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[muse @MoriartyMuse]

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[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@ericriveracooks Chicken nuggets stored in my cabinets?

[Minnesota United FC @MNUFC]

AAUGH!!

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@jeffrueter @TheAthleticSCCR State run television

[Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter]

NEW: #MLS sent memos to TV and radio broadcasters this weekend not to “belabor the point” when addressing the lockout between the Professional Soccer Referees Association and PRO, according to a memo obtained by @TheAthleticSCCR.

Details: https://t.co/9TZhbaFoVT

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@ericriveracooks In fairness, when you eat at Outback, you’re eating shit either way 🤷🏼‍♀️

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

We are now the Garbage Patch Kids. I fully plan to lean into this with shirts and hoodies #LGRW #garbagepatchkids

[Detroit Red Wings @DetroitRedWings]

Welcome to Hockeytown, Priority.

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@ericriveracooks Those lemon Girl Scout cookies are bomb.

[Braden Appelhans @AppelhansBraden]

Those of you who follow New Mexico basketball may have noticed I haven’t been playing or anyone who knows me may have noticed I have been so distant from everyone and there is a good reason for that. 

I have struggled with depression off and on since high school. I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety in 4th grade. I was put on medication to help with school and only took it during school (summers and weekends off) I was told my medication had a slight antidepressant in it. Since my depression wasn’t constant and would come and go my parents just helped me through it, thinking my medication would help.

Last spring, after taking a medical redshirt, trying to recover from surgery, and learning how to balance school with a tough travel schedule my depression showed up in a big, bad, scary way!  I went home after school got out, got into my doctor, and started on an antidepressant.  

I returned to UNM for summer and fall and killed it in practice.  Was earning playing time and showing signs of having a great season.  However, in late September I started spiraling into a dark place again. My coaches noticed a dramatic change.  I would call me several times a day to my mom in just a complete meltdown. I couldn’t make it through a practice without breaking down in tears.  I couldn’t function, stopped doing homework, lost interest in basketball, and was going down a dark path to the point where I was questioning if I should even be here.  My coaches called my mom and said she needed to come and be with me.  She was on a plane the next day and spent 4 days in Albuquerque.  I went to see the team doctor and learned my ADHD medication and depression medication were canceling each other out.  For about 6 months I wasn’t getting any medication.  I got on a new medication that worked with my ADHD meds and got in with the sports therapist.  Slowly but surely I started to feel like myself again.  Then the start of the semester came and anxiety attacks kicked in. They would hit me out of the blue.  They were almost crippling and exhausting.  So back to the doctor I went and decided it was time to stop the ADHD meds - too much stimulation.  Now I am about 2 months ADHD meds free.  Grades are still good and I feel like myself again. I still take an antidepressant every day but I am in such a better place!

Through all of this, I missed practices and games.  My coaches, teammates and everyone involved in Lobo basketball put me in a protective cocoon and took great care of me and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. My coaches decided to limit me to make sure I was mentally healthy.  I've handled it the best way possible and I understand their decision because I know what a dark scary place I was in.

You change from here.

I am so grateful that I reached out for help. I knew I could call my parents, coaches, and teammates at any time.  Most people (young kids and young adults especially) don’t have that. Most don’t dare to reach out and ask for help. I hope someone reading this will see that it can happen to anyone, even kids who are living out their dreams.  Everyone needs help at some point. 

So there it is. That is the big story and mystery as to why I haven’t been on the floor and why I have been so distant from everyone. I have accepted that I have an invisible injury that I am fixing and is well on the mend!   I will be back in a Lobo jersey next year! 

-BA1

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@ericriveracooks But hear me out… they are eating fruit 🤷🏼‍♀️

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@daniellabruce_ @DetroitRedWings I’d bring @chuening because two years ago I introduced him to #LGRW and he’s become a super fan in such a short time! He would love to get to see a game live!!

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@Jonathan_Cage10 Also understanding there is a HUGE middle eastern population in Detroit, many people aren’t happy with how the White House has handled the conflict. But they also know Trump isn’t going to make it better. Faced with one or the other, we have got to choose Biden.

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@ericriveracooks Idk, as someone who loves all of those, I’d be happy as hell to eat there.

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@BryanWeigel 💯 in support of the union. Sitting through the debacle that was Sunday should show most people why we want professionals who can earn a living officiating.

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@DavidGKern @fccincinnati You can complain when you actually design or contribute in ANY way to the process. Otherwise shut the fuck up.

[Die Innenstadt @DieInnenstadt]

We may not always agree with the refs, but labor #solidarity always. #AllForCincy #FairPayisFairPlay

[Auxilia One 🐀 @AuxiliaOne]

Wow this is great by @DieInnenstadt. 👏👏👏

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@STLCityFanVan $200 and nothing is even embroidered on.

[muse @MoriartyMuse]

@FanaticsSupport @STLCityFanVan Oh Cory. I feel sorry for you. We all know this is exactly the kind of garbage Fanatics produces. I’m sorry you have to lie to keep your job.