Category: Life

Dream, Down, Delightful Downpours, and Dear Friends

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12,303 Days Alive

6,619 Books to Read

14 Days Till My Psych Appointment

13 Weeks Since Daddy Died

12 Books Read So Far This Year

6 Days Since I’ve Touched a Book

1 Gifted Pizza

I need to get back into the swing of reading. I’m kind of completely lacking as of late. Just haven’t… even in the midst of mania can’t be bothered.

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Still Here on a Monday

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12,302 Days Alive

6,602 Books to Read

16 Days Till My Psych Appointment

9 Days Since I Last Slept Through the Night

3 Bars of Royalty Soap Bars That I Want (But can’t justify literally $30 for three bars of soap when I am this broke)

1 Living Room Vacuumed

1/2 Basket of Clothing Put Away

I am mentally and emotionally burned out. I keep going because I have goals set and I literally don’t know what else to do. But I feel like I’m on autopilot.

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So-Called Sunday

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12,301 Days Alive

My weekend isn’t over yet. I have tomorrow off. I’m… I don’t know if I will sleep tonight.

I will try.

I saw a raccoon this evening. Maybe he means that my problem solving skills or adaptability will come to use this week.

I’ll stay up a bit and crochet some more.

Mania, Movies, & Munchies,

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12,300 Days Alive

5 and a Half Hours Worked

2 Movies Watched

1 Bowl of Trail Mix Eaten

1/2 a Disappointing but Free Pumpernickel Bagel

I had work this morning and it kind of felt like the day was running atop a half melted records. Time seemed to lag and jump in spurts like someone had left a record to melt over a doily and then tried to play it, expecting Chopin and getting meaningless screams back.

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Flash Fiction February 2019 Overview!

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Not my photo. I just really like Violets.

Did you take part in #FlashFictionFebruary2019?

How did you do? How many stories were written? Did you get at least 7,840 words written for the month? More importantly: did you enjoy getting into the habit of writing daily?

Here’s how I did with #FlashFictionFebruary2019

Total stories that were written this month: 15!

Total words that were written this month: 8,990!

Total number of days of February I wrote: #15 of 28

Every little success, even the smallest, is still a goal met and an accomplishment to acknowledge!

Wonderfully Productive Wednesday

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12,297 Days Alive

6,587 Books to Read

10 Books Read and Reviewed So Far

5 Chairs and a Dining Room Table Procured

4 Shawls Planned Out

3 Roses Found

2 and a Half Hour Meeting

1 Hat Restarted

I finished another book today! One of the Craving For Cozies books I had planned to read as part of my 2019 Reading Challenge! And had a very, very long meeting at work. And with some outside assistance, we bought our kitchen table!

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200th Post!

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12,296 Days Alive

153 Days since Diagnosis of Bipolar 1

13 Major Life Events

I started this blog on Tuesday, 25th September 2018. It hasn’t been all that long. Well. Maybe it has? 153 days since my diagnosis. That is five months; that is twenty-two weeks as of today. It breaks down to 3670 some-odd hours, 220,350 minutes or so, or about 12,219,700 seconds. Again, give or take.

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