Tumbleweeds

Posted on May 14, 2008 by bipolarlawyercook| 13 Comments

An assort­ment of things in my head right now…

I am enjoy­ing the new/old chair with the fancy uphol­stered seat my friend L. re-cycled to me after get­ting a new din­ing set. It’s just the right height and depth for sit­ting at the table with my legs up on the chair across from me, while I blog and write away.

Tulips are the lol­lipops of the flower world. Either that, or ger­bera daisies. But tulips in Boston are bloom­ing, and the yards are full of lollipops.

Water, Emergen-C, Yogi Tea’s peach detox tea, sports drink. Pee, rinse, repeat.

Down­loaded the new NIN album, free online at their site. It’s awe­some– I lurve Trent Reznor.

The lady at the gro­cery store with the scream­ing, ear-infected infant who took time out of her busy day to cas­ti­gate me for my made-in-China chi­nese mary janes, dec­o­rated with cute neon but­tons by lit­tle old moi, didn’t like it when I asked her back, “do you under­stand the car­bon impact of bring­ing another human into the world?” I like kids, really, but when you’re tot­ing yours in a $1000 stroller? Holier-than-thou 0– sar­casm 1.

Had a won­der­ful mas­sage last night with lots of lymph drainage work. I am a snotty mess this morn­ing, but I feel worlds bet­ter on the with­drawal end of things. Almost like myself, just with a toxin-release-induced cold. I’ll take it. Why isn’t mas­sage pre­scribed for every bipo­lar in drug tox­i­c­ity with­drawal? It should be a stan­dard of care. I will ask my doc­tor Friday.

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13 Responses to Tumbleweeds

  1. thordora | May 14, 2008 at 11:40 am |

    Where do some peo­ple get off? Focus on your kid.…

    and yes, new NIN is AWESOME. I can’t wait to do some writ­ing to it!

  2. Janet | May 14, 2008 at 11:44 am |

    sheeeeeeesh! The nerve. Glad your mas­sage was good :-)

  3. Michelle | May 14, 2008 at 12:35 pm |

    1. I firmly believe that mas­sage and acupunc­ture can cure almost any­thing that a pill can…almost.

    2. I love the ques­tion you posed back to the cas­ti­gat­ing woman.….what was her reply?

  4. Maureen | May 14, 2008 at 12:37 pm |

    Yikes. I have 2 kids (but no oth­ers planned). I can’t imag­ine any­one cas­ti­gat­ing me for my shoes which are usu­ally Birken­stocks (more car­bon impact in trans­port from Ger­many to here). At one time, I would have antic­i­pated the odd “hip­pie” com­ment in rela­tion to my Birks but they’ve become too com­mon place now! I’m just a walk­ing car­bon Gen X hip­pie hippy consumer.

  5. CTJen | May 14, 2008 at 2:43 pm |

    nice come-back! What a .

  6. Mrs. G. | May 14, 2008 at 2:58 pm |

    My doc­tor has pre­scribed mas­sages. There have been days they have made me feel human again.

  7. magpie | May 14, 2008 at 6:01 pm |

    She had time to notice your shoes???

  8. Writer Reading | May 14, 2008 at 6:22 pm |

    I am a long­stand­ing organic gar­dener and ecof­reak. I can’t even imag­ine what could pos­si­bly be wrong with Chi­nese mary janes that I have been wear­ing on and off for decades. Please enlighten me. I mean, don’t all the Chi­nese in China wear them? And I’m intrigued by your sewing on but­tons. That sounds so cute. I’m also impressed you could whip up that come­back on short notice. Also that you could diag­nose an ear infec­tion from afar.

  9. Jenn @ Juggling Life | May 14, 2008 at 8:35 pm |

    I must have feet up to work on the com­puter. Where does that woman get off?! Mas­sages … I wish.

  10. cathy | May 14, 2008 at 11:51 pm |

    ouch. how did she digest that?

    tomor­row night I might be in for some judgement.

  11. Tricia | May 15, 2008 at 5:03 am |

    Just found my way here via Der­fwad Manor, where I enjoyed read­ing your inter­view. I have an adult stepchild with bipo­lar, and as a fam­ily we’ve strug­gled, cel­e­brated and strug­gled some more. I love that you are writ­ing so openly about the ill­ness, thank you.

  12. Dory | May 16, 2008 at 7:53 am |

    *Looks left and right to make sure no one’s listening*

    I’ve never had a massage.

    Shh­h­h­h­h­h­hhh.

  13. jess | May 19, 2008 at 10:18 am |

    we *are* sis­ters from anotha mutha! i am absolutely in LOVE with trent myself. LOVE HIM. NIN has been a steady favorite since PHM came out in oh…1989 or so?? has it really been that long???

    xoxo

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