My nickname should be Whatif

I can’t help it, it’s what I do.  New plans, procedures, ideas packaged and presented to me, “Mount, this is how we’re going to handle this situation in the future.”  I look at it and within a few seconds respond, “What if . . .” Sometimes it’s welcomed for troubleshooting at work and finding serious [...]

Fire bad, tree pretty*

The past 3 weeks have been a roller coaster ride, me flying high on relief only to plummet into the depths of anxiety.  Most of my waking time is spent going through my decades worth of crap I’ve had stored at my parents’ forever, sorting for garage sale, charity, toss and recycle. The remaining time [...]

Gonna be some changes made

One of the funnest things about having an anxiety disorder is that it sneaks up on you.  It’s always there, lurking beneath the surface- hibernating until triggered to fight or flight. You’re fine, dealing with stressful people, things, situations.  But then when you least expect it you’re completely overwhelmed and you transform into this freak [...]

A perfect sister I am not, but thankful for the one I’ve got

My sister and I are similar in a lot of ways. We share the same sense of humor- laughing to the point of tears over a game of Apples to Apples while everyone else looks at each other wondering what’s so funny. We’re both intelligent- not geniuses but generally good at a lot of [...]

They call me Auntie…

Over the weekend, I was slapped with the title of aunt. I can’t say it was sudden, because it took 9 months to gestate and then 45 hours of labor only to end up in a c-section anyway. After it was all said and done the doctor told my sister she can’t have vaginal [...]