Another one joins the flock (III)

[Mike85]

Snodderly:

Thanks for the migraine sympathy. I probably inherited the things from my mom, who at times had to do the "quiet, dark room" routine. Most of mine are acephalgic (no pain, just facial numbness and sparkly visuals), but lately, my allergies and migraines have been working together. My doc wants me to keep a "migraine diary." I may end up on Imitrex. I hear it works but that it also makes you lethargic.

My kids keep me PLENTY busy. This weekend, for example, my ten-year-old has his friend over, and they've been wreaking havoc and periodically tormenting my four-year-old. I wound up being the four-year-old's playmate. My butt is still recovering from sitting on the floor, doin' two hours of GameCube followed by cycles of NickToons DVDs. And geez, they all eat NONSTOP.

W believes that she now has the life she "deserves" - more money, new job, hobnobbing with fashionable folk, and only having to parent half time. I honestly don't miss her, seeing what she has become and what she now values. It was so freeing when I finally realized that I didn't *need* her. Thanks to time and therapy, I realized that I don't even feel hatred or anger for her ... just disappointment. I've also realized that I gave up a lot of who I was and things I liked to please her. Whomever I wind up with next will have to accept me for who I am. I'm not going to play roles or games out of desperation or loneliness.

The saddest thing for me right now ... is that my Giants got bounced from the NFL playoffs.

Thanks for the support and good wishes, snod...

Hope all is well with you.