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July 16, 2001
Quick catchup entry, with Sims
Hello. No, I am not dead, though this semester is doing its best to kill me. I'm about halfway done, and I have one big project left to do. I am very pleased with myself, as I managed to build a webpage from scratch, with a minimum of swearing at the computer. Is it sad that my first thought, upon finishing the site, was "Man! That'll look good on my resume!"? I spent 16 hours last weekend on that project, and have been spending almost every night since on homework.
I tookm today off work, because I couldn't sleep last night. I went to bed tired, and lay there scritching the cat, and did not sleep. I kicked off the blankets, turned over, and didn't sleep. I dozed, had a nightmare, and woke up again. I tossed and turned and annoyed the cat, and finally fell asleep about a half hour before the alarm went off at 5:30. I tried to go to work, but after ten minutes of standing in the kitchen trying to remember how the coffee pot worked, I gave up, called in sick, and went back to bed. I slept until 11 or so, then got up and did more homework.
I went into Boston tonight for my last therapy appointment. I don't have the time or money to continue, and, really, I think it has served its purpose. I started going because I couldn't make the last horrid scenes with Barry stop circling around my head, and I felt so broken... and really, I don't know how I would have gotten through without it. The doc said lovely things about me -- said I am sweet and pleasant (heh) and that, should I need to talk, he's just a phone call away. I left lighthearted, and feeling strong. I feel like I acheived something, like I came through something that came frighteningly close to killing me, and I'm okay. I got through it. I feel I can handle just about anything now. And, given the fact that I've started my job search, I need that strength.
I have, in spite of all the homework, managed to find time to mess with my Sims in the past week. I downloaded a Russell Crowe Sim, and made he married the Mary Ellen Sim soon after. 
Shortly thereafter, there was an addition to the house when Russell and Mary Ellen had a baby. Whee! :
And, in a sad note, Patrick ended his online journal. I understand (and applaud) his reasons, but I'm sad to see him go just the same. He was, after all, the main inspiration for me starting my own journal. I am lucky enough to be able to see him often, but I'll miss his updates. I know that he's going to go on to write amazing things (he has proved that ability already) and I have an enormous amount of respect for him. Someday, when he's tremendously famous, I'll be bragging I knew him when...
Posted by Mary Ellen at July 16, 2001 10:06 PM