Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
12,988 Days Alive
1,835 Words on ‘Prosperity in Pizza’ Short Story
50 Emails Handled Today at Work
I am officially writing again! I’m also really fighting what I think is the downturn of this most recent manic moment.
Continue reading “Of Work and Writing”
12,987 Days Alive
It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the US. And two days to the presidential inauguration. It feels like we’re just holding our collective breath, waiting for the other metaphoric shoe, or another goddamned homegrown terrorist attack, to drop.
It’s an exhausting and stressful situation.
Continue reading “Of Burgers and Building”
12,986 Days Alive
508 Day Streak on Duolingo
2 Tacos Eaten
1 Don Bluth Film Watched
So, we watched the absolutely ridiculous film, Jupiter Rising, this evening; Fen, their girlfriend Kimmy, and I.
And then, to recover some brain power afterwards, we turned to an old classic, circa 1994, that Fen and I hadn’t seen in a while and that Kimmy had never seen.
It was tacos for dinner tonight. Low spoons means low effort meal. They put on the MST3K of Outlaw on after that, so I retired to my room. I’ve no desire to see anything based on The Books of Gor. Reading them was more than enough.
I just read a short story that was a little Purge-like called Little Monsters: A Halloween Story. It’s got an odd, emotionally detached narrator but it was engaging. Wouldn’t read it again, but it was enjoyable.
I’m going to meditate and then crash for the night.
Take your meds, folks.
12,984 Days Alive
So, Fen bought us Korean BBQ for dinner tonight. I tried kimchi. I wasn’t a fan. But I loved the bulgogi beef they had.
Continue reading “Of Bulgogi and Books”
12,983 Days Alive
64 Books to Read (52+12)
3 Episodes of River Monsters Watched
2 Reading Challenges
1 Double Dose of Caffeine Pills
I often make the joke that I am more “ish” than I am Jewish. It’s literally true, at least according to Ancestry.com’s results.
Anyway, how does that relate to a reading challenge? I’ll explain: one of my goals for 2021 is to read fifty two books this year. That breaks down to one a week…ish. I have a tendency to read in fits. So, it’s the -ish Challenge. A book a week-ish.
Continue reading “The -ish and Analog Reading Challenges : 2021”
12,982 Days Alive
2 Plates of Nachos
1 Finished Book
There’s always something a little jarring about finishing reading a book. Detaching one’s self from the fictional world and stepping back into the “real” world.
Continue reading “Of Mermaids and Melancholy”
12,973 Days Alive
4 Belated Yule Gifts from DW
2 Pancakes Eaten
1 Doctor Appointment and Panic Attack
1/2 Order of Nachos
Today has been A Day for me. I had a panic attack today. As well as I had my doctor’s appointment with Peter this morning; so I am absolutely fried.
Continue reading “Of Nachos and Necessities”
12,944 Days Alive
1 Barbie Dream House Re-Homed
So, when Fen and I first moved into the apartment, I needed a new bed frame. I ordered one from Amazon and waited for delivery. But, then, I got two packages instead of one!
Continue reading “Of Laughter and Lackadaisical”
31,000 Words on My NaNovel
12,937 Days Alive
12 Mini Pierogies
3 Loads of Laundry Done
I’m sleep deprived. And took my sleeping medication that didn’t work last night. So I’m fighting to stay awake long enough to knock this out.
I’m still behind in NaNoWriMo, but I haven’t given up yet. I’ve got my therapy appointment with Mx. Steph tomorrow at eleven, so I’m going to spend most of my day writing if I can.
I’m goi to go appease the Duolingo owl and go to bed.
Take your meds folks.
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”
15,087 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”
12,918 Days Alive
10,232 Words In My NaNovel So Far
7 of 14 Lace Panels Done on Baby Bubble’s Blanket
1 Jury Summons
Now that Sparrow’s Seaside Blanket is finally done, I can work on the backlog of other projects I have. There isn’t that many, currently.
Continue reading “Of Crocheting and Civic Duty”
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