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”
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”
16,384 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”
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”
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”
12,916 Days Alive
7,421 Words on my NaNovel
437 Day Streak on Duolingo
1 New President-Elect!
Trump lost the presidential race but still refuses to concede defeat. I’m elated that Biden won, but I am terrified for the harm the Orange Menace could inflict in the next eleven weeks.
Continue reading “Of Hope and Headaches”
12,914 Days Alive
1 Cup of Tea Enjoyed
I’m exhausted by all the ugliness in the world right now. Biden still hasn’t formally son, Trump hasn’t formally lost and there are idiots in droves.
Continue reading “Of Tea and Tiredness”
12,913 Days Alive
3,440 Words Written for NaNoWriMo
3 Tacos Eaten
1 Tired Me
I am exhausted, mentally and physically. There are still no clear results in the presidential election. Im still terrified that horrid man is going to win a second term.
Continue reading “Of Tacos and Tiredness”