capturing my attention: the blog

You have reached my original blog. On August 23, 2008, "Capturing my Attention" was retired. Now I'm blogging over here at the more simply-titled blog. Other than a possible glitch in smoothly navigating from page to page during the week of this transition, hopefully you won't really notice any other changes. Anything written between January of 2005 and the "retirement" of this blog is still here, active, and very much a part of my body of rambling posts about the things that caught my attention on any given day. Wherever you readit, enjoy!
Wednesday
Aug202008

Not because it's the best business decision

Within two hours, I'll be surrounded by nine smiling ladies and one man. There will probably be one or two canes and a walker crowded in among the purses and feet. The chairs will be tricky to maneuver but everyone will be gracious as they move between the tables that fill the room. Thousands of beads will be spread out on those tables and I'll be just a little frantic as always, trying to make sure everybody has what they need at once.

It's a scene that's played out in my life at least once a month - sometimes more - over the past few years. Some of the faces will change. Occasionally I won't

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Tuesday
Aug192008

New Stuff

Yesterday I bought one of these. Now maybe my

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Sunday
Aug172008

Found perfect distraction from meds-induced turmoil

Yesterday, after my sister had a heart-to-heart with me over the phone, explaining that she thought the time had come for me to consider switching from the Vyvanse I've been taking this week, to another ADD med, I gave myself permission to acknowledge just how hard a week it's been. And how much I needed something immediate to distract me from the chemical-induced angst or sadness or anxiety or irritability or depression or Whatever It Is That Specific Prescription Brought To My Life Which Took Away My Particular Blend Of Optimistic Light. Since it was the person who

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