Jeff's Journal

Feeling a bit better today. Worst bout of depression in a long time That was incredible running into Ms Mok yesterday. What are the odds? Kathy told me six years ago she was 84 which would make her 90 now. She sure didn't look 90 Sign in to see full entry.

I've been having a rough couple days I'm going to bed Sign in to see full entry.

Going to visit with Melanie in a bit, she says she has some money for me. I see where Andrews and McMeel are taking freelance greeting cards again. That should help Saved 53 cents today. The guy at McDonalds couldn't change a $5 bill for a drink refill so he let me have it for free. I found an old... Sign in to see full entry.

Feeling kinda lousy today. I should start taking bets on how I'm going to feel each day I'm thinking of volunteering at NAMI(National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) I want to make sure it won't mess up my social security first. I've been wanting to call Cheryl but I haven't felt up to it. Maybe... Sign in to see full entry.

A bit shaky today. Almost went home to rest but I decided to tough it out. Had lunch with Mom today. She's got a new boyfriend she's crazy about. He's in Tennesee she's in Delaware. Could be a problem. Nice to see her so happy though. I think I'm going to do some more research on depression, see... Sign in to see full entry.

Dr Zhang lowered my Seroquel a bit so maybe I'll have a better chance of staying awake. Gonna go to the singles happy hour this evening, haven't been in a couple weeks. Still got a lot of greeting card ideas out there that I haven't heard about that. Based on sheer numbers I ought to sell a few but... Sign in to see full entry.

Feeling pretty good right now but that's after about ten hours of sleep and a nap in the afternoon. Going to see Dr Zhang in a bit, maybe she'll adjust my medication Going to try swimming this weekend, haven't done that in a long time. Haven't gone to any singles group activities in a couple of... Sign in to see full entry.

The phone call was pretty routine--pretty much just making sure the information the had was up to date. What was shocking and disturbing though is they said that only 21 percent of all cases are approved at appeal. So that means I'll probably have to go to the hearing stage--she said 91 percent of... Sign in to see full entry.

Still feeling kind of lousy but I've managed to hang out in the library for 4 hours so I guess that's something. I'll tell you, depression isn't boring. I don't know how I'm going to feel day to day and even hour to hour Appeals phone call from Allsup tomorrow maybe getting that out of the way will... Sign in to see full entry.

Feeling lousy today. Feel like I didn't get enough sleep but I got plenty of sleep. I think maybe it's the heat and maybe too much medicine. I see Dr Zhang on Thursday, maybe she can tinker with my medicine. Allsup supposed to call Wednesday to discuss my appeal. I'm sure I'll get it but the process... Sign in to see full entry.