Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,021 Days Alive
3 Carne Asada Street Tacos Eaten
1 Happy I’m Home Spockers
So today was a paid holiday here in corporate America. I am grateful for the time I was allowed to spend with my family. But gods do people not know their own history.
Continue reading “Of Caprese and Cayenne”
14,020 Days Alive
1,000+ Points in the Family Rummy Notebook
1 Tired Me
I slept so strangely last night. Odd dreams and such that woke me up several times and were forgotten beyond how odd they were by morning.
Continue reading “Of Chicken and Children”
14,019 Days Alive
2 Chimichangas Eaten
1 Piña Colada Margarita Consumed
Well, best laid plans went a little awry today. The developer didn’t change Bubbles’ hair color as much as I hoped so well be redoing it tomorrow.
Continue reading “Of Rummy and Rain”
14,018 Days Alive
86 Miles Driven From Work to Mal’s
2 Slices of Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza Eaten
I’m over at Mal and Bubbles’ for the weekend and am about to tuck in with Mal for a tarot reading.
Continue reading “Of Traffic and Tarot”
14,017 Days Alive
7 Hours without Air Conditioning at Work
1 Hour Free
They sent us home early today, by an hour, because the power kept flickering and we were without air conditioning for the day due to a broken pipe in the building, or something like that. It was miserable.
Continue reading “Of Travel and Temperatures (Most Heinous)”
14,016 Days Alive
2 Days Till I see Mal and his Brood
1 Full Moon
When the moon rides at her peak, then your heart’s desire seek says the Wiccan Rede. This full moon, I hope for health for me and my loved ones, for safety for them, and a nice holiday weekend for me.
Continue reading “Of Moons and Meals”
It’s time for another recipe! First, the recipe. Then, me blathering onward about my occasionally questionable culinary capabilities and the memories this particular treat holds for me.
Read the recipe and more…
14,015 Days Alive
633 Days Straight on Duolingo
So I lost half a workday today to further system issues. It finally got back up around noon, just in time for me to go to lunch. Ugh. How vexing. I scored an hour of overtime this week, though, because I asked for it. So that’s cool.
Continue reading “Of Oz and (Even more) Outages”
14,014 Days Alive
632 Days Straight on Duolingo
1 Completely Down Day
So. Power outage at the main office today. I was supposed to work from home. But the system hasn’t come back up. I spent the day doing chores around the house.
Continue reading “Of Progress and Power Outages”
14,013 Days Alive
60 Minutes of Therapy
2 Homework Assignments
1 New Book to Read
I had therapy today and man was it hard. I keep getting triggered by a specific stressor and I don’t know how to go about removing it form my peripherals. It’s an exceedingly complicated situation.
I also need to work on my anger.
Continue reading “Of Anger and Actualization”
14,012 Days Alive
6,347 Steps Taken (2.1 Miles)
148 Points Earned in Lords of Waterdeep
Reffie and I had an amazing day! We started off with breakfast at Joshua’s Kitchen, a restaurant about half an hour away from Reffie’s place that DW owns.
Continue reading “Of Grits and Gardens”14,011 Days Alive
So, I’ve fallen in love with ginger beer and lime. It’s not an alcoholic beer, but it’s fabulous with a bit of lime juice. It’s sour and lovely.
Continue reading “Of Sour and Spa Night”
14,010 Days Alive
2 Days Without Good Sleep
3 Caffeine Pills Taken
1 Bag of Good N Plenty
Did you know that I have a love of black licorice? Not many people like black licorice, for some reason. But I do. I also like absinthe for the licorice like taste. And the sugar cube. Heh. Anyway! That non-sequitur brought to you be the idea of “chill pills”!
Continue reading “Of Goals and Good N Plenty”