Tales of a Boundary Ninja

Greetings Gentle Readers!
I have missed you all! So sorry for the worries over hurricane Sandy; thank you to everyone who wrote and was concerned. The only effect it had on our cruise was to delay us leaving port by several hours because the ship we were on was late getting into port because of the storm (by all accounts they had quite the harrowing time the night before. One waiter told us that if someone told us they weren’t scared, they were lying). Our first night at sea was a bit sloshy so to speak (I didn’t have anything to drink so I kept wondering why it was so hard to walk :)) but sleeping was wonderful because it felt like you were in a giant cradle. Our itinerary was changed a few times, but they did a brilliant job of avoiding bad weather. We had a wonderful cruise during which we did very little, which was lovely. Ironically, we were much more worried about our family, as my older daughter attends college in New York city. But both her college and dorm are much further uptown and she suffered only a very short power outage, and was thankfully otherwise safe and unaffected, unlike so many others. I have a number of friends and loved ones who were in the path of the storm and are only now getting power back and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone so hard hit by this disaster. Continue Reading

Greetings Gentle Readers,
I am still alive and on the planet. 🙂 I was working very long hours getting a beta release out the door, virtually up until the moment I left for a vacation with my very neglected dear husband (don’t feel too sorry for me as I am writing this pool side). My apologies to everyone who commented and have waited all this time for a reply, I do like to be slightly more timely than this but barely had time to bathe and eat. As important as I think it is to respond, which is very, NOT smelling was higher on my priority list. 🙂 I will be on vacation for another 10 days or so the last 8 of which I will be completely without internet access so I just wanted everyone to be aware that if you email or post a comment during that time, I will neither receive, read or be able to reply. When I return, life should be back to a much more normal schedule and I hope to return to more regular posting. In the meantime, I hope everyone takes good care and I look forward to returning rested, and refreshed.

The very funny and talented WG has graciously allowed me to guest blog. If you’re not familiar with the hilarity which is Therapy Tales, you’re in for a treat!

Greetings  Gentle Readers,

You might (stress on might :)) have noticed a few changes around the place. I have recently stepped down from moderating the psychcafe forum.  It was a difficult decision, and honestly, a difficult leave-taking, but I have been stretched very thin between my family, friends, job, the forum, the blog, therapy and my volunteer work (in no particular order). In addition to being stretched thin, I found myself wanting to pursue some new projects, as well as wanting to focus more time and attention here. The timing just seemed right.

So to mark this passage for myself, I decided to upgrade my blog and purchase my own domain (*stops to gaze and enjoy command of all she surveys *); the keenly observant may notice that the URL for the blog is now http://www.boundaryninjatales.com, although the old URL will still get you here. The contact email has also been changed to ag@boundaryninjatales.com (there’s a link in the sidebar to the right.)

Part of the upgrade included the ability to further customize the appearance of the blog, so I’ve also made some font changes. Please feel free to comment, against or in favor 🙂 of the changes. Wanted to make sure it felt homey, since I’m going to be here for a while. 🙂

Greeting Dear Readers,

Just wanted to let you know that things might be quiet for a short while, as there is a lot going on in my life right now. She’s recovering nicely but my younger daughter ended up in the emergency room last Wednesday night, was admitted to the hospital on Thursday and then had her gall bladder removed on Friday. She came home on Saturday and is recovering nicely, but still requires some care.  The couple of weeks leading up to that, we had one car die and then had car trouble with our “new” car. It’s also quickly approaching the time we need to take both girls back to school (and my younger daughter’s operation has rendered her incapable of lifting anything over 5 lbs for five to six weeks, so Dad and I are doing all those three-story trips to her dorm room while she supervises. Color me suspicious. :))  As if that wasn’t enough, I have a few other major changes in the works in the background. And don’t get me going about my work schedule. All of which is not leaving a lot of extra time right now. My apologies to people who have commented and have not yet received a reply, I will do so when  I have the time. Thanks and take good care of yourselves.

I just wanted to share some good news that I’m very excited about. (Although I can feel like a small, excited child – probably because I’m acting like one 🙂 – BN got an email. :)) I volunteer as a Telephone Worker (TW) on a Crisis line here in Syracuse, the Contact Hotline. I will have been a volunteer for two years this June. I have really enjoyed volunteering on the line and have found it to be both very challenging and incredibly fulfilling. I was very excited when I got an email from the director today, asking me to become a peer trainer in the next training cycle. Continue Reading

This was TOO good (and too groan inducing!) not to share. 🙂 Enjoy!