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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

(Hides Face in SHAME)

I can't believe I showed you all three shots of my boobs in a lame attempt to get you to come back to my blog. How... tacky.

Let's see what's happening today. I got my wish. It snowed and the city looks beautiful, but I suspect it looks so lovely because I didn't have to leave the house today and have been curled up with books in my nightgown and slippers. Yes, I am drinking tea. Yes, a did a little needlework. And so yes, I am the most unsexy woman in the entire universe. (Later I am going to take a bath and read a book written in 1606. I rest my case).

Other news: I am going to be entering therapy next week in order to (hopefully) deal with my sleep issues. I am not optimistic, but then again these people did cure me of my fear of heights. The thing is, they cured my fear of heights by making me confront said fears over and over again. I don't see confronting sleep repeatedly as a viable strategy. Perhaps they'll just thump me over the head with blunt objects and yell "STAY DOWN."

Has anyone out there ever successfully gotten off seroquel? If you have, please, I beg you, comment and let me know how you did it. I need to know.

7 comments:

Avitable said...: You obviously just need to come up with some type of activity that will wear you out until you fall asleep easily.; January 12, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Mr. Bingley said...: take a nice long hot bath, put on your jammies, pour yourself a glass of wine and sit in bed reading "The Faerie Queene."

You'll sleep.; January 13, 2011 at 7:19 AM
Megan said...: Do you have trouble shutting your brain off at night? Have you tried coming up with a fantasy scenario (not necessarily sexual, just an ideal situation) you can go to when you get in bed to redirect your mind? This is something I've naturally done all of my life and I find if I start thinking about real life I have trouble sleeping.; January 13, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Nina said...: Avitable - I've considered but must find sometimes to do besides jigsaw puzzles. Any ideas?; January 15, 2011 at 6:44 PM
Nina said...: Mr. Bingley, I do love the Faerie Queene. It knocked me out until 11 today.; January 15, 2011 at 6:45 PM
Nina said...: Megan (is, that you, Finn?) Been there. In fact it almost sometimes works. But it works better when it is somewhat psychosexual or something like that because it is so other worldly. Sleep therapy starts next week. Praying for a miracle.; January 15, 2011 at 6:46 PM
Avitable said...: Many, many ideas. :); January 15, 2011 at 11:09 PM

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Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

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