March marches in like a lion and departs like a lamb. Thatās what I was taught in school as a kid and March 2022 has not disappointed in the lion department but Iām not sure itās going to morph into a lamb any time soon. In any case, yesterday I left my job in art […]
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Turning Over a New Page and Of Course There Is Maybe a Ghost On It šš»
Well well wellā¦ what has seemed impossible for perhaps five years total has amazingly happened! Iāve been offered a āreal jobā where Iāll be paid to do what I feel I was put on this planet to do: HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP. Iāll soon start my new job as Care Manager for a small […]
Spring Fever!
Okay. So we are in World War III. Thatās pretty surreal and yetā¦ in a way, I can’t help but ask “What took us so long?ā For people who argue we are not in World War III, more countries are presently engaged in the Russia vs Ukraine War than in any other war. Even little […]
June the Untouchable Shadow
We are on the brink of nuclear war And the other day my mentally ill formerly favorite uncle choked on a piece of meat in his mental institution and SHOCKER no one noticed for 20 minutes and so now he is in another hospital on ICU. And itās also DEATH TIME for me as a […]
Nuclear war?
We live in a globalized world. Whatās happening to a country on the other side of the world affects the lives of those living in countries on the opposite side of the world. While bombs arenāt falling on my head, seeing them fall on civilians in Ukraine is nauseating and feels super close somehow. I […]
The Revelations/Revolutions of June
Thereās those days of self-pity where you just have to crash out Les MisĆ©rablesā I Dreamed a Dream on the piano and make your dog serve as unwilling witness. Speaking of the dog, June Carter Cash has just started eating on her own. This is a revelation. I came home from work late one night […]
Not Everyone āGetsā Grief (ask our dog)
Right. So itās the Olympics now and Iām super into them. I thought I was the only one but my friend Haven is also super into them and she doesnāt even remotely seem like the type of person who would be. (I donāt think Haven reads my blog which is good because I definitely just […]
The Olympics of Every Day
Another week of being alive! Huzzah! That opening makes it sound like this weekās blog post is going to be exploding with good news and joy. Iāll do my best. Lately, my neurological realities have been on my mind and Iām trying to feel really grateful for the time I have. Thatās not meant to […]
Teaching a Dog to Be a Dog
I am building up the will to discuss neurological issues and how I quit my job this week but alsoā¦ didnātā¦ but who cares about any of that! NOT ME! So this week Iām going to focus on my new understanding of what people mean when they say you need to teach a dog what […]
Hold onā¦ hold onā¦
This week Iām identifying most and best with my broken car fob and our traumatized, terrified yet indignant and supremely weird new dog. This is because recently I hit a wall due to the rut of our present existence and other factors. When you’re feeling low, it’s good practice to count your blessings. There is […]
Covid Negative and, hey Worst Week, MEET JUNE CARTER CASH! š»
Status Update: Firstly, Iām still COVID negative and now so is my husband! We are both clear! David never had any symptoms andā¦ I never had COVID soā¦ quarantining in our small little open plan house was kind of surreal. When he FINALLY received his test result (3.5 days after his PCR test), we had […]
COVID and the Saddest Dog in the World
COVID has become a regular part of daily life. We live in a time of plague. Putting on a mask when leaving the house has become commonplace. Not seeing friends and family has become normal. My innate desire to feel repulsion when seeing a large group of people has been allowed to flourish along with […]
Have the Circus Pick Me Up: A Holiday Tale
Iāve found another career path: the circus. Itās not a huge surprise as Iām from Baraboo, Wisconsin, which is known as āCircus Town, USAā due to it being the home of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Maybe your grandmother didnāt take you and your cousins to the circus every summer but mine […]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
āPeace and love.ā Easy to say but super difficult to feel. Yet, while Iām super tired out from an especially hellish month of work and also family drama and other life stuffā¦ ā¦ Iām still doing my best to channel George Michael and hold on to some Christmas cheer. As such, Iām making a list […]
I AM NOT YET DEAD + SHEEP! š
Holy cats! Thereās been a gap in my blog posting! The reason isā¦ well, let me use a little MATH: Variable One: I have moved my husband and I from our apartment to our house (I packed all our things, labeled all the boxes, booked the movers, was there for the movers and helped the […]
The World Seems to Have an Attitude Problem
The World Seems to Have an Attitude Problem https://epileptaste.com/2020/12/22/the-world-seems-to-have-an-attitude-problem/ ā Read on epileptaste.com/2020/12/22/the-world-seems-to-have-an-attitude-problem/
Dexters Are Motherflipping EVERWHERE!
I figured I needed to put together a light-hearted blog. So you consider a fictional serial killer “light”? Yes. Have you seen Dexter? In any case, I just got done reading twenty years of neurologists’ reports on me because I dumbly logged into my medical records database to find this lovely summary and… to read […]
Wellā¦ Happy Holidays and half flagsā¦
I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin which has been making headlines lately for terrible reasons. Specifically, a person plowed their SUV through a holiday parade in a Milwaukee suburb, murdering 6 people and hurting over 60 individuals – many in critical condition and hospitalized. From talking with beloved family members from my three families (husbandās, my […]
To Mastiff or Not To Mastiff
My epilepsy is stretchingā¦ Uh-oh. The fact that I’m aware of it stirring is alarming because it’s difficult to do under the cloud of medication I take to keep it still so, when I can sense its movementā¦ I used to tell friends I was “happy” about having epilepsy because it served as a kind […]
The Hallmark Movie Has Begunā¦ Will It Turn Into a Shudder Movieā¦ STAY TUNED! š¤·š»āāļøš
What the hell am I going on about now? THE ANSWER We GOT AN ACCEPTED OFFER ON A HOUSE THIS WEEK! So Iāve talked about how Iām relentless/resilientā¦ something terrible happens and I just keep going and act like it was nothing. Just keep goingā¦ donāt let anyone get an edge on youā¦ stay uprightā¦ […]
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