Madness, Insanity & The World Wide Web

[Nicolette]

@FridayJones - should be fine, just PM me for dates.

 

[anthony]

There may be another who also wants to catch-up, so yer... not an issue. I may be drunk the entire time, or atleast a little wobbly... vegas and all, but all is good. Oh... I have to be sober a couple of days in there for some driving trips we're doing out to attractions.

 

[anthony]

Dental surgery sucks, just putting that out there. Got my implant screw inserted today (think they call it a post)... with a huge cut in the gum so they could also apply some grafting material into the hole in the bone. The anaesthetic is just starting to wear off... and the pain killers have not yet kicked in. Movie day on the lounge for me.

 

[anthony]

Man... the left side of my face is like a balloon right now. Because he had to make a big cut into my gums to lift the flap to fill with synthetic grafting, so I have huge swelling. Argh... the good thing is I get to drink lots of chocolate milk, being a liquid diet at present.

 

[anthony]

Don't like it when I can't get out and about, walking my pups. Mia is now old enough that I can transition to a morning and afternoon walk... so 10+ km per day for all of us = happy fit times. I'm starting to get quite a pile of current studies, either have read through, partial read or on the list to be read. Argh... don't start me on books. I still try a new book every now and then, and to be honest, I'm still a little dumbfounded at myself as to why I do it. The PTSD Handbook every 5 years when released, sums up all the current status and important work in-between.

Think I will take up fiction books again... atleast they're interesting and amuse me. I swear if I didn't experience having two dogs, I would say you're lying to me if you told me how much time in a day they consume. Like WOW... hours a day walking, playing, cleaning up after them. By the time I'm just done, I start getting into some reading and work, then bam... back to dogs. They bring so much relaxation to me... just amazing and so cute.

 

[The Albatross]

Sorry dude, but I had to laugh a little when I saw your selfie at the grocery store. I imagine I look like that as well.

Hope the swelling is improving and that the graft takes and it heals properly... sounds like some heavy duty dental work.

 

[anthony]

Well... its been creeping up on me for a couple of weeks now... the old PTSD bug. ANZAC day is here on Monday, and today PTSD is trying to overwhelm me. Been sleeping more lately to try and deal with what I know was coming, being an "in your face" reminder of war and veterans participation within conflicts. Just trying to stay active and distracted as much as possible. Yesterday I did little to nothing, just rested and focused on keeping myself together. Otherwise, been taking the dogs for long walks each day (6 - 10km), spending an hour in the gym, going back and forth to shops and pretty much anything physical to keep my brain occupied.

It feels more like a wave of everything trying to pound me into the ground versus just any individual symptom. No nightmares or such, I dealt with my trauma... just the residual affects that I tend to call PTSD itself. It hovers around and you never know for sure when it will break through all the walls in place. It keeps chipping away at them, and sometimes I can't build them fast enough to keep it contained.

Well... of to cleaning now. Walked the dogs, been to the shops, now cleaning day, so I best get to it. Just wanted to get that shit out of my head, as it was starting to annoy me. Onwards and upwards.

 

[anthony]

Nothing quite like a few beers whilst cleaning house... makes for a little slower cleaning, but much fun to be had when combined. :eek::dead::smug::roflmao::arghh;:bag::wtf::shifty::coffee:

 

[anthony]

Upgrading mac hdd's from SSD to larger SSD... so if I am on the news for either jumping from a tall building, OR throwing a computer from a tall building, you know why.

 

[anthony]

Hmmmm... well that went swimmingly a little too well. Proceeding with caution...

 

[anthony]

Sometimes I feel my head will explode with all the reading and writing I have assigned for my head to accomplish. Argh! I'm sure it wants to slap me silly at times for keeping it occupied.

 

[anthony]

Damn Windows is frustrating to deal with after having used Mac for so long... Argh....