Tag Archives: anxiety

One-Liner Wednesday — Anxiety Diagnosis

Posted on May 11, 2016 by joey

“I realize these itchy bumps on the back of my head may very well be from sweating, but my anxiety tells me it’s either lice or hair cancer.”   One-Liner Wednesday is brought to you by LindaGHill

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Predatory Living

Posted on May 10, 2016 by joey

I read Marian Allen’s short story about alligators today and thought maybe I’d tell you about the alligators in Georgia. First off, there are alligators in Georgia. As a Hoosier, my experience with alligators was limited. I’d pet and eaten … Continue reading →

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Kvetch and Vent

Posted on May 6, 2016 by joey

My anxiety has been bad lately. It’s not because of anything. If it were because of anything, it wouldn’t be called Anxiety Disorder. My life is just as peachy keen and just as rotten awful as everyone else’s. This bout of … Continue reading →

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Share Your World #18

Posted on May 2, 2016 by joey

Who was your best friend in elementary school? We’ll call her Kiwi. We met in the second grade. I moved so much as a child, she was one of my few constants. We go long periods of time without contact, but … Continue reading →

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Y is for Yearning

Posted on April 29, 2016 by joey

I enjoy the A-Z Challenge most days. What I’ve noticed, regardless of letters, is that I yearn to write freely. I actually yearn to write random posts about the stuff of life. I miss it. I feel sorta repressed. I … Continue reading →

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SoCS — H is for ha

Posted on April 9, 2016 by joey

Haven’t the first clue what I’ll write about that has a ha. A ha. Aha! Ahahaha! Have been having a rough time. I wrangle. I yield. My generosity of spirit is running low. Be. Give. Do. Help. Patience. Support. Understanding. … Continue reading →

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D is for DUH Moments

Posted on April 5, 2016 by joey

Last summer, I trimmed the Boxwoods as one does. I am not the chainsaw lady, so my lectric trimmer is as close as I’ll ever get. It does make me nervous. At my old house, ten years ago, I used to … Continue reading →

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Turning Chaos Into Order Since…

Posted on March 4, 2016 by joey

For many years, I’ve said my job is making order out of chaos. There were times I had two or four kids and a paying job, but they were short stints, and quite honestly, they overlap with the worst times … Continue reading →

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Bitching About Nothing

Posted on February 26, 2016 by joey

On Wednesdays, it’s the Standard Operating Procedure of Joeys to pick the girls up and go to one grocery store or another. It’s fairly straightforward, and involves only one crisis moment — exiting left from my neighborhood. Honestly, unless you’ve been here, you do not … Continue reading →

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An Earful

Posted on January 30, 2016 by joey

If this were clickbait, I’d title it SEE HOW DOING THIS ONE SIMPLE THING CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE!  And then you’d all be like, “What? I want change in my life, too!” And you’d click it and be all, “Fuck … Continue reading →

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