I just saw that Microsoft Office has just released Office 2016. I am still using Office 2010. It suits me just fine. I only use word. I hardly use the other applications though I will use Excel from time to time. I miss having to make worksheets like I used to in my job. I didn’t know anything about Excel until I started working for research. Now I am good at it. I can’t say I am a pro because I have forgotten a lot of the functions I used to know. I would have to use Excel for Dummies to remember how to make graphs and such. My niece tried to get me Office 2013 but it didn’t work because of the user limit. I don’t think I will get 2016 as I have some software that might not be compatible with it, like my bibliography program. I need to have use of my Endnote even though I don’t use it much anymore. I had to get the upgrade to it while I was on disability because it just wasn’t compatible with Win 8 when I got my new laptop. Course that was three years ago. I am sure a newer version is out but as long as the old version still works, I am sticking with it!
I had the same day as I did yesterday. I didn’t go out. I had therapy though. We talked about the psychosis that I experienced last week and voiced my concern that my psychiatrist thinks I should be in the hospital. I am still trying to get things under control by not getting stressed out and now that the NYT thing has slowed down, things are a bit calmer. I just wish I could write. I think I really need to get to Starbucks with a notepad tomorrow and just write something. I will be having dinner with friends tomorrow evening so I will be at the train station for a few hours. That will be time to have a coffee and write. I always get there early so I can get tickets early enough and find a place to sit. I usually just play on my phone but I will take my notepad and see what I can come up with.
All I had today was a coffee and a bacon and cheese sandwich. My stomach is killing me and I don’t know why. I am on stomach pills that are meant to prevent gastritis pains that I am experiencing. I just don’t get it. Maybe the orange juice didn’t help matters? I don’t think I will be eating anything else, least not for the next few hours. My mother is making hot dogs and potatoes. I don’t think I can handle anything else fried.
I talked to my friend that lives in Texas today. She is so goofy. She is a soon to be psychologist, once she finishes her dissertation. I thought it was done but I guess her advisor wanted changes. She is not happy that she missed graduation because of this. I don’t blame her. I would be mad too. She is a good friend of mine that I met when she came to Boston in 2008 for the annual AAS conference. It was the first time I presented a poster for the organization. It was such a great experience. I will never forget it. It truly made me see my calling in the suicide field. I feel bad that I never finished my degree because of my stupid illness. I had a melt down at the end of that year and never recovered. School is just too stressful when you are working full-time. I give credit to those that can do both. I wish I could go back but I just can’t afford it. Tuition is just ridiculous. Plus, I doubt my grades would want me back to school. I probably would have to go to another school and I had my heart set for UMB and still do. I just need to win the lottery.
I want to thank my readers! I reached 49,000 views on my blog today. I am a number nerd so I keep track of my stats daily. So thank you all for reading. I started this blog just as a way to publish my research articles and vent my feelings about being suicidal. I also use it to write about suicide research and my thoughts about it. It keeps me busy as I take a little time every day to write. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have this blog. Probably filling up more journals than I could count.
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