Transitus Tiber

Life as a Catholic wife and mother

Trying to get back into the swing of things

Friends, I’m still alive. My mom’s surgery went well, which is always a good thing. She feels a lot better, and should be going back to work on Monday. I’ve been kept busy with school and well, school. I need to restructure my time so that I can return to writing regularly. I know I [...]

Life, sometimes it’s overwhelming

Friends, My apologies for the lapse. I had two exams this week, which were rather intense. My neurologist also changed my meds up a bit, and I experienced a rather weird drug withdrawal period. It felt like I had drank eight pots of coffee — I shook horrifically, hand writing notes in class was a [...]

Changes

It’s going to be a busy week. Lots of things due – projects, papers, exams. Books to read, notes to write. In the midst of it all, my medication for my RLS has been changed. Side effects make me feel like I’m drunk, but those should pass away. My neurologist says that if the new [...]

Assistance from Maccabees

Friends, I have been thrown out of the tailspin that my life was in at the beginning of this week. I think what’s been the most helpful is getting some part of the Divine Office in my day, staying on the Bennie Wagon, and reading Maccabees. I read it aloud to my finace, which thus [...]

Catching up

Friends, It has been a little while since I last posted. A lot of schoolwork is burying me, as usual. But also, there has been a lot of thinking and contemplating and being more observant about what has been going on in my life. I’ve come to the conclusion that pretty much since December there [...]

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