DYK- September Days Are Here

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DYK- September Days Are Here
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Thu, 09-01-2011 - 8:56am

Helen Hunt Jackson- September Poem

The goldenrod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown,
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down;

The gentian’s bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun;

The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook,
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook;

From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes’ sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies–

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer.

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:03pm
dpearl76 wrote:

DYK Wow Jennie...I'm certainly no expert but it sure sounds like Abi is doing a fantastic job of pushing your buttons for effect


dyk it certainly does sound like that huh?

dyk this has been the big question mark for YEARS with Abigail

dyk how much is she doing and how much is happening to her....

dyk and we've discovered that if we aren't controlling her, then she is controlling EVERYONE or volatilely trying to

dyk it's exhausting

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:06pm
dyk so I need to be a cat is what you're saying? lol

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:08pm
dyk hair cuts 4 everyone!

dyk I already need another hair cut

dyk my hair grew out pretty quick -- it always does!! ugh

dyk there is no way I can get in before we leave on our cruise, nor do I need the extra expense

dyk so I am going to make it work somehow

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:09pm
dyk it is more information than I can absorb -- I don't even know what to do with it all

dyk and we haven't even gotten into the WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT

dyk there has got to be a better way to handle these episodes

dyk as I read each day a little about bipolar disorder (Sean is II and Abi is I) specific episodes and situations from the past 5 years come to mind

dyk it's really..... overwhelming

dyk this is a harder "diagnosis" than autism even

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:11pm
dyk what we have got to learn how to do is to "handle" her in the moment to get her "flipped" (that's the term my psychologist friend used) so she can function, get to school, or church or whereever we are going and then

dyk *I* need to be also done with it

dyk if you were to ask her about her morning she would tell you that she was happy and she wore her pink wedding dress and that she saw ants in the bathroom and it would all be "recalled" as happy and euphoric and "fun"

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:21pm
dyk Ellie is wearing jeans today

dyk it's SO cute

dyk the ragweed attacked her on the way to ladies group but luckily my friend Steph (our leader/hostess) had 3 different kinds of meds and so we did a combo of benedryl and mucinex and she got much relief!

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:24pm
joy_ny wrote:
DYK I remember hearing about her now; you like her a lot, right?


dyk yes, I instantly liked my brother's girlfriend

dyk we met them in Portland for a weekend recently and the more time i spent with them, the more I liked her.

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:25pm
jenniemadsen wrote:
dyk oooh I bet an extremist IS taking your paper!!!!

dyk rent is due today - Sean was going to take the check by after work -- but he left so he doesn't have the check see how awesome it is to totally drop the ball and nconvenience other people b/c you only care about your own schedule and only what YOU need to get done?

dyk would that be an example of ego-centrism

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:26pm

dyk Ellie was very very ready for bed by the time we got home from ladies group

dyk very good chance I will have to lay her back down after we get Dek off the bus

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Thu, 09-22-2011 - 2:32pm
jenniemadsen wrote:
dyk so much easier knowing he has a quality partner.

dyk you shouldn't refer to his gf as a quality partner but rather a quality woman -- b/c partner... well it makes it sound as if he's gay


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