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May. 27th, 2004 02:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danaerisBeing reconnected to the net has again upped my anxiety. Huh. I wonder what it is about the internet that makes me anxious. Well, about being connected to the outside world. I was using my browser for research earlier, but I didn't once open my mail program or peek at lj, and I didn't want to .
I finished the chapter I was working on; just need to proofread it before sending it off. Which means that I am now officially 2/3 done! I only have 8 chapters left, and they are all about neat stuff like relativity and quantum mechanics and particle physics. *bounce*
I made myself another tasty mac and cheese meal with sausage, corn, and broccoli mixed in, except I think it was too effective, because I overate. Some combination of that, the coke I've been drinking, and my anxiety have given me a stomach ache. Three tums later and lots of water, and its still aching. :(
I also regroomed my hair. Still have enormous amounts of oily dandruff, but not a single louse that I can see. Still paranoid. Not sure what to do about the dandruff either; some places I read refer to is as a dry problem that should be moisturized and others refer to it as an oily problem that needs to be rebalanced. Some say to shower daily, others say to not shower as often. The Tea Tree oil shampoo is supposedly an herbal dandruff shampoo, but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick, so I might just give that bottle of denorex another try.
I've been finding new methods that I think actually work for me with the writing contract. With this chapter, I went through the chapter with pen and paper and no laptop and wrote down all the things I thought I needed to know or might want to include in a question. I also made sure I understood them all. Then, the writing was easy. See, this process has three main parts. Reviewing the material until I understand it well enough to write about it. Choosing the topics to test and conceiving of how to test them, and then actually writing the questions. I haven't been breaking the project down like that until now and of course its seemed like this big huge deal. All of that IS a lot of work, but at the same time I WANT to review these things and have a firm grasp on them, and if I break it down like that it doesn't seem nearly as bad.
As for my little freak out earlier tonight, don't worry, all of you. It wasn't you.
Keep in mind, I've been working constantly for over a month. I just got a shot full of hormones yesterday, and I'm about to be switched to a different schedule of antidepressants because this one isn't working. I'm also more sexually deprived than I've been in about, oh, four years WHILE my hormones are going bonkers. On top of that, some good friends have finally decided to lean on me, and that makes me really happy and I DON'T want them to stop (really!), but I will occasionally (like tonight) need to escape and take time to myself.
So. I love you all. And now it is time for some sleep. G'night!
I finished the chapter I was working on; just need to proofread it before sending it off. Which means that I am now officially 2/3 done! I only have 8 chapters left, and they are all about neat stuff like relativity and quantum mechanics and particle physics. *bounce*
I made myself another tasty mac and cheese meal with sausage, corn, and broccoli mixed in, except I think it was too effective, because I overate. Some combination of that, the coke I've been drinking, and my anxiety have given me a stomach ache. Three tums later and lots of water, and its still aching. :(
I also regroomed my hair. Still have enormous amounts of oily dandruff, but not a single louse that I can see. Still paranoid. Not sure what to do about the dandruff either; some places I read refer to is as a dry problem that should be moisturized and others refer to it as an oily problem that needs to be rebalanced. Some say to shower daily, others say to not shower as often. The Tea Tree oil shampoo is supposedly an herbal dandruff shampoo, but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick, so I might just give that bottle of denorex another try.
I've been finding new methods that I think actually work for me with the writing contract. With this chapter, I went through the chapter with pen and paper and no laptop and wrote down all the things I thought I needed to know or might want to include in a question. I also made sure I understood them all. Then, the writing was easy. See, this process has three main parts. Reviewing the material until I understand it well enough to write about it. Choosing the topics to test and conceiving of how to test them, and then actually writing the questions. I haven't been breaking the project down like that until now and of course its seemed like this big huge deal. All of that IS a lot of work, but at the same time I WANT to review these things and have a firm grasp on them, and if I break it down like that it doesn't seem nearly as bad.
As for my little freak out earlier tonight, don't worry, all of you. It wasn't you.
Keep in mind, I've been working constantly for over a month. I just got a shot full of hormones yesterday, and I'm about to be switched to a different schedule of antidepressants because this one isn't working. I'm also more sexually deprived than I've been in about, oh, four years WHILE my hormones are going bonkers. On top of that, some good friends have finally decided to lean on me, and that makes me really happy and I DON'T want them to stop (really!), but I will occasionally (like tonight) need to escape and take time to myself.
So. I love you all. And now it is time for some sleep. G'night!
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Date: 2004-05-27 02:40 am (UTC)todaylast night. I'm dead tired d00d. Congrats on getting work done... I'm going to post and crash soon.no subject
Date: 2004-05-27 02:50 am (UTC)Or, as a friend I was tutoring recently said, "People are hard. Let's do math!"
Um. Or sleep. zzzzzzz (it's kind of like a variable, and it is way too late because I'm trying to make bad math jokes about zzzzz).
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Date: 2004-05-27 07:38 am (UTC)Taking time to yourself is more than acceptable... it is expected. If you don't, you won't be able to be there for those friends. I'm glad that you did! :)
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Date: 2004-05-27 09:18 am (UTC)Re: dandruff
Date: 2004-05-27 10:42 am (UTC)Personally, I'd suggest going and getting a decent set of shampoo and conditioner that would be appropriate for your hair under normal circumstances. Avoid the herbaly brands and go for something more chemically (ie an appropriate version of Panteen, or Paul Mitchells if you want to go for pricier stuff). And then just wash regularly for a couple of weeks and hopefully it will resolve itself. Additionally, I've seen it suggested that one avoid washing their hair every day, especially for folks with longer hair.
Alternately, I seem to recall that there's a LJ community devoted to the proper care of long hair, but I'm too lazy to search for it...
Re: dandruff
Date: 2004-05-27 12:57 pm (UTC)I've heard the "don't wash everyday" bit for longhairs from a few people and it really doesn't work for me, so it's definitely an individual thing.