Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,520 Days Alive
103.25% Grade in My Current Class
19 Minutes 53 Seconds of Lectures Logged Tonight
2ish Hours Spent in Costco
5 More Lectures to Watch
1 Lecture Done Today
Well, my grade in this class, so far, is awesome. I have 103.25%! I have to do five lectures between today and Wednesday to do my discussion board post for class.
Continue reading “Of Butterbeer Popcorn and Blown-Over Fences”
14,519 Days Alive
2 Hours of Massive, Destructive Thunderstorms
1 Hot Fudge Sundae Sitting in the Freezer
2/3rds of Chapter Two Read for Class
We didn’t lose power this afternoon when a massive storm cell/frontal system ripped through the state, but we were the lucky ones.
Continue reading “Of Hail and Hot Fudge”
14,518 Days Alive
98/100 on This Week’s Assignment
1 Week Since I Last Picked Up a Crochet Hook
I haven’t really crocheted at all this week. Most of my “free” time was dedicated to school work, sleep, or just existing in a pain/brain fog double punch due to a fibro flare. It kinda sucked.
Continue reading “Of Ennui and Expectations”
14,516 Days Alive
95% on Chapter 1’s Assessment
20/20 on Two Quizzes
6 Online Lectures Attended
1 Week of College All But in the Bag
Woof. I procrastinated for nearly twenty minutes getting out of the car once I got home from work today. Just, it was a lovely day, I was exhausted, and moving from the driver’s seat just felt like Too Much Work.
Continue reading “Of Passing and Procrastination”
14,515 Days Alive
45 Degrees is the High Tomorrow
3 Lectures Watched
1st Day of College Completed!
I am officially a college student! Woo hoo!
Continue reading “Of First Days and Frigid Weather”
14,514 Days Alive
331 Words Written Today
20 Hours, Give or Take, Till Orientation
1 Load of Laundry Done
Well, I was absolutely exhausted after being social and going to game night last night, even thought it got cut short because our poor DM was absolutely sleep deprived.
Continue reading “Of Wendy’s and Word Sprints”
14,509 Days Alive
13 Years Since I’ve Been Enrolled in College
5 Hours Fighting with the Computers at Work
2 FAFSA Applications Filled Out
1 Chicago Dog (Lacking Sport Peppers) Eaten,
I did it. I applied to be a student at Ultimate Medical Academy for their Medical Billing and Coding degree. I am “I had to take anti-anxiety meds to calm the fuck down” anxious about it. Why? Because of many reasons.
Continue reading “Of College and Chicago Dogs”
14,502 Days Alive
$20 Spent on Taco Bell for Dinner
3 Baja Blast Zero Sugars Bought
I wish I had a green thumb. I’d love to plant some pollinators in our yard to encourage bees and such. But alas, I work best with greens that are already plucked, aka herbs and spices while I’m cooking.
Continue reading “Of Zero Sugar Pop and Zinnias”
14,497 Days Alive
14 Weeks to Finish the Two-Tone Throw
2 Orders of Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes with Pico Eaten
1 Shopping Trip with Tina Tomorrow!
Our systems went down at work today for over two hours! So frustrating. Especially when we had more than three hours of servers being down earlier this week. Just not fun.
Continue reading “Of Yarn and Yakking”
14,495 Days Alive
1 Hour of Overtime Worked Today
Well. Today was a very long, busy day at work. Tomorrow is not likely to be better because my coworker is at our other site tomorrow so it will be just me.
Continue reading “Of Spam and Snowfall”
14,494 Days Alive
10/10 on the Discomfort Scale
7.5/ 10on the Pain Scale
1 Load of Laundry Done
Not much to say today. I’m having a really bad fibromyalgia flare up. The exhaustion is really bad AND I’m in so much pain. I can’t even crochet.
I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
14,488 Days Alive
2 Slices of Pizza Eaten
I got my oil changed today. Darja Juniper takes 4.5 quarts of synth blend 5W-20 oil. Got all my other fluids topped off. I’m driving to Ohio Friday after work to go see J and Charles.
That’s the update, friends. That’s all I’ve got.
Take your meds, folks.
14,484 Days Alive
$11,693 Owed on the New to Me Car
75 Minute Drive Home in the New to Me Car
2 Egg Rolls Had with Dinner
Well. It has been done. Contract signed, financing secured, down payment made: the blue Ford EcoSport is now mine! She’s a beaut and now I have to figure out her name.
Continue reading “Of Candy Blue and Chinese Food”
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