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I expect I read in dreams, because I’ve been reading when I’m awake for as long as I can remember. In fact, I can’t even remember learning to read, which explains why I found it hard to be a tutor. If you’ve never had to struggle to learn something, then you don’t have any tricks to pass along, and what’s worse is that you can’t figure out why your students (or your classmates when you’re in elementary school) aren’t picking up on something that came as easily to you as breathing. (This is what happens when your mom was a teacher, and she started teaching you how to read soon after she brought you home from the hospital.) My math abilities, on the other hand…
Effexor helped me a lot during some extremely unpleasant times, too. I just wish I’d at least gotten a heads-up about the likely difficulties in getting off it. Though, if I remember correctly, I was told that since I’d had depression pretty much since I was a kid, I’d probably have to be on Effexor for the rest of my life, so I guess any future withdrawal symptoms wouldn’t have been an issue.
Carb-cravings? I wonder if that’s why I’ve been snarfing down oranges so much lately. 6 big, juicy navel oranges a day! I’ve also found a not-so-healthy thing that satisfies the cravings: Jiffy Corn Muffins (as seen on Food Network’s “Unwrapped”)! The mix is made in Chelsea, Michigan, and if you can’t find the stuff in your local stores (i.e. outside the USA), all you have to do is phone the company and you can buy a case of 24 boxes (each of which makes 6 muffins) directly from them and have it shipped to your door—though for us Canadians, the shipping costs twice as much as the product. Quick & easy to make, and positively delicious to eat when they’re hot from the oven, with a little pat of butter melting into their tender, yellow yumminess. And of course, quite unhealthy. Good thing I usually reach for an orange instead.
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