Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,241 Days Alive
$260 Spent on Spock’s Vet Visit
1 Crying Jag
Today is the one year anniversary of my mother’s passing. I’m… having complex feelings about it but it isn’t my only woe today.
Continue reading “Of Mourning and Money”
14,228 Days Alive
2 Sleeves Completed
1 Giant Pot of Chicken Curry Made for Dinner
Oh man, am I stuff and wrung out.
Continue reading “Of Chicken Curry and Crocheted Cardigans”
14,223 Days Alive
3 Slices of Pizza Eaten
1 Book Started and Finished Today
I am feeling… quite terrible. I don’t know why. So I turned to an old comfort mechanism: reading.
Continue reading “Of Pages and Pizza”
14,215 Days Alive
16 Rows Done on Sleeve #1 For Grandma’s Crocheted Cardigan
I’m exhausted so this will be short. I came home, made dinner, watched some trash television in the form of a home renovation show, and worked on Grandma Gator’s crocheted cardigan.
That’s the news.
Take your meds, folks.
14,205 Days Alive
7 Taquitos Eaten
2 More Ibuprofen Popped
1 Pouty Spockers
I am in so much pain today. I am over wrung. Not enough butter over too much bread. But at least I’ve managed to not sleep the day away today?
Continue reading “Of Agony and Acceptance”
14,150 Days Alive
6,023 Steps Taken Today
2 Slices of Pizza Eaten
I made it through the day on a single bit of Mountain Dew Zero.
Continue reading “Of Exhaustion and Eggs”
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”
14,136 Days Alive
3 Bowls of Nachos Made
1 Accidental Nap
I took today off in advance of my return from visiting J and Charles in Ohio because I knew I was going to be exhausted.
Continue reading “Of Van Gogh and Vacation Days”
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”
14,123 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.
14,118 Days Alive
I’ve used up all my spoons. I made dinner, did three loads of laundry, and did some cleaning. Now I’m off to knit on a Doctor Who scarf for Aunt Donna.
Take your meds, folks.
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”
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