So it’s 11:43pm. It’s raining out and I can’t sleep.
I made myself a charcuterie plate and I’m flipping through movies on my phone to watch. You’d think these meds would kick in. Tonight’s cocktail is:
3 10mg melatonin
2 Benadryl
1half Xanax
1 10mg oxycodone
2 unisom
I still can’t sleep. My pain is at 9, I can’t even sit still, I keep changing positions and it’s so awkward.
It sucks. Being this broken sucks. My family thinks I’m spoiled, that I don’t anything and that I’m angry at everyone all the time.Part of that is true, but I’d give anything to have a career. To do something. To be a someone. I know I shouldn’t feel sorry for myself, I know I have of good and that there’s millions of people who would kill to be where I’m at. Unfortunately, thats not a reality. I’m sorry for them, I wish I could help them and I would if it could... but I digress. It’s hard for me to be this way. You know broken. A good day for me is a day where I can walk across target and not start walk like a gimp. A good day is not having to take my full dose of medication, of that I can walk up stairs and not have to hold onto something. So what can I do? How can I work at a place when I fall down or my foot swells up like it’s swallowed a melon... I’m home too much and I can’t drive. There’s a lot...
People alway think that the grass is greener on the other side...
This is a collection of journal entries. A compilation of thoughts that I have written in the margins of books, words scribbled out on the back of paper napkins and sentences taken from the lines of an old notebook. I doubt this will ever be read, But if you happen to stumble across it? Please be careful. Its all I have..
Wednesday
Sometimes I need to be reminded
Sometimes I watch Law & Order: SVU just to hear Olivia Benson say, “It’s not your fault.” That predators look for light. They look for ...
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I am equal parts wildflower meadow and internet chaos. I split my life between Austin and Harlem like some kind of feral fairy with Wi-Fi,...
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Blurry and the days get busier. I fill my days with work and sleep. I plant, I grow, I bake, I read.. I've noticed there's been a l...
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This is just a design on paper craft, but what I see is the feeling of it: being surrounded by layers of green, where every leaf catches a...