Grateful Little Victories

When every day is a struggle with illness, you learn to be grateful for the little victories.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

TGIF, indeed. And now I will become a hermit-crab.

I made it to (and through!) Friday, and I don't have to leave the house all weekend if I don't want to.

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Friday, August 10, 2012

I am the Googlenista

Learning that my shift (or, the coworkers commonly on my shift) has an affectionate nickname for me. (smiley face)

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

A song? Where did that come from?!

Writing my first-ever filk.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before?!

Having a pulmonologist who not only LISTENS to me, but looks at my asthma in ways no one has ever thought of - ways to test and treat that could really, ACTUALLY help!

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Sometimes you need to let someone else take over

Having someone that took care of me after my over-developed sense of responsibility (and guilt) kept me over nearly an hour after the end of my shift.

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Monday, August 6, 2012

We have thumbnails!

Watching Curiosity land on Mars, and feeling connected to everyone else who was watching & posting online.

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Sooj singing therapy

Singing my way through two complete SJ Tucker Albums while stuck in traffic going to & coming home from work - excellent stress-therapy!

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Thank god for mute buttons

Remembering to push my mute button BEFORE pounding my desk in frustration.

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Crisis-free

A day without a single crisis.

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Degenerating disks, but I *still* have a backbone

Respectfully but firmly standing up for my beliefs and voicing how specific attitudes make me feel.

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Relevant blogs - places you might find related topics

  • A Southern Celiac
  • Benefits Scrounging Scum
  • ButYouDon'tLookSick.com
  • Deb's Fibromyalgia Blog
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Deal With It
  • FIBROMYALGIA
  • Guidance, Healing, and Love by Sydney
  • Life and Fibromyalgia
  • Little Miss Dinky's E.D.S. Diary
  • Sally Rouge
  • The Bloggess
  • The Tensile Times
  • The Zebra Diary

The Usual Suspects - some of my standard reading list

  • A Day in the (Fat) Life
  • Bardic Blog
  • From Rebecca's Window
  • Kottke.org
  • Leah Raeder
  • Life on the Fat Farm
  • Live.Like.A.Rockstar
  • Noël Lynne Figart
  • Whatever
  • WilWheaton.net
  • Zen Habits

Time for a break - comics I read regularly

  • Ctrl+Alt+Del
  • Dork Tower
  • El Goonish Shive
  • Gods Playing Poker
  • Joy of Tech
  • Misfile
  • VG Cats
  • XKCD
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