Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,338 Days Alive
1 Shower Taken
My stomach is quite unhappy today. So is the rest of me, to be honest. My face hurts, my shoulder hurts where I landed on it yesterday, and my cramps are killing me.
Continue reading “Of Vomit and Video Games”
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.
14,336 Days Alive
1 Margarita Had with Dinner
1/2 a Double Bacon Burger Eaten
Had therapy this evening. My therapist recommended something sweet or alcoholic or both to loosen up after the rough week I’ve had. So I had a margarita with dinner.
Continue reading “Of Bacon and Booze”
14,331 Days Alive
3 Hours of Poker Research
1 Breadstick Eaten
I’m getting a tooth pulled tomorrow. It’ll be the first time in over a decade I’m getting a tooth pulled and I am, as the title implies, apprehensive as fuck.
Continue reading “Of Apprehension and Applesauce”
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”
14,323 Days Alive
3 Days into This Mental Funk
I am stuck in this endless negative feedback loop. In angry and I don’t quite know why.
Continue reading “Of Recovery and Rage”
14,310 Days Alive
7 Levels Advanced in Diablo IV
3 New to Me Books from Half Price Books
Oh my gods am I delightfully exhausted. I spent most of the morning reading with Spock in bed. And then chatting with Mac for a bit before I hopped in the shower around. On thirty before I needed to leave to meet up with Tina!
Continue reading “Of Queso and Quizzical Natures”
14,309 Days Alive
4 Rows Worked on Clara’s Blanket
1 Pumpkin Cake Not Made today
I really want to make pumpkin bread. I was going to make it this morning, but my body decided I needed more sleep than I did to bake pumpkin bread.
Continue reading “Of Kindness and Kitchen Witchery”
14,308 Days Alive
9 Minutes that My Therapist Was Late Today
2 Bowls of Zuppa Toscana Consumed
1 Lingering Headache
Heavy stuff herein. Frank discussion of sexual abuse, rape, and the mental trials of surviving both.
Had therapy today. Talked about a lot of the triggers I had flare up this week with my gynecological appointment.
Continue reading “Of Talk Therapy and Tiramisu”
14,296 Days Alive
$18.81 Under Grocery Budget
$5.99 Goblincore Coloring Book Purchased
2 Bottles of Clearly Canadian Purchased for the Nostalgia
1 Coloring Page Started
I bought myself a coloring book today while out with the Queerly Dearlies. $5.99 spent on myself, plus tax. But it made me bust out my colored pencils and a different coloring book.
Because I’m me.
Continue reading “Of Hacienda and Half Price Books”
14,289 Days Alive
12+ Hours of Sleep
5 Slices of Pork Loin Eaten
1 Restful Sunday
I slept the day away today. Just tired of pain and my cycle zapping what little energy I have most days.
Continue reading “Of Seasoning and Sleep”
14,282 Days Alive
1 Cracked Tooth
Spock had decided he is starving on the regular and has taken to, just in the last week or so, tipping the trash can and digging through it. Fucking brat cat.
Continue reading “Of Curry and Cats”
14,280 Days Alive
67 Minutes of Initial Therapy Session
1 New Therapist Successfully Met
I’m fried like an over-hard egg straight from the griddle.
Continue reading “Of chips and Coping Mechanisms”
