I have been in marital counseling with my husband for at least six years.  I have never voiced certain things I think about him.  I will not even say them here in case he should stumble upon this.  However, I feel like somebody should say those things.  I just do not know wh...  read more

1) I am incredibly grateful that I got to spend an hour each talking with my dad and my brother.  Topics ranged from Dick Cheney to sociopaths to... wait, those two topics are synonomous. We talked about many other fascinating topics, as well.2) I am grateful that I recognized that my anger ...  read more

My three and a half month battle to force my employer to accommodate my attention deficit disability is all but over.  My doctor’s phone call with “Lester” was the last nail in the coffin.  The University requires medical documentation for any workplace accommodation r...  read more

Last night, my boyfriend called and I thought I was being stiff with him. I was still angry that he cancelled. And it was unfair to be angry when I hadn't told him how mad I was. I became real mad during my early morning insomnia...and it just made me soooooo pissed, hurt, sad. So I called him...  read more

The scope of my life has shrunk dramatically in the past month and a half. I can remember a time when I felt like a person who could do almost anything she wanted. With the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome and the difficulties I’m having a work, I have found myself contained in an increasing...  read more

I’ve been thinking that I might benefit from some anger management training.  I’ve had a lot to be angry about lately.  I did something last night that seemed to work, at least on a hike. I had been hiking for about a half an hour.  I couldn’t shake my anger. ...  read more

I became very angry on Friday morning at work. However, unlike Thursday’s Angry White Man, I did not take it out on anybody. I did not engage in road rage, I did not kick the dog when I got home, nor did I squabble with my husband. Instead, I left work a little bit early and sat in a caf&ea...  read more

Don’t you just love angry white men? Angry because they’re young, or feel entitled, or have been kicked around just a little too much? Guys who drive around in big SUVs, guys who have road rage. Today an angry white man gave me a little adrenaline rush. I was turning right from a ...  read more

One night, not long after New Years, we went to the River Rock Bar. Coralee was there. Peter had made comments before that confused me, about how he didn’t like her. I didn’t understand. She was funny and confident and beautiful and kind. Peter would say that she was a slut, which was ridicu...  read more

All my aunts were very good to me, but I had a favorite aunt, my dad’s oldest sister.  She was quite a character.  She smoked like a chimney, and was quite tall and heavyset.  I’ve heard many stories of her being quite the tough girl when she was in school.  She ha...  read more