Getting over myself

[jadesfire]

Dear people who have friended this journal recently,

I'm normally chattier and cheerier than this, generally speaking. But I'm discovering that it's hard to combat depression with chocolate and will-power alone and this is making me even more morose than usual. On the plus side, there are people who've managed to put up with me for the nearly three years that I've been around here, so it is possible.

Speaking of which...


Dear people who've been around and stuck around for some reason,

Sorry for being such a miserable so and so lately. Stuff sucks but I've just had a couple of reminders of how good I have it and it's making me weepily grateful. You're awesome to me when I'm whiny and I love reading you every day. As I said earlier, I'm getting help and I hope to do better in future.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

In other news, my continuing ability to make electrical equipment go kablooey has struck again. The radio in the kitchen has started switching on even when it's turned off. We're having to turn it off at the wall because the intermittently glowing light and occasional strange voices coming out of it are freaking me out.

Coming up later: Eight Days of Awesome and the biggest little linkspam in the world.

Comments

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Sounds like your radio is suffering from power surges. It might help if you get one of those surge-protector extension cords and plugged it into that. We did the same with our plug-in doorbell - sometimes it would ring when no-one was there. Not only that, but it made the wrong noise, which had us suspecting that it was someone's mobile going off for ages.

As for the rest of it - don't worry. Livejournal is an excellent place to write down things that are getting you stressed, and I know it helps. Keep going, hon. We understand.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Would power surges apply if the radio itself is turned off? The button on the top is set to 'off', it just...turns on. I wondered if it could be a faulty button. So. Freaky.

Yeah, it helps me a lot - and writing it down like that here is a good reminder to me that I'm going to do better :)

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

I think they would . . . might be a combination of both. But I suspect power surges are the more immediate culprit. Depending on how your radio is wired, it could set up induction in the circuitry andthat would give it enough power to switch on . . . a bit like hot-wiring a car.

And you will do better. You're already doing a lot better, and you're doing something about it, which is even more heartening.