Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
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”
14,009 Days Alive
I’m struggling and I don’t know why. Today was super stressful and I got crap for sleep last night so I was grumpy all day. We got drive thru tacos and watched some silly telly.
I’m crawling into bed early. I’m done for the day.
Take your meds, folks.
14,008 Days Alive
I don’t know if it’s PMS or something, but I’ve been trying not to burst into tears all damn day.
Continue reading “Of Tears and Tea”
14,007 Days Alive
Well, I’ve got a migraine brewing. But I’ve taken excedrin at work and Imatrex once I got home. So hopefully that will keep it from kicking my entire ass.
Continue reading “Of Excedrin and Excitement”
14,006 Days Alive
Today was a good day. A day of family interaction, laughter, cake, and some damn good coffee made by my cousin Jared.
Continue reading “Of Cake and Cousins”
14,005 Days Alive
I’m barely awake so, suffice it to say I went out with DW to a local joint called origami sushi and it was delicious.
I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks!
14,004 Days Alive
2 Tacos Eaten
1 Long Day
I kinda wish I had work tomorrow so I could get more done, but despite my system crashing eight times in my ten hour day, I did get a lot accomplished.
Continue reading “Of Laughter and Lime Juice”
