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Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.

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Tag: Coping Mechanisms

Of Time Change and Taco Seasoning

March 9, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,499 Days Alive

6 Chicken Quesadillas Made for Dinner

2 Naps Taken Today

I made simple chicken quesadillas for dinner this evening. I bought a large shaker bottle of taco seasoning to make things easier for myself. It worked pretty well. Dinner was good but holy fuck am I in pain.

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Of Mango Thai and Michael’s Crafts

March 8, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,498 Days Alive

16 Ounces of Spicy Bourbon Chicken Eaten

2 Craft Stores Visited Today

0 Skeins of Yarn Purchased Today

I made it out of not one but TWO craft stores without buying any yarn today. Applaud away, I shall wait…

Okay. Anyway!

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Of Yarn and Yakking

March 7, 2025March 8, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,497 Days Alive

14 Weeks to Finish the Two-Tone Throw

2 Orders of Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes with Pico Eaten

1 Shopping Trip with Tina Tomorrow!

Our systems went down at work today for over two hours! So frustrating. Especially when we had more than three hours of servers being down earlier this week. Just not fun.

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Of Spam and Snowfall

March 5, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,495 Days Alive

1 Hour of Overtime Worked Today

Well. Today was a very long, busy day at work. Tomorrow is not likely to be better because my coworker is at our other site tomorrow so it will be just me.

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Of Mileage and McNuggets

March 2, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,492 Days Alive

2,347 Days Straight Blogging Here

307 Miles Driven Today

6 Chicken Nuggets Eaten

2 Gas Station Refueling Stops

1 Tarot Reading Received

I am safely home from visiting J and Charles in Ohio. It took me the better part of five hours to get home but I enjoyed the drive in Darja Juniper.

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Of Rent and Road Trips

February 27, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,489 Days Alive

301 Miles to Drive Tomorrow

1 Bag Packed

Well, my friends, I’m going in my first solo road trip in my new vehicle tomorrow after work. I’m super excited and slightly nervous.

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Of Candy Blue and Chinese Food

February 22, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ 1 Comment

14,484 Days Alive

$11,693 Owed on the New to Me Car

75 Minute Drive Home in the New to Me Car

2 Egg Rolls Had with Dinner

Well. It has been done. Contract signed, financing secured, down payment made: the blue Ford EcoSport is now mine! She’s a beaut and now I have to figure out her name.

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Of Frustration and Financial Fuckery

February 20, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,482 Days Alive

25% Interest Rate on a a Potential Car Loan

1 Test Drive Taken this Evening

It’s late. I’m tired. I hate car shopping and places that charge the state maximum for interest rates.

I’m going to bed in self-defense.

Take your meds, folks.

Of Collateral and Cars

February 19, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,481 Days Alive

2 Vehicles Test Driven

I test drove two cars today: a 2021 Mitsubishi Mirage and a 2020 Ford EcoSport. The Mirage was awful.

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Of Skyrim and Sad Days

February 17, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

63,595 Miles on Sherrinford the Ford Focus

14,479 Days Alive

1 Fond, Tearful Farewell

Well, I said goodbye to my Ford Focus today and returned the rental that my insurance covered for me for three whole days after m car was declared a total loss. Three days.

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Of Completion and Concern

February 16, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,478 Days Alive

2 Inches of Fresh Snowfall

1 Blanket Finished

I’m still terrified everything is going to go wrong. Anxiety sucks.

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Of Morals and Morning Light

February 15, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,477 Days Alive

2 Days Till I Return the Rental

1 Level Gained on my Pathfinder Character Moralee Grey Morrowind

I have hope. It means waiting till Tuesday to possibly get a new car, but there is finally hope.

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Of Winter Storms and Worries

February 11, 2025 ~ Theodora Vanyar ~ Leave a comment

14,473 Days Alive

2nd Day with Tempest, the Temporary Rental Car

1 Pot of Rigatoni and Meatballs Made

Mac is still under the weather unfortunately and I’m very worried about them. I took the. To the walk-in clinic after work. Spent pretty much my last $15.00 to get him meds. I hate being broke.

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