I sure as heck am glad that I was on them when my “Perfect Storm” kicked off. Oh yeah, as part of my challenging week, I found myself with no place to live and immediate access to very little money. A little rational thought and I realized that I have an amazing amount of airline miles from years of travel. In fact, more than enough to take up residence in a nice beach front condo for the next month. Why am I sharing all of this? For several reasons — First and foremost, I am newly almost single and think that this is a great way to meet ladies without having to ever think about the awkward point in a relationship where I will have to explain my past. In addition, the fact that everyone here is reading this most likely means that you have experience with challenges like mine and I can always use others that I can relate to. Lastly, I have found out that whenever I have felt that I have a very unique situation, I am usually wrong and that I am actually just not in a group of people that feel comfortable sharing their experiences. It would be kind of cool if everyone just wore a signs with their three biggest “issues” on them. I have a feeling that if everyone formed a group with only the people that had at least one issue in common with them… we’d all be in the same great big group called life. Thanks for reading to this point. What do you think about this? Are you female and single or considering becoming that way? Could this really be a worse idea than matchharmoneyfinder.com or whatever it is called? Keep on and be a friend to yourself and stuff. Oh yeah….DQ, please get better soon because this blogging stuff is cutting into my busy schedule!
hope your better soon missing your blogs
this was so uplifting kevin. right to my toes.
We will miss the blog, but take care of you and we’ll look forward to hearing from you when you’re feeling better. Remember to be “a friend to yourself”!! :-}
thank u dear nancy. u r sweet