Tag Archives: anxiety

We Are Not a Morning People

Posted on August 15, 2015 by joey

Part One Not unusually, The Mister gets up at 5, grooms, makes his travel coffee, picks up his lunch, dials our bedroom dimmer light to one, kisses me, and leaves. I sleep lightly and dream heavily. I wake up in strange … Continue reading →

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Anarchy Is Not My Friend

Posted on July 30, 2015 by joey

I’ve slept a few hours. Like 11-ish to 2-ish. Ish. I’m not the kind of person who can spend an evening in a clusterfuck of epic proportion, come home, eat pizza and salad, throw back a few cocktails, and then sleep … Continue reading →

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Anxiety — When It’s Time to Go

Posted on July 16, 2015 by joey

Before we left for vacation, I tried to touch on the angst of anxiety disorder before a trip. I wanted to go into detail about what that’s actually like for so many of us whose brains overshoot the adrenaline. This isn’t … Continue reading →

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The Trauma of Upcoming Fun

Posted on June 27, 2015 by joey

Shopping and gathering, done. Phew! Tiny cross body purse so no one can make me carry a goddamn thing So help me God, if The Mister hands me a single receipt, I will imagine shoving it down his throat and I will be ripping … Continue reading →

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Silver Linings List

Posted on June 22, 2015 by joey

Some nice things happened last week, and it will be hard to top them with this week, but I will try. We finally got a second car, and you should see the looks on people’s faces when told that it’s … Continue reading →

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Funky Foodie Takes a Walk

Posted on June 15, 2015 by joey

I’ve been in such a funk lately, feeling poorly, fighting off infection, dealing with anxiety’s peaks. My mood has been good, loving, receptive, but my body doesn’t always feel cooperative. When my body isn’t functioning at the level I deem as my … Continue reading →

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Contrary to My Desires

Posted on May 30, 2015 by joey

I thought I’d tell you the bad news first, so the good news seems even better after. That’s how I do, so let’s plunge in, shall we? I’ve been puny this week. I got one of my infamous cold sores … Continue reading →

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The Wheels on the Bus Come and Go

Posted on May 22, 2015 by joey

I like yellow things, except yellow jackets. And maybe school buses. Over the years, I have put many a kid on many a school bus, morning after morning. Before August of 2013, I never, in the history of my mommyhood, had … Continue reading →

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You’re Safe with a Man in the House

Posted on May 15, 2015 by joey

Like a lot of kids, if I woke up scared, I’d head to my parents’ bedroom. Like a lot of parents, they grew annoyed, and began to forbid it. I have memories of them carefully lifting their feet over me, … Continue reading →

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Thunder!

Posted on May 7, 2015 by joey

I got The Encouraging Thunder award from both Vanessa of Petal & Mortar and Anxious Mom from Blogging for Therapy, so I’m super pleased to be considered by both of them! The Rules: Post it on your blog. Grant other bloggers … Continue reading →

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