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hedgehog

hedgehog's Journal
hedgehog's Journal
April 5, 2015

Tolerance? Who am I to tolerate you?

Acceptance? Who made me the doyen of what is "normal and what is "not normal" and gave me the right to "accept" what i classify as not normal?

We need a new word for this. How about "what the hell was I thinking"? It's long,but I think it captures the truth of the matter. Alternatively, "How could I be so stupid for so long?!?!"

April 5, 2015

What ever happened to carpel tunnel syndrome?

I had it years ago when I was a stay at home mom- it's real and very painful and was probably tied to my Sjogren's (though I didn't know that at the time.)

People blamed it then on computer key boards,

Profile Information

Gender: Female
Hometown: Oswego County, New York
Home country: USA
Current location: Lake Ontario Snow Belt
Member since: Fri Apr 23, 2004, 11:56 PM
Number of posts: 36,286

About hedgehog

I've been a female working a "man's job" (mechanical engineer), stay at home Mom (6 kids), working Mom (6 kids to put through college), unemployed, underemployed, temporarily employed and now working from home! We live on an old, small farm with 2 dogs and 2 cats in the house, variable number of chickens out in the yard.
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