Sonya Schryer Norris

VI. What’s the prize for running out on two roommates in two months?

I spent a week in the hospital. The lithium worked its magic and by the time I was released I was feeling quite a bit better, and also, as a result of the medication, thirsty all of the time. Lithium has never been a favorite of mine. The social workers at the hospital set meContinueContinue reading “VI. What’s the prize for running out on two roommates in two months?”

V. Third Times the Charm

So this was the deal: before the days of Google Maps and MapQuest, Snakelady had to get herself to an in-patient psychiatric unit in a town I’d never been to. As anyone who knows me can attest, I am not good with directions. Under duress it is a lost cause. I went to two goodContinueContinue reading “V. Third Times the Charm”

III. The Dean’s List and Hospitalization

I was feeling so profoundly dreadful that when the one thing I didn’t think could possibly happen, happened I was not only disheartened, it started eating away at my belief that my situation was temporary. It started destroying my hope. A few weeks after I started the Prozac, I began to feel profoundly worse. IContinueContinue reading “III. The Dean’s List and Hospitalization”

Flight

As the last person in the United States to learn what a “flight” of alcoholic beverages is I wanted to let you know that while we are still doing wine tastings with friends, we recently hosted a Scotch tasting with another couple at our home. It started at a library conference two years ago whenContinueContinue reading “Flight”

Seriously? You’re going to fire me over that?

Earlier, I blogged about working for Greenpeace in high school. There was one thing I didn’t mention because in that long-ago time of 2008 I was embarrassed by this. Recently, though, I’ve had a change of heart about this particular aspect of working for Greenpeace and as I have a captive audience in you IContinueContinue reading “Seriously? You’re going to fire me over that?”

Not! Fair!

We’ve been snowied into the house for the past two days due to the Polar Vortex but back at work today. After being cooped up for so long I opted to go out to lunch with two colleagues. The cold was tolerable and the snow heaps were truly magnificent. A few slippery spots. Some treeContinueContinue reading “Not! Fair!”

I’m just not that into it

Hubby and I recycle. We have a compost bin. And we have a raised bed garden. We don’t keep chickens or bees, we’re not that cool. Besides, I don’t really like live chickens. Don’t they peck? I often tell people there was a hitching post at the K-mart in the town where I grew upContinueContinue reading “I’m just not that into it”