Anywhere But Here

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Catherine Lake
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I’ve been walloped by a bug for the past two days. I’ve had worse, but I’m hardly having fun at the moment. Wobbly, woozy, and weak describes it best. Plus incontinent. Oh, is that too much information?

Tonight I imagined I was going to visit an art supply store in Sugarhouse, then spend some time in Barnes & Noble writing until closing. It was a nice dream. Too bad it never transformed into reality. Instead, I stayed home too groggy to write or draw or clean or do much of anything other than download TV episodes and watch them blearily. (Stargate Universe was pretty good, by the way.)

I had lots of drama with my family, though. They know how much I love it. They make sure I get a daily dose, especially when I’m sick.

Of course, everything isn’t always high strung with my girls. To the left is a photo representing one hour of hiking and lots of sweat & hyperventilating. Deep in the mountains between Brighton and Solitude is Catherine Lake. I went up there a month ago with my second oldest daughter. We had such a grand time, even with all the huffing and puffing. On nights like tonight when I can barely prevent myself from drooling all over the keyboard, I’m glad I have the photos to remind myself of happier, more mobile times.

Now please excuse me while I go crawl into my bed and try not to move for a few hours.

Comments

Lucy Talikwa said…
Good grief. Where in the cosmos did you come from? OK--Here I am in Tennessee at 2am -- was taking one last look at Furious Seasons and clicked on your blog's name: it’s quite interesting here. I'll start reading. Looking at your September posting below: nooooo...don't get all the blog bells and whistles yet. Have just started my own very sedate looking blog, but looks can be deceiving. I am a Bipolar II which means I do not go running down the street like Isadora Duncan on speed but I do have lots of good little creative hilarious manias mixed in with normalcy and furied down-spikes and then some reaaaalllly long black death-holes. My blog is the (bi)polor opposite of yours visually. You will be interesting to follow. Good luck.--LT
October 04, 2009 12:26 AM
D.R. Cootey said…
Where do I come from? Well, I’ve been blogging here for almost five years, but I blogged elsewhere long before that. I’m big on cognitive behavior techniques and less enthusiastic about medications as solutions. I believe we have more power over our minds than we are led to believe, that meds can be dangerous (side-effects disabled me), but the path you choose to follow is your own personal one. I won’t tell you what to do. Get all the information you can to make the best decisions. Oh, and I don’t take myself too seriously AND take myself too seriously all at the same time. That’s me in a nutshell.

Furious Seasons is a great blog. I used to link to it before the site design implosion. I will most likely link to it again. I don’t like Blog links because they tend to get long and become meaningless. I’m more likely to create a Top Ten list of my own and link it from the sidebar.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you enjoy the stay.
October 04, 2009 1:15 AM
Lucy Talikwa said…
Thanks for the reply. I thought a lot about your blog visually today and, having been in conflict over mine (content vs presentation), I consequently revised my template to be less stilted....especially since I put Sylvia Plath in a microwave today. She just didn't match her surrounding fonts. I'll eventually find my sea legs. Anyway. Thanks. Have an interesting life out there. I'm having an interesting one over here.
October 04, 2009 10:39 PM
D.R. Cootey said…
Lucy~ Well, don't judge the blog by it's current design. It's Boring City right now, but once I settle on features, I'll drastically change the look. I've got some great ideas for the banner.

Living interestingly is the only way to do it.

~Douglas
October 05, 2009 12:52 AM
Dustin said…
I feel for ya, I have this flu bug that wont go away, have had a fever since friday and it isnt showing any signs of stopping.
October 05, 2009 5:34 AM
D.R. Cootey said…
Sorry to hear that, Dustin. I hope you improve soon.

I started feeling better last night. We'll see how I do throughout the day…
October 05, 2009 10:34 AM
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