Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
13,089 Days Alive
I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner today. That’s literally the third time this month that’s happened. I need to get better about eating regularly. At the new job, I hope to pack lunches to be able to keep things in balance.
Continue reading “Of Endings and Eating”
13,088 Days Alive
We used Fen’s InstaPot to make dinner this evening! Spaghetti and red sauce. I want to try and make something in it as well this weekend. Maybe a roast or a soup!
Continue reading “Of Impatience and InstaPots”
13,087 Days Alive
I’m in the weeds of a fibromyalgia flare up from hell. It’s likely triggered by the stress of changing jobs this week. Everything hurts.
Continue reading “Of Flare Ups and Finality”
It’s time for another recipe! First, the recipe. Then, me blathering onward about my occasionally questionable culinary capabilities and the memories this particular treat holds for me.
Read the recipe and more…
13,086 Days Alive
3 Times Woken by a Zooming And/Or Meowing Cat
Spock, apparently, decided to kick off his birthday week by zooming about the house singing the song of his people at one a.m. And then again at two a.m. Only to be followed up with an encore at five. Maybe I gave him too much catnip?
Continue reading “Of Monday and Melodic Cats”
13,085 Days Alive
2 Accidental Cat Naps
1 Cafe Con Leche
I was drag-assing today. Got up at six to feed Spock and promptly went back to bed until I felt more human, around nine.
Continue reading “Of Coffee Con Leche and Cat Naps”
13,084 Days Alive
12 Hours Being Social
180 Approximate Miles Driven Today
1 Burrito Bowl Eaten
Lex’s Baby Shower for Baby Alice was today. It was lovely, even if setting up the whole thing was a bit of a clusterfuck.
Continue reading “Of Sunburn and Showers”
13,083 Days Alive
I had a serious case of the talkies today. I just didn’t stop talking. Mania? Stress? Who knows?? Not me.
Anyway, I’m mid-finishing this baby blanket for The Baby Shower tomorrow. Gotta run!
Take your meds, folks.
13,082 Days Alive
I still have to make the protection charm for baby Alice, as well as finish her blanket. Nothing like the last minute, eh?
The baby shower is on Saturday.
Continue reading “Of Procrastination and Protection”
13,081 Days Alive
601 Days Straight on Duolingo
I am in “I kind of want to vomit” levels of pain right now. I have no idea, other than stress from work, what could have triggered this flare up.
I just can’t tonight. I’ve been awake since four a.m.
Take your meds, folks.
13,080 Days Alive
600! Days in a Row on Duolingo
10 Days Till a Big Change
The former cop who murdered George Floyd, a Mister Derek Chauvin, was pronounced guilt today by a jury of his peers. I hope he goes to jail for the rest of his natural life.
Continue reading “Of Accomplishment and Absolute Consequences.”
13,079 Days Alive
1 New Book Added to My Library
My dear DW sent me a book! A gorgeous, gilt paged, leaped bound hardcover copy of “A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult”. I am going to read it slowly, savor it rather than devour it.
Continue reading “Of Patience and Packages”
13,078 Days Alive
2 New Blazers Acquired
So J came over today and we went a-Goodwilling, as one is inclined to do when they need new clothes and only have about fifty bucks to spare.
Continue reading “Of Shopping and Spanish”