Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,440 Days Alive
$1,800 A Month for ONE Medication without Insurance
3 Corn Dogs Baked for Mac for Dinner
$0.00 for the Same Medication with Insurance
Fucking American healthcare is a goddamned joke.
Continue reading “Of Corn Dogs and Costs”
14,439 Days Alive
11 Chapters Written for Crows at the Crossroads
9.5 A1C Down from 11.8
1 New Medication to Start This Weekend
I’ve got a new mental health maraca (read: medication) to pick up tomorrow after work.
Continue reading “Of Copays and Coupons”
14,437 Days Alive
1 Pork Loin Oven Roasted for Dinner
I’m still reading Assistant to the Villain and I’m about halfway through it. I think I’ll be able to finish it in the next day or two.
Continue reading “Of Overwhelmed and Overworked”
14,435 Days Alive
4 Chapters Read of Assistant to the Villain
1 Witchy Meet Up Tomorrow
I’m exhausted from being anxious all day.
I’m for bed. We have hot water though.
Take your meds, folks.
14,432 Days Alive
6 Pieces of Bacon Eaten
3 Cakes of Yarn Wound
1 Yarn Bowl in Use
Mac and I went to breakfast with his younger brother this morning. He’s a bit of a right wing nut, but a pleasant person to burn an hour with if one has to be socia, so long as things don’t turn to political talk.
Except it did.
Continue reading “Of Pulled Pork and Politics”
14,430 Days Alive
$62.51 Spent on Groceries from Me
2 Hours Till Mac’s Birthday
Groceries ran us about $180 today. Yikes on bikes has food gotten expensive.
Continue reading “Of Groceries and Goals”
14,428 Days Alive
2 Layers of Apple Spice Cake Frosted
Mac’s cake was way, way too moist, to the point where it was barely able to be frosted. I’m talking zero structural integrity when I tried to frost it this afternoon.
Continue reading “Of Expectation and Enjoyment”
14,426 Days Alive
32+ Books I’m Planning to Read in 2025
We had shells and cheese for dinner, Parmesan-and-herb roasted broccoli, and oven-baked kielbasa. Cheese was the predominant ingredient this evening.
Continue reading “Of Cobwebs and Comfort Food”
14,423 Days Alive
2 Days Till Christmas Day
I hope to make Mac watch The Muppet Christmas Carol with me tomorrow night. I’m starting a new holiday tradition with them: glass bottle Jones Soda for with Christmas dinner. I need non-depressing holiday traditions.
I’m for bed.
Take your meds, folks.
14,422 Days Alive
2,517 Entires So Far
8 Chapters of a Fanfic Written
1 Accidental Nap
Today was a slow, sleepy Sunday.
Continue reading “Of Conflicted Emotions and Chilling Out”
14,421 Days Alive
4 Days Till Christmas
1/2 Cup of Applesauce Used in Gingerbread Cake
Good Yule to you all!
Four days till Christmas and I’m celebrating Yule with my Pathfinder people. I made a gingerbread cake this morning and I like it well enough to eat a full slice but I don’t know if I’d make the same recipe the same way the second time around.
Continue reading “Of Cream Cheese Icing and Counting Down to Christmas”
14,420 Days Alive
3 Minutes Late to Work
I’m on a manic upswing right now and everything feels like it’s in all caps.
Continue reading “Of Managing and Mania”
14,415 Days Alive
1 Accidental Nap
I woke up before seven am this morning. I went back to bed after feeding the cat, thankfully, as that is just too early for me on my day off.
Continue reading “Of Shopping and Shoes”
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