Posted by reluctant on January 9, 2004, at 21:49:09
In reply to Re: from the frozen north » reluctant, posted by Journeyman on January 9, 2004, at 20:35:45
" Better yet, get him/her hooked up to some sort of heat-generating mechanism so that while the pooch is getting some exercise, you can give the mercury in your apt. a bit of a boost."
Oh my god, that's BRILLIANT. Solves so many problems at once - 1) the problem of my insane dog really needing to run off some excess energy (he's one yr. old), 2) the problem of me having to actually take him *outside* to do that, and 3) the problem of having just one very sad and ancient gas heater for a heat source. I'll work on it.
I actually really miss my cabin, sub-zero outhouse excursions aside. but it did contribute to my isolation tendencies - now I live in town and actually see other human beings on a daily basis. Plus I don't need to drive anywhere in bad weather (or good weather either - not much anyway) which is a huge bonus in these parts.
Capitol Hill, huh? that must be interesting. is the air saturated with politics, or can you live a semi-normal life there? I haven't been there since I was a kid & barely remember it. I wonder what the difference in perspective on current events is between here & there. I agree about the suburbs. I had never really been in the suburbs of any city until my year of grad school, when I lived in the suburbs of detroit. It was horrible (particularly the disparity between the super-wealthy 'burbs and downtown Detroit). It was one of the contributing factors in my flight from school before finishing my MFA. When I was a kid I had this huge fear that there wouldn't be any land left when I grew up, and trying to escape the metro area that seemed to keep going and going revived that fear . . .
thanks for your lexapro info - I hope the lightheadedness goes away. are you drinking lots of water? sometimes that helps . . . know what you mean about the resistance to using medication. I know a lot of people who are very unhappy but who really look down on antidepressant use; it's hard to not feel that taking pills is a cop-out, around that attitude. However, I really do think that, if taking medication is done as an active step in healing oneself and it's regarded as a tool, it's a very positive thing to do.
also thanks for your kind words. trying to help someone else makes me feel better, too; so maybe it's just self-serving? I've noticed that you do much more consoling than asking for consolation on these boards. So maybe we're just a couple of self-serving jerks?
oh, I'm just kidding.
Don't have a TV. I can watch DVDs on my computer - but to rent a DVD I would need to go *outside*, and you know how I feel about that. Guess it's bed and book.
warm toes to you & yours but especially to me,-r.
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