April 25, 2010

April 21, 2010

Buddy is at the vets today. He is finally getting neutered and also getting his teeth treated. From what Susan says he lost several teeth and may be eating soft food from now on.

It is rather cold and windy outside and my allergies are up in arms over it.

April 20, 2010

Our receptionist is still alive. BUT . . . that isn’t saying much. This is one of those situations where a person is still alive only because murder is illegal. And it isn’t me. The other secretaries are after her too.

April 17, 2010

April 16, 2010

Well over a hundred days into the year and I am losing hope for dropping any weight at all. It isn’t like I don’t know what to do. I even have a schedule worked out. I need to get up and get busy.

April 15, 2010

Happy Tax Day!

This year I get to pay both Federal and State taxes. Most years I break even or get money back. Not this year. ! + @ ) # * $ ( % & ^ | } : furloughs.

So much for being good today it’s like I am not even trying anymore.

April 14, 2010

What is the point to being depressed? It is a self-centered action. Depression is an indication that there is a loss of identity. It is also a sign of stress. Thus sayeth the internet.

April 13, 2010

Interesting meeting with Dr Summerhill yesterday. He cannot prescribe meds but we can do some talk therapy. In the meantime I will have to try and find Dr Campbell.

So the question of the day is, “What is the depressions purpose?” Everything has a purpose in life. What is its purpose? Attention? Get out of work? Get out of interacting with people? Get out of interacting with the world?

April 12, 2010

I release all of my past to the light.

Thank you God for being there and having my back. A concept that I really like and need in my life. This in no way takes away the responsibility for my behavior. It is more in the way of a no pressure clause.

April 9, 2010

20 days into my current 90 Day Challenge and I haven’t come up with anything. Boy, some dedication.

April 7, 2010

AUGH!!!!! Case Managers!!!! Social Workers!!! A pox on them all!!

April 4, 2010

April 2, 2010

Using, using is what I do. I don’t know how to not use.

This is Easter weekend. I plan to drive out to Dad’s on Saturday and visit. Do a little cleaning. I look forward to go out there. Not a scary thing anymore.

April 1, 2010

Happy April Fool’s Day!! A local radio station played this prank on the listening public.

PHOENIX -- Parents are scrambling to deal with changes that will have their children go to school year-round and on alternative days.

Late Wednesday night, the Arizona Department of Education and Fishing decreed the changes, starting May 1, to help shave millions of dollars off the state budget. Based on the first letter of their last names, some students will go to class on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, others on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

"It's going to be very hard," said one mother, noting she must find care for her children on the days they're off. "I don't even know if I can afford to work any more. It's going to get so bad."

Another lamented, "It will probably cost me a couple-thousand extra dollars a month because I have all-day care. It will be all-day care, it won't be after-school care, it will be all-day care."

Arizona teachers union representative Buzz Driver was furious after hearing details of the plan late Wednesday.

"They told us kids whose last names begin with the letters A through L are going to go to school Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays," Driver said. "M through Z is going to go Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays."

Another representative, Tex Bookman, is frustrated his organization did not have a say in the matter.

"It's just like the Legislature to push something like this through in the middle of the night," he said.

To save additional money, the state will be closing 15 percent of schools in order to consolidate resources. Bookman is concerned, though, about what the changes will do to teachers, students and parents.

"This is nuts," he said of the new schedule.

However, former state school superintendent Lisa Keegan is excited about what this means for teachers and students.

"I really think it's going to be positive," she said.

Chuck Board with the Arizona Department of Education and Fishing said the changes are a great use of the state's tax dollars.

"This is a progressive program," he said.

To find out if your child's school is going to shut down call the Education Hotline at 602-200-2788.

Using continues.

I feel like shit (emotionally) and do not want to be at work or do anything. I have to stay because this is my phone day. I have no money (and neither do you.) I keep telling God that I have had enough of being poor but He continues to withhold the winning lottery numbers. And I'm not sure that God really exists anymore or at least not in the way that most people assume. Organized religion is just a way to control the vast majority of people.

Today I used. I used over the weekend. I used another person’s stuff because I didn’t want my stuff.

March 26, 2010

Today I used just because it is my habit to do so.

March 25, 2010

I haven’t used yet today. But that is just right now. I am already upset about Facebook. Silly I know but it is very upsetting when they take away my ease of access.

Today I started using because I felt that I wasn’t worth the effort to stop. After that it didn’t matter and I continued to use. When I got home from work I used because I found some just sitting there.

March 24, 2010

Today I used because I was bored. Yesterday, I used because I was shaking.