Returning home from school this summer I was instantly greeted by the familiar broken landscape of Maine. I had just managed to figure out my first summer job (later I picked up another,) and had a few weeks to rest after a somewhat stressful spring semester.
One of the things I have been dealing with the most recently, and will have to continue to deal with, is my stomach. It's been somewhat of an obsession, but constant mild pain in my stomach is really hard to divert my attention from. After trying out a series of different drugs for my stomach I have settled on one, but I also have to manage my stress to feel relatively normal. It has been a big part of my life for the last 8 months or so, and it finally seems to be getting out of the way of daily function --kind of. Without talking about it too much, my stomach is definitely bad partially to blame from being sick in Asia so much, and partially it's where my body decides to direct stress, it has been an interesting way of getting in touch with myself.
But back to summer, I unpacked:
One of the things I have been dealing with the most recently, and will have to continue to deal with, is my stomach. It's been somewhat of an obsession, but constant mild pain in my stomach is really hard to divert my attention from. After trying out a series of different drugs for my stomach I have settled on one, but I also have to manage my stress to feel relatively normal. It has been a big part of my life for the last 8 months or so, and it finally seems to be getting out of the way of daily function --kind of. Without talking about it too much, my stomach is definitely bad partially to blame from being sick in Asia so much, and partially it's where my body decides to direct stress, it has been an interesting way of getting in touch with myself.
But back to summer, I unpacked:
It's good to be back.
I think I'm recovering.
Seeing, pace of life.
