New Journey thread
 

Hi,

I want to taper off Gabapentin (Neurotin) if I can.
A few mins ago I took roughly 1.50 mgs (one and a half capsules) instead of my usual 200 mgs.

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Wed afternoon (today) we have a full moon.
The changing cycles of the moon can represent this:

http://astrology.about.com/od/founda...p/FullMoon.htm

~The waxing moon (Wed morning) can represent new beginnings along with increasing health and wellbeing.

~The full moon (Wed afternoon) can be a time of the balance.
Supposedly, we can feel the full moon three days before and after - a six day period.

~The waning moon (Wed evening) has symbolized removing or dropping things one does not need, . . . clearing negative influences.

I probably should try to go to bed.
I have a hair appointment in the afternoon.

Mari

ARe things winding down for the semester for you? Jeff has to go to graduation on saturday, he has been done this week, wrapping things up, has the summer off to do his own projects.
wish things were easier for you. enjoy your hair appointment, I love to get my hair washed.
bizi

Hi Mari. Yep. See if you can go to bed earlier tonight. I hope that your hair appt. goes well. I saw the moon last night. It was beautiful. BF:hug::hug::hug:

Bizi,
We are off now.
But I still have to stay in close contact with a few students, administrative stuff, . . .
Two days ago my boss called to check with me about something and brain storm.

M

Steve, :hug: :hug: :hug:

You are so lucky you saw the Full Moon.

I am working on going to bed -- still up at 5:00 am.

Mari

Mari I know what you mean. A couple of months ago I was so wound up,and distressed about a problem,that I didn't sleep all night,all morning,and finally got to sleep at around 3:00 PM in the afternoon.:eek:

I called my councilor at around 9:00 AM,and told her that I could not make it to my appt. that day. BF:hug::hug::hug:

I am hoping you had a good night/days sleep.
bizi

I saw the Moon the night before it was full. I didn't see it last night,but the night before. We had over three inches of rain on Thursday. So I saw it on Wednesday night when I went to the mail box. At least I think that it was Wednesday late at night.

I like to be low profile,and get the mail late at night,and I go to the post office mail box in front of the post office to mail my bills in late at night.

I live in a small town where people talk. I don't want them talking about me. I guess I'm a little paranoid. I'm not comfortable with people around. People look at me a lot. BF:hug::hug::hug:

Steve,

The moon was beautiful.

I used to like driving to the post office in the middle of the night when no one would bother me and everything felt peaceful.

Mari

Peaceful Post Office Visits
 

Yes, I often used to do the same thing in my former seaside colony.
The main deal was there was no vying for a parking place!! ;)

I walked home from the pub when it was just dark, don't like to do that but it is only 3 blocks from our house. I vowed to never drink and drive and I am sticking to that vow.
bizi

Mari,
Is that a typo.?

Just double checking! :o

Edited:

I don't know anything about Neurontin so looked it up.
I'm guessing you meant 150mg instead of usual 200mg.
Sorry about that. I just didn't understand what you'd taken.
:hug:

150 mgs
 

Lara


Thanks for that. Yeah, big typo! :)

M

Biz,

I am proud of you.
Walking home is very very good.

Mari

Closet purge. Decisions. Decisions.
 

Hi,

I have a small closet perfect for my work clothes
The second and larger closet is so jammed that it is overflowing into my computer room.
Time for a purge –- so difficult but necessary.


I have stuff in two categories:

Things that will stay in the closet:
Clothes on hangers, shoes in a shoe tree, and necklaces on a necklace tree.
Two boxes labeled piano music
Containers of hand-written journals from teenage years to my 30s
Suitcase and overnight bag


Things that can be reduced or eliminated:
Purses, book bags, lunch bags
Two photo albums. Photos loose in envelops in a box
Wall art. Incomplete wall art project. Poster w/out frame. Special fabric Mom gave me for a craft project, and the like

Fluorescent Sun Light I bought many years ago and used twice

Old eMac. Keyboard for eMac. Two boxes of computer stuff (old and new)

Organized folders somewhat related to work
A few folders from work friend who died
Two or three boxes/ plastic bins from graduate school
Two big plastic bins of empty notebooks, plastic envelopes, and folders
Huge box that holds several boxes of colored computer paper.

One milk crate sized container that appears to be full of junk
Empty milk crates stacked inside each other.


M

Good job with the initial sort/categorization, Mari. :)

I wish you well with the reduction/elimination process. This stuff is hard to do.

