Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
27,478 Words on My NaNovel So Far
12,933 Days Alive
I bought a pumpkin pie for Fen and I while I was at the store today. I had to pick up cat food and I figured a little holiday treat would not go amiss.
Continue reading “Of Pie and Perseverance”
23,580 Words on My NaNovel So Far
12,932 Days Alive
453 Day Streak on Duolingo
4 Hours of Sleep
I’m not as tired as I should be. I barely slept last night and when I did it was fraught with odd dreams.
Continue reading “Of Exhaustion and Excedrin”
21,768 Words on My NaNovel So Far
12,931 Days Alive
I went out today. Into the real world. I was trying to find a specific calendar I wanted through not-Amazon but failed because Barnes and Noble let me down.
Continue reading “Of Weariness and Wordcount”
19,541 Days Words in My NaNovel
12,930 Days Alive
So, I woke up this morning scared out of my wits because I thought someone was in my room. While it was still dark out, I woke up and could have sworn someone was standing in the middle of my room, looking for something. Scared a year off my days, for sure.
Continue reading “Of Echoes and Enchiladas”
17,054 Words on My NaNovel
12,929 Days Alive
3 Soft Taco Supremes for Dinner
1 Plate of Nachos Eaten
I’m cramping like hell today. I know I’m hydrated, so it’s likely my uterus throwing a fit. And the fact that I had to haul a giant tub of mail to the post office today. Either way, some stretching helped a bit.
Continue reading “Of Cramps and Craziness”
16,480 Words on my NaNovel
12,928 Days Alive
1 Holiday Muppet Movie Watched
I love The Muppet version of A Christmas Carol. It is one of my favorite holiday movies. Fen and I watched it this evening on Disney+. They cut one of the songs out and we aren’t quite sure why.
Continue reading “Of Muppets and Melancholy”
16,384 Words on my NaNovel
12,927 Days Alive
3 Breadsticks Eaten
2 Bowls of Pasta
1 Doctor’s Appointment
Well, I had my follow up with my psych doctor that prescribes my meds for me. No changes to my current prescriptions because I seem relatively stable.
Continue reading “Of Noodles and Naught”
15,487 Words on My NaNovel
12,926 Days Alive
I’m so tired still. I spent most of my down time after work reading instead of writing so I only added a few hundred words to my NaNovel today.
Continue reading “Of Reading and Relaxing”
15,087 Words on My NaNovel
12,925 Days Alive
2 Hours Spent Writing
1 Sleep Deprived Me
I’m in the middle of an anxiety-riddled, manic upswing. As of 9:30p.m EST tonight, I have been awake for thirty nine hours. And I’m not tired. Well, mentally I am exhausted but physically I feel like I could run a marathon.
Continue reading “Of Mania and Macaulay”
13,041 Words on my NaNovel
12,924 Days Alive
777 Days in a Row on PostmarkWonderland
I was not hardly as productive as I wished to be today, but still another thousand words closer to my goal.
Continue reading “Of Mania and Muddled Thoughts”
12,923 Days Alive
12,000+ Words on My NaNovel
444 Day Streak on Duolingo
5 Episodes of The Haunting of Bly Manor Watched
3 Jalapeños
2.5 Loads of Laundry Done
1 Visit with Sparrow and Blanket Gone Home
Boy, oh boy was today productive. I got some writing done, at least, but seemed to find everything but writing to do as well.
Continue reading “Of Crock Pots and Creepiness”
12,922 Days Alive
11,000+ Words on My NaNovel
443 Day Streak on Duolingo
2 Slices of Pizza
1 Tired Me
So, it was pizza and a movie night at our place. Frozen pepperoni pizza and the first disk of The Fellowship of the Ring. I forgot how much I love the LotR movies; it’s been a hot minute since I saw them last.
Continue reading “Of Goals and Groceries”
12,921 Days Alive
11,000 Words Written on My NaNovel
1 Amazing Heated Blanket
I have been up since six a.m. That means I’m going on sixteen hours awake and while that doesn’t seem like a lot, I’m run down.
Continue reading “Of Debris and Doubt”