04 June 2007

homes

I miss writing in this blog. There are so many things I need to talk about. First of all, this new medication continues to change my life. I can’t believe what a drastic change it has made in the way I see the world. It is not without side effects, though. The major side effect is restlessness or jitteriness. I can’t get to sleep at night. When I first started taking this stuff I couldn’t stay awake, but now it keeps me up at night as if I’ve had a couple of huge cups of coffee. But the tricky part is that I need at least 7 – 8 hours of sleep or else I’m a complete zombie in the morning. It goes away by noon usually, but the first four hours of work are a wash when I don’t get enough sleep. I can’t afford to keep doing that any longer.

There is a drug that I took while I was on another medication like this and I have found articles that say that it helps with the jitteriness on this med too. I need to ask my doctor about that, I guess. I see him when I get back from Disney World, so I’ll ask about it then. In the meantime, I’ll be fine.

Speaking of in the meantime, I’m looking at neighborhoods and thinking about buying a house. I can get a house for around $150,000 close to downtown. It’s not the area where I currently live, but I can’t get anything for under $275k in my neighborhood. And that’s a one bedroom house, and I would really prefer a three bedroom so I can have a guest bedroom and an office or something.

Updated: Things like pipes bursting in houses is really pretty scary. Am I sure i want to be a home owner?