Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,463 Days Alive
4 Rows Left on the Current Crochet Project
1 Hour Spent with a Kitten in My Lap
I felt relatively well rested when I pulled myself out of bed around half past seven this morning. High pain day had me going back to sleep around nine till noon.
Continue reading “Of Kittens and Kerfuffles”
14,449 Days Alive
2 Retinas Called Pretty by the Eye Doctor
My eye doctor is a very strange woman. In our appointment, she told me how her first grandson, born a month ago, is named for Doc Holiday, told me I have a “cute freckle” in both eyes, complimented my “pretty retinas”, and congratulated me on getting me eye pressure lower.
It was a weird morning.
Continue reading “Of Dilation and Dungeon Crawls”
14,428 Days Alive
2 Layers of Apple Spice Cake Frosted
Mac’s cake was way, way too moist, to the point where it was barely able to be frosted. I’m talking zero structural integrity when I tried to frost it this afternoon.
Continue reading “Of Expectation and Enjoyment”
14,421 Days Alive
4 Days Till Christmas
1/2 Cup of Applesauce Used in Gingerbread Cake
Good Yule to you all!
Four days till Christmas and I’m celebrating Yule with my Pathfinder people. I made a gingerbread cake this morning and I like it well enough to eat a full slice but I don’t know if I’d make the same recipe the same way the second time around.
Continue reading “Of Cream Cheese Icing and Counting Down to Christmas”
14,407 Days Alive
1 Warm Snap Coming Tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll be meeting up with some local pagan peeps! I’m trying so hard to find my community here. I’ve joined Facebook groups and tried meet ups… it’s exhausting.
Continue reading “Of Warm Weather and Witchy Things”
14,400 Days Alive
1,860 Days Straight on Duolingo
25 Days Till Christmas
21 Days Till Yule
I am super fucking broke.
Like, slightly in the negative right now, until I get paid on Friday.
Continue reading “Of Thoughts and Thrifting”
14,393 Days Alive
217 Days Till My 40th Birthday
1 Bowl of Cookies & Cream Ice Cream
So. I’ll be forty this coming summer. I want a time traveller’s ball. Costumes and celebrating and a grocery store cake that says “Theo’s 40th Hatch Day!”
Continue reading “Of Celebration and Cookies & Cream”
14,386 Days Alive
36 Inches Crocheted Across
1 Caramel Churro Eaten
I need a hair trim so badly. I have an accidental mullet growing out with the rest of my hair. I can pull it back into a ponytail up top, but the back is just long enough to drive me bonkers.
Continue reading “Of Hair and Headaches”
14,379 Days Alive
1,840 Days in a Row on Duolingo
2 Half Trees Put Up
1 Bag Nearly Done!
I spent my morning with Tina and her tiny human, Connor. We invented a new game, got three Christmas trees set up, put together and tested the giant animatronic Grinch, and brought in a half dozen or so totes of ornaments in preparation for tomorrow’s decoration activities.
Continue reading “Of Grinches and Garlic”
14,365 Days Alive
292 Gold Pieces
12 Boneless Buffalo Wings Eaten
2 Scoops of Super Chocolate Cake and Vanilla Ice Cream
1 Negative Covid-19 Test
I got to go to Pathfinder this evening!! I’m so excited. I also got to snuggle Mac so I’m so damn happy. The touch deprivation was hell, even with a weighted blanket.
Continue reading “Of Chocolate Cake and Cackling”
14,344 Days Alive
3 Pieces of Calzone Eaten
1 Shower Taken
I hadn’t taken a shower in two days due to depression. But damn if I didn’t feel better afterwards.
Continue reading “Of Sausage Calzone and Showers”
14,337 Days Alive
I fell out of bed today. My shoulder hurts where I landed.
We’re still at Pathfinder and I’m dying just a little bit.
Take your meds, folks.
14,330 Days Alive
2 Accidental Naps This Morning
1 Churro Eaten
I’m trying so hard to stay awake during out Pathfinder game. I’m trying not to drink the other Monster we have (zero sugar) because I want to be functional tomorrow for the Autumnal Equinox.
Continue reading “Of Caramel Churros and Changing Seasons”
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