:hug:

waves

Waves,

Yes. Especially since I have stuff OUTSIDE the closet that is in the way.
I made that inventory to try to figure out where to start.
Here is a blog / book on getting rid of stuff.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2...ving_with.html

M

Mari My closet.:Hum::Hum::Hum: I have allot of stuff in there,but it's a very large closet. LARGE CLOSET! I sorted out the things that where of value when I moved here nine years ago in a hurry. The hurry was because they closed the whole apartment complex where I lived,and kicked all five hundred people,give or take, out. They sold it because some company offered a top dollar deal that they couldn't refuse. I ended up throwing away many things into a very large dumpster the size of a small truck container. I regret throwing some of those things away.:( BF :hug::hug::hug:

good for you for tackling this. What a large task, break it into smaller parts.
you are being brave starting this.
bizi

Hi, Mari

how is the closet/stuff reduction coming along?

Eeek. Yeah. Would it be possible to focus more on the outside parts than the inside for now?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2...ving_with.html

That's a good way to look at it.... does this add value to my life... :Ponder:

waves

Waves,

Mostly yes. But I feel like I want to do a little bit of both. I dunno why.
There is stuff in milk crates outside near the door.
The opening to to the closet is narrow and has a folding door so even if I took off the door, the entrance in and out of the closet would be complicated for moving stuff.

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In related stuff-moving:

My office mate was fired apparently. I do not know the details.

This I do know.

Yesterday/ Tuesday I spent THREE HOURS loading her crap (books, garbage, junk, . . ) into garbage bags so that the cleaning crew would haul them down the stairs.
The garbage "bags" were thin. I could only put small amounts of stuff in them.
Still, when I was done, I had put together 24 bags.
Then I smudged the room.
I was really unhappy that she had taken with her a small cute print to canvas painting of mine that was important to me because
six years ago I spent a lot of time getting the right piece for the right spot and until yesterday I thought the spot was perfect.

I have to go back to do some more wiping down of surfaces (dirt and dust in drawers), sweep, and figure out what to do with what used to be a low white bookcase that she used for her teapot.
. . . I do not know if it is best to cover the top of the book case or to talk myself into covering the tea stains with white paint.


M

Go with the feeling. That's motivational stuff... good stuff. You will be making progress. Often it is hard to find a starting spot, but it sounds like your gut is suggesting things to you... like maybe those crates. ;) Or suggesting not to limit yourself... like maybe move the crates so you can access the door better?

Oh! And she took something you bought??? :mad: Not nice. Unless you'd given it to her, I s'pose. Maybe you can find a duplicate of it, or something very similar, now that you know what works for the spot?

Aww, man!

I might just line it with white paper towels to buy myself time to decide without suffering the eyesore.

Have you considered contact paper? I used to cover boxes and such with a marble-patterned one... I've seen it with pinkish-beigish and grayish variations. The dominating color is white/light. I find it less tacky looking that the ones with stripes or rows of things, and you don't have to be too fastidious cutting/lining up.

Will you miss your office-mate?

waves

:grouphug:Just so anyone cleaning out things knows.

If you happen to have notebooks, post its, folders, and other office
equipment. That you don't have a use for.

Many of the animal shelters, would really appreciate the things.
Along with donations of food and treats. For cats and dogs.
Our local one that Derrick works at is always asking for any that
folks don't want.

Donna :grouphug::hug:

only a few options for hanging things.
 

Waves,

Yes, she took something I bought and she knew it was mine.
There is a very slight chance that her teen aged daughter was with her when she packed up and the teenager packed it knowingly or unknowingly.

I spent considerable amount of time and thought (esp thought) to that piece.
I bought it when my last office mate O.D. 'ed on his bipolar meds and caused himself brain damage.
At that time, I consulted with my sister re Fung Shui, . . . .
. . .
The walls have lots of thick paint but the plaster behind crumbles.
A few walls have something behind them that is impossible --- maybe metal beams.
Those walls require drilling.
So I am designing around a limited number of functioning nails/screws.

(Last office mate used a power drill to get some nails/screws in the parts that would hold nails.
After he O.D.'ed, work friend who died drilled two or three nails for me just before he got sick.)
-- One place was perfect for something that was smaller than 14 inches across so a 12 by 12 print I bought online and had transferred to canvas was nice.
I got something very PINK that I could see as soon as I opened the door and pink for me at that time represented love. . . . .


