Sticker shock

"So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess.

But that's only the beginning.

If you take your eyes off it for one second,

it will kill you."

-- Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk in Trouble

Self portrait 10-16-13

"The Ant"

The ant has made her self illustrious

By constant industry industrious.

So what? Would you be calm and placid

If you were full of formic acid?

-- Ogden Nash

There is a proverb that says "An elephant may be big, but it falls on its face more than an ant."

That may be so, but these ants fell on my face.

Not really.

They didn't fall from anywhere. I put them there. They're just stickers, silly.

Ding ding ding!

Bonus "October-faced" fun fact:  Myrmecophobia is the inexplicable fear of ants.

So today's face is me, disguised as a myrmecophobiac.

Add this cool new word to your vocabulary today by using it ten times in a sentence. People will think you're really smart.

Or a jackass.

Sticking to it

"Another behavior that responds well to a sticker chart is sleeping independently. 

If the child stays in his own bed all night he can earn a sticker in the morning."

--Amy Morin, 

"Sticker Charts: Motivate your Preschooler with a Reward System"

Self portrait 8-21-13

"Sometimes we take action, sometimes we take pills."

-- Fall Out Boy

"I don't need a life that's normal

That's way too far away

But something next to normal

would be okay

Yeah, something next to normal

That's the thing I'd like to try

Close enough to normal

To get by."

-- Alice Ripley, 

"Maybe/Next to Normal," Next to Normal

Hanging in there.

Doing what I have to do to get my F'd up sleep re-ordered.

Following the rules, mostly.

Taking the meds, daily.

Sleeping better, sometimes.

Keeping positive, for the most part.

Little victories, incremental progress, baby steps.