FINALLY!
It has been over a year since I posted to this account. I think it is about high time I take this up again! For a long time I couldn't figure out how to post because I forgot my password. Then Blogger changed its login procedures and that just confused the high heck out of me.
So I am still in grad school but am determined to defend by the end of the summer. All last year I had been battling really really bad insomnia. Lack of sleep will do a huge number to one's mental health. Or maybe it was the other way around.
In any case, this year, my sleep is a lot less fragile AND my mental health is much better (am able to bounce back from the problems I encounter in the regular day to day part of life).
Had to deal with another death. This time it was my grandmother. Well, just as I was starting to be okay with the passing of two friends, a new one gets thrown in the mix. I guess the semi difference is that this time we had known for a long time now (maybe the past two years or so) that she would pass and it could be any day now (or actually then not now because she is dead now). I loved her a lot- still do actually. She was...is my role model in many things. I could see very much that she was human and quite flawed, or quite hurt really, but I still loved her and admired her. It makes me most sad to think that there are a lot of people in the world now (and will be in the world) that do not (will not) have the opportunity to know her. She was (is?) super super cool.
This year, my husband and I moved into a really nice house in a really nice neighborhood. A 1930's or 1940's style suburban neighborhood with really large trees all over the place. It is lovely but man, utilities are really high. I can't understand why Americans aren't more into energy efficiency and saving the environment! It would certainly mean a much smaller gas and electricity bill! And to say nothing of the savings in transportation and cleaner air!
So I am still in grad school but am determined to defend by the end of the summer. All last year I had been battling really really bad insomnia. Lack of sleep will do a huge number to one's mental health. Or maybe it was the other way around.
In any case, this year, my sleep is a lot less fragile AND my mental health is much better (am able to bounce back from the problems I encounter in the regular day to day part of life).
Had to deal with another death. This time it was my grandmother. Well, just as I was starting to be okay with the passing of two friends, a new one gets thrown in the mix. I guess the semi difference is that this time we had known for a long time now (maybe the past two years or so) that she would pass and it could be any day now (or actually then not now because she is dead now). I loved her a lot- still do actually. She was...is my role model in many things. I could see very much that she was human and quite flawed, or quite hurt really, but I still loved her and admired her. It makes me most sad to think that there are a lot of people in the world now (and will be in the world) that do not (will not) have the opportunity to know her. She was (is?) super super cool.
This year, my husband and I moved into a really nice house in a really nice neighborhood. A 1930's or 1940's style suburban neighborhood with really large trees all over the place. It is lovely but man, utilities are really high. I can't understand why Americans aren't more into energy efficiency and saving the environment! It would certainly mean a much smaller gas and electricity bill! And to say nothing of the savings in transportation and cleaner air!
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