Changes and looking forward.

So, this week has been very interesting.

First - an update on Mali. Her chem panel came back 100% perfect, but she is on medications until Wednesday when she has an ultrasound. Unfortunately on Tuesday she quit eating and nothing was working; but I noticed when I made some turkey sammiches, she tried to steal the turkey. So, the vet said to get some low-sodium shaved turkey and try that on her. Well, not only does she eat the stuff, she's passionate and nearly aggressive about it. I feed her small bits at a time and she tries to dig the turkey out of my hand and meows when I don't give in right away. Hopefully this will keep up. Imagine - cold cuts for cats. Whatever it takes, right?

Second - today completed my first week with EllisLab. It has been a busy and exciting week. I find my work for EllisLab much more motivating and exciting than I ever felt with my classwork. I am not really sure why that is, perhaps that there are real results, and a real purpose.

Post-graduation... for the last 3 years I have simply thought that I was extremely depressed and that was something that I needed to deal with. Therapy and drugs never helped with this and I stopped even trying. Within seconds of finding out that I had passed my classes and was graduating my energy levels soared and my mood just improved hugely - even my neighbors noticed it, I have socialized more with them in the last few weeks than I had in the last 3 years prior. I spent quite a bit of time chatting with Growl and came to the realization that depression wasn't necessarily because of me, but largely because of my environment. I hated being a student - as much as I tried to enjoy my time at Smith, it just wasn't the kind of environment that I excel in. I do not regret attending but it was really revitalizing to realize that so much of my pain had been from the environment rather than from some internal conflict.

But those days are now past. I am once again upbeat, friendly, happy. I wake up in the morning happy to get out of bed and not wishing to sleep late into the afternoon. I look forward to my days, to going out, to living.

Things here are really looking up. I have a truly wonderful job, I have energy and excitement about living and seeing what the future brings.

Life is good.

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*grins* animals are so odd.  Right now cold cuts are all she’ll eat - but she’ll eat as much as I give her.  Vet thinks she may have some inflammation in her stomach so she gets a little bit of chicken or turkey every hour so she can keep it down.  It’s exhausting but worth it. =)

If you need anything, just shout, eh?  I need to add your feed to my RSS so I can stay updated. =)  With work etc I’m just not good at doing the rounds these days. :(