It seems like the world is on Xanax or Atavan these days and a doctor friend was telling me that these are the WORST drugs because they are like cigarettes – one you have one, you need another one because you have withdrawals when it leaves your system and so you are always craving more. <\/p>\n
What I’m trying to figure out is why is everyone so depressed to begin with? A friend was telling me she spoke with her dad on Wednesday and he asked, “Are you going to any election parties tonight?” And she said, “The election was yesterday, dad.”<\/p>\n
Mom is in a black hole where her income does not equal her outcome and this is cause for despair. What to do? We’re headed over there with cans of Tecate, a check for two months rent, ads for part-time nursing jobs from Craig’s List but maybe dementia ain’t a bad place to be when getting old seems to be fraught with fear and loneliness, or is it? <\/p>\n
What makes you happy? I feel like Steve Martin when he was leaving his big house, I just need my slinky, this chair, and … I’m happy in the face of god knows what, but I just wish I had the happy pills or the magic wand to bring everyone I love into the glittery snow globe of joy with me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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