Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,272 Days Alive
2 Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Eaten
I did not feel like cooking this evening. Not proper cooking at least, with meat and veggies and a side. So I made a half dozen grilled cheese sandwiches for Dustin, Mac, and I.
Continue reading “Of Gremlins and Grilled Cheese”
14,265 Days Alive
1 Failed Interview
I am utterly exhausted.
Continue reading “Of Friends and Frumpiness”
14,262 Days Alive
I am stupidly depressed right now. I’ve no idea why, but literally I feel like I’m too depressed to function properly. I don’t want to eat. I’m forcing myself to hydrate.
Continue reading “Of Oreos and Organization”
14,261 Days Alive
4 Mint Oreos Eaten
I am not doing great. We went grocery shopping today and I just… got slammed with a wave of grief.
Continue reading “Of Groceries and Grief”
14,245 Days Alive
3 Slices of Pizza Eaten
2 Birthday Buddies
1 Blizzard Eaten
It’s my thirty-ninth birthday today.
Continue reading “Of Barnaby’s and Birthday Buddies”
14,242 Days Alive
4 Rounds Completed on the Round Ripple
3 Days Till My 39th Birthday
2 Insulin Shots Given to Spock
1 Very Greasy Burger Eaten
I’m emotionally exhausted this evening.
Continue reading “Of Grease and Gratitude”
14,241 Days Alive
$260 Spent on Spock’s Vet Visit
1 Crying Jag
Today is the one year anniversary of my mother’s passing. I’m… having complex feelings about it but it isn’t my only woe today.
Continue reading “Of Mourning and Money”
14,228 Days Alive
2 Sleeves Completed
1 Giant Pot of Chicken Curry Made for Dinner
Oh man, am I stuff and wrung out.
Continue reading “Of Chicken Curry and Crocheted Cardigans”
14,223 Days Alive
3 Slices of Pizza Eaten
1 Book Started and Finished Today
I am feeling… quite terrible. I don’t know why. So I turned to an old comfort mechanism: reading.
Continue reading “Of Pages and Pizza”
14,222 Days Alive
10 Rows Frogged on the Second Sleeve of Grandma’s Cardigan
3 Cluster Headache Attacks in the Last 48 Hours
1 Combo #23 Bourbon Chicken with Pork Fried Rice for Dinner
Okay. First thing’s first: I am still in pain. I’m still dealing with echoes of the migraine from Monday night/Tuesday morning.
Continue reading “Of Bourbon Chicken and Bumps”List three books that have had an impact on you. Why?
1. Alice in Wonderland, because it was the first book I learned to read and the first book I remember being read to me.
2. The Clan of the Cave Bear series: I’ve read it dozens of times.
3. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I read it every December because I remember my Daddy reading it aloud as a little one.
14,219 Days Alive
3.5 Hours Spent Shopping
25% into A Court of Thorns and Roses
1 Sleeve Finished in Grandma’s Crocheted Cardigan
So. One of the it books of the year is A Court of Thorns and Roses. This book is a bit of a slow going for me. And the main character is very… annoying.
Continue reading “Of Groceries and Groans”
14,215 Days Alive
16 Rows Done on Sleeve #1 For Grandma’s Crocheted Cardigan
I’m exhausted so this will be short. I came home, made dinner, watched some trash television in the form of a home renovation show, and worked on Grandma Gator’s crocheted cardigan.
That’s the news.
Take your meds, folks.
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