Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,191 Days Alive
2,046 Days Posting in a Row
2 Naps Taken Today
1 Burrito Bowl Eaten
I am approximately halfway through the back panel of Grandma Gator’s Crocheted Cardigan. I got maybe six or seven rows done today.
Continue reading “Of Cardigans and Cinco De Mayo”
14,190 Days Alive
3 Colors of Peppers Eaten
2.5 Hour Nap Taken
1 Hit, 1 Pathfinder Character Dead
Oof. I am le tired. I got up early this morning to help my friends Tina and Beau set up for the tiny human’s fourth birthday party. And then attended said party.
Continue reading “Of Characters and Cupcakes”
14,179 Days Alive
I made soup tonight; it was really good. It’s storming out.
I’m gonna go do Duolingo and go to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
14,178 Days Alive
$19.98 for 3.75 Lbs of Grapes!!!
4 of 354 Squares Made on Mac’s Mega Blanket
3 Bowls of Ground Beef Bulgogi Served For Dinner
1 Mild Headache
Well. I’ve hit my one year anniversary at my job as of last week. I’m hoping my annual review comes with a raise, no matter how insufficient it may be in comparison to the cost of living.
Continue reading “Of Bitterness and Bulgogi”
14,157 Days Alive
It was rainy most of the day. Lovely weather.
Continue reading “Of Drawing and Dreary Weather”
14,155 Days Alive
38 Years Since Valerie’s Death
1 Slice of Checkerboard Cake Eaten
Warning: THIS IS NOT A HAPPY POST.
Discussion of death, mourning, and other heavy shit. Read at your own risk.
Continue reading “Of Memory and Mothers”
14,150 Days Alive
6,023 Steps Taken Today
2 Slices of Pizza Eaten
I made it through the day on a single bit of Mountain Dew Zero.
Continue reading “Of Exhaustion and Eggs”
14,141 Days Alive
140 Damage Done to a Bad Guy in Pathfinder 2e
37 Repeats Completed on Bernadette’s Blanket
1 Meal Eaten Today
I woke up around five am this morning and just doom scrolled on my phone for an hour and a half before falling back asleep.
Continue reading “Of Blankets and Bumbling”
14,138 Days Alive
31 Repeats into Reffie’s Mama’s Blanket
1 2lb Pork Loin in the Oven
I’m crocheting for the next half hour while the one and done step pork loin cooks for the first half our in our oven.
Continue reading “Of Pork and Pastimes”
14,136 Days Alive
3 Bowls of Nachos Made
1 Accidental Nap
I took today off in advance of my return from visiting J and Charles in Ohio because I knew I was going to be exhausted.
Continue reading “Of Van Gogh and Vacation Days”
14,130 Days Alive
$33.33 Spent on Dinner
6 Cups of Stock Used
2.05 Pounds of Stew Beef Cooked
1 New to Me Soup Recipe
So I used this recipe, sans barley, as the basis for dinner tonight. Mellon is sick and requested soup. So soup I made!
Continue reading “Of Beef and (No) Barley”
14,127 Days Alive
2 Accidental Naps Taken
1 Load of Laundry Done
Well, I’m feeling mostly better. But I did absolutely fall asleep in my knitting earlier today.
Continue reading “Of Rest and Recovery”
14,123 Days Alive
2 Pieces of Garlic Bread Eaten
1.5 Hours Spent Cooking, Masked Up
1 Massive Pot of Zuppa Toscana Made
I have bronchitis. It sucks. The antibiotics are tearing up my stomach, but I’m taking them with food.
I’m exhausted and it’s supposed to snow overnight so I have to get up early. I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
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