An Anniversary

Four years ago today, out of the blue Gretchen told me of some feelings she had for me, which was a really big step on her part. I felt similarly, and soon we had a special relationship. Of course, we had no idea it would lead to marriage. Now we've been married over a year …

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Insomnia Sucks!

I've had pretty bad insomnia since at least 2002. I've had several sleep doctors during this time and have tried just about every sleep aid available. Nothing helps. Two nights ago, I got no sleep at all. I was up the whole night. Tonight I got two hours. My doctor says I average about three …

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I Won!!!

I applied for disability over three years ago. I was denied twice, before hiring a law firm to represent me. I then had two court hearings, where I was again denied twice. Yesterday, I had my fifth chance, my third court hearing. Leading up to this, I was very stressed. I've been extremely anxious. See, …

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A Follow Up

Well, I had my surgery yesterday. It was my third in the last four months. I guess it went okay. Although it's taking awhile for me to recover. I've gotten really woozy, very dizzy, and have had a sore jaw and a real headache -- very bad -- ever since waking from the anesthesia. At …

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Miserable Week

It's been a pretty tough week, although I'm going to start with last Friday night. Last Friday night, at 10 PM before we went to bed, I opened the freezer door and discovered the entire thing was melted. We have a huge ice tray and it was full to the brim with melted ice -- …

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