Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
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”
14,141 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”
14,130 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.
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.
Does crocheting something super intricate count? Because I’m going to be making Sixel Designs’ All Skeleton Blanket for my dear friend Charles.
14,111 Days Alive
3 Bowls of Chicken Caesar Salad Made for Dinner
1 More Day Till the Weekend
Man, yesterday was wretched. I ended up sleeping almost eleven hours last night.
Continue reading “Of Caesar and Cackling”
14,106 Days Alive
38 Monster/Kitchen Sink Cookies Made
1 Beautiful Bouquet Received
I got flowers!!! A lovely bouquet of rainbow alstroemeria from my darling Mellon! That was honestly all I wanted for Valentine’s Day.
Continue reading “Of Baking and Bouquets”
14,100 Days Alive
2 Slices of Pizza for Dinner
Today was a nice, easy day. For which I’m grateful as I feel wretched physically.
Continue reading “Of Shouting and Sausage Pizza”
14,099 Days Alive
78 Rows into Bernadette’s Blanket
5 Chicken Tenders Eaten
We’re at Pathfinder tonight, as per usual. I’m utterly exhausted and basically propped up in a corner, crocheting and trying to keep my eyes open.
Continue reading “Of Chicken Tenders and Crochet”
14,096 Days Alive
6,733 Words Written So Far This Year
1 Newly Discovered Sibling!
I’m in a Mood tonight. Just don’t want to exist even though yesterday was an amazing day in which I found out I have another sibling!
Continue reading “Of Funk and Family”
14,094 Days Alive
1562 Days Straight on Duolingo
359 Words Written Today
2 Chapters Read of The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman, a Library Book
1 Stressful Day at Work
I wanted to go to the library after work today, but didn’t end up doing so. Maybe tomorrow.
Continue reading “Of Libraries and Lackluster”
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