Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
15,095 Days Alive
3 Rounds of Pain Meds Taken Today
2 Bowls of Pasta Salad Eaten
1/2 Way Through Uncle Mark’s Two Tone Throw
I finally hit the official half way point on the Two Tone Throw I am making for Uncle Mark. It may end up being smaller than initially planned, just because of yarn and a few other factors.
Continue reading “Of Crochet and Colors”
15,089 Days Alive
33 1/2 Hours Awake
1 Brief Nap Achieved
Okay, so my amazing partner Owl has a work thing this week that is taking place overseas. She’s attending the conference digitally, so she has to get up at one a.m. local time to do her work and participate. And then I hyperfocsed on something.
Continue reading “Of Hognose Snakes and Hanging Out”
Hello again, my lovely friends!
It has been quite a while since my last update on this reading challenge. The first… eight to nine months of this year were ass-kicking levels of depression. But I am slowly coming back and back o my books! So, tell me what you’re reading and if I should add it to my TBR?
Now, y’all know by now that I am nearly addicted to reading. I am an utter bibliophile and reading challenges, specifically this reading lunacy, is just up my alley.
Here’s a quick breakdown of the 13 Moons Reading Challenge for you, if you missed my first few posts about it:
Continue reading “13 Moons Reading Challenge, Update #4”
15,080 Days Alive
I have an interview tomorrow at a local law firm. I really hope I get the job. I dont do well without the structure a job provides. I feel at loose ends.
Continue reading “Of Dog Parks and Decisions”
15,079 Days Alive
6 Library Books Checked Out with My New Library Card
4 Glasses of Diet Coke at Lunch
1 Awesome Afternoon Date with Bear
I slept in a bit today. I knew I had the lu ch date with Bear at two p.m. so I kind of just… chilled with Owl.
Continue reading “Of Libations and Library Cards”
15,076 Days Alive
Short entry tonight as I am still neck-deep in a fibromyalgia flare because of my trip.
Continue reading “Of Colors and Compensating”
15,075 Days Alive
77 Job Applications Put in on Indeed
1 Accidental Nap
I knew the travel day would take it out of me, but oh my gods was I so tired today. I ended up crashing on the couch accidentally.
Continue reading “Of Recovery and Reapplying”
15,070 Days Alive
1,155 Miles Flown, Approximately, Yesterday
2 More Days Until My Graduation Ceremony!
1 Meal Shared With An Old Friend
I got to see Lex today, which was amazing! We went to Fiesta Cancun Mexican Restaurant. Honestly, it was very much like being back in Cancun! The decor was stunning, if visually overwhelming. But the food was amazing and the company even better.
Continue reading “Of Chuckling and Chile Relleno”
14,890 Days Alive
11 Hours Til I Meet Up With Uncle Comic
We got out of work early today since it is Good Friday. I haven’t ever really been in a family that religiously observed Easter, so I’m not quite sure what I should expect when I am traveling tomorrow morning.
Continue reading “Of Changed Plans and Challenges”
I love to read. It has been a fantastic, well-honed coping mechanism for the last three and a half decades plus for me. thankfully, I did eventually wrench out from the works of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Edgar Allan Poe.
So what is the 13 Moons Reading Challenge? Read on, dear friends!
Continue reading “13 Moons Reading Challenge, Update #1”
I want to read a LOT more in 2026. Why? Because I do.
Look, I get my escapism from the flaming dumpster that is the current reality in a few ways. The most prominent is absolutely the consumption of media, be it the written word, music, making or enjoying art, podcasts, and visual media (aka the television). I am chronically ill. Currently, I am carefully juggling three part-time jobs, schooling full-time as well, am writing both a queer, magical realism fiction novel and a nonfiction treatise regarding homelessness. Admittedly, I have an absolutely terrible sleep schedule and often need to meditate, breathe through waves of pain, and/or read for a few minutes to an hour waiting for medication to kick in well enough for me to sleep. Also, I just genuinely enjoy reading.
So what is the 13 Moons Reading Challenge? Read on, dear friends!
Continue reading “2026 Reading Challenge #1: The 13 Moons Reading Challenge”
14,799 Days Alive
I have not had the best start to the new year. We aren’t even three days into 2026 and I’m already feeling emotionally concussed, mentally exhausted, and physically over-wrung. The haircut I tried to get it was completely unsatisfactory. The drive home even worse. It’ll get better, right?
Take your meds, folks.
What relationships have a positive impact on you?
The people that have had the most positive impact on my life have been my chosen family members. That also occasionally does include genetically related individuals that have not fallen far off the family tree. But mostly it is a chosen family village across the continental US and across a couple country borders.