Maybe. And maybe we will see each other again.
We had not seen each other much in the last 5.5 months because of our schedules.

There is random contact paper already on things that do not need to be because the last office mate had some kind of fetish about covering most things that could be covered --- window on the glass door to the outside, tops of filing cabinets, . . .

I probably sound witchy.
Mari

I don't think you sound witchy.
bizi

No, she didn't. :)

But, Mari,

When in a witchy-feeling moment.... because it might take that....ehmmm :D:cool:

.......... Could you maybe call the office-mate and ask her for the painting which she "must have accidentally packed with her things"?

I do feel a great iffiness about making a call to the effect of, sorry you got fired now give me back my stuff, but... it might be easier to do that, than to fix the spot again. And, it might in fact have been accidental, somehow, in some way we can't think of.

waves who feels witchy :p

Thanks for the laugh. :D :D

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This is all strange. Last weekend I invited her over after she texted me that she was "let go."
She wanted me to know so I would not be shocked when I saw that the "office was empty."

She was busy. I texted another time at a restaurant. She said that the next week was better. I do not expect to hear from her, but I wanted to be civil to her in case she really did want to talk.

M

:grouphug:Mari

I would definitely reach out about the painting9pickture)

especially if a teen or young adult, forgot which you said. Was
at the office helping. Its very hard when your already down,
to have a fight with teens.

So it might be she would appreciate the opportunity to return
the painting. Without feeling she has to bring it up.

I can state for a fact, there were times when my oldest Danny. Was
with me I just let whatever happen. And dealt with the people later.
But it wasn't till he was 16, and some people reached out. And let
me know they realized he had lots of problems. And they made
sure I knew no one thought it was my parenting.

It meant the world to me. At a very dark moment, that someone reached
out to see if I was okay.

I am hoping the two of you work it out.

Donna

Yes, Donna,

But it is not just about the artwork.
She left a mess.
I had many bags of garbage piled high on her desk and on the floor when I was done.
. . . so much weirdness goes on around me.
Am I the only completely sane one around?????
http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons...-toons-007.gif

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The Doors | People Are Strange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq9oR9x171w


M

Mari I still hear that song. LOL LOL "No one remembers your name,when your strange La La La La." That song goes way back,but I think that it's more popular these days on the Sirius Satellite Radio,"Songs from the 60's". I also like"Songs of the 70's" on Sirius. I get Sirius Radio from Dish Satellite. It sounds good going through my stereo system.

That is somewhat true. I remember some people who were super strange(Crazy),but I don't remember their names. I remember them in pictures in my thoughts. Some of them where dangerous. BF:hug::hug::hug:

Steve,

Yes. Most of the time we stay away from those types of people when we can.

I wish I had Sirius Satellite radio. I might look into it.

M

Hehe, loved the Looney Toons reference! :D

waves

You should not have had to clean up her garbage.:(

Mari

CLeaning up her mess. Wasn't your job. I'm sorry if it looked
like I condoned that.



I don't always get it all read. And I should have mentioned the cleaning
mess wasn't nice to leave. I did read it, it just went by the way of the
road. Like many things do right now.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Bizi,

Exactly. I would not leave behind stuff for my office mate.



Donna,

It is o.k. I do not always understand. For the long ones, sometimes I have to make a chart before I can figure out a response.

M

Some people,and I were talking about rooms,and work areas that are a mess can actually cause mental confusion. This made an impression on me,and was a lessen that I have not forgotten. This was years ago,but I never forgot.

Some people leave a mess behind them that others have to clean up. At one of my jobs,I cleaned the messes left behind. Some people would clean a mess up only to leave a mess somewhere else.:Scratch-Head: BF:hug::hug::hug:

Steve

That is so true. It happens more than I like at my own house.

Donna:hug::grouphug:

Weather
 

Rain started when the sun went down and has not stopped yet.
It makes me nervous.

M

I'm sorry, Mari. I hope it stops for you soon.

:heartthrob::heartthrob:

waves

Mari Is there allot of thunder,and lightning? I don't like it when the lightning hits something close by,and I hear a Boom,Boom!! Then I know that it can hit the house that I'm in. My area is well grounded because I have antennas on the top of the house. I drove a number of true ground rods into the ground with big hammers,and sledge hammers,and grounded my radio system,and house when I moved in here.

I don't like power failure either. I hope that the sun light comes back tomorrow for you. BF:hug::hug::hug: