Well, I moved house, unpacked a lot of stuff, came back up to uni, added the finishing touches to the first of the two 6000-word papers on which my grades for this semester are based, and went out for celebratory drink with friends (most of whom have finished both papers, so I was jealous). Now my back is screaming at me that I did too much standing up this weekend. As if I didn't already know. Owwww. OK - final-6000-word-paper-of-the-year marathon begins here!
Kristin, I have ADD-like tendencies as part of a non-verbal learning difficulty. The inability to focus on anything for more than a few minutes, when you have things to achieve, is really, seriously, overwhelmingly, throw-things-at-the-wall annoying. Best of luck with the grading. (Best of luck with finding meds that work, too. I find Celexa fairly helpful for my anxiety and distractedness.)
Raq, niiiice purse. I want to buy things. I have no need of things, but online shopping would make me really happy right about now. Maybe I'll just pop into the Marks and Spencers online store...
In other news I have found something that is not improved with the addition of bacon. French onion dip. It tasted like roast beef hash. Not good cold on potato chips.
We had a fantastic caramelised onion dip on the market a little while back that was supposed to be served warm. One of the best dips I've ever tasted. They seem to have discontinued it now. I shall make do with Turkish bread with an eggplant, cashew and parmesan dip, and a lime and chilli aioli.
I should be in bed. I kept playing Orange Box/Half Life 2. Bad Omnis, no cookie!
Go to bed. I'll happily play half life 2 and eat cookies instead of you. In fact, I read about Dear Esther and I wanna experiment with it.
Which means I might need to start dating gamers again. Because I don't have the equipment for it, and I ain't gonna buy expensive shit when only want to play once in a while.
And I hate one of my instructors, so much.
{{{Kristin}}} I know this feeling. I wish that there were easy solutions that were not about the meds. Does caffeine make the anxiety worse? If not, it can be a reasonable form of self-medication. Some people find meditation and/or exercise to be effective for breaking through when meds are not getting the job done. The things that have worked for me, aside from meds, were extremely self-destructive.
{{{Kristin}}}
Believe me, I can sympathize.
Congrats, Sparky and family!!!
Congratulations to Sparky and her DH! Yay new buffista sprog!
Woohoo! Congratulations to Sparky and family!
