Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,015 Days Alive
633 Days Straight on Duolingo
So I lost half a workday today to further system issues. It finally got back up around noon, just in time for me to go to lunch. Ugh. How vexing. I scored an hour of overtime this week, though, because I asked for it. So that’s cool.
Continue reading “Of Oz and (Even more) Outages”
14,014 Days Alive
632 Days Straight on Duolingo
1 Completely Down Day
So. Power outage at the main office today. I was supposed to work from home. But the system hasn’t come back up. I spent the day doing chores around the house.
Continue reading “Of Progress and Power Outages”
14,013 Days Alive
60 Minutes of Therapy
2 Homework Assignments
1 New Book to Read
I had therapy today and man was it hard. I keep getting triggered by a specific stressor and I don’t know how to go about removing it form my peripherals. It’s an exceedingly complicated situation.
I also need to work on my anger.
Continue reading “Of Anger and Actualization”
14,010 Days Alive
2 Days Without Good Sleep
3 Caffeine Pills Taken
1 Bag of Good N Plenty
Did you know that I have a love of black licorice? Not many people like black licorice, for some reason. But I do. I also like absinthe for the licorice like taste. And the sugar cube. Heh. Anyway! That non-sequitur brought to you be the idea of “chill pills”!
Continue reading “Of Goals and Good N Plenty”
14,008 Days Alive
I don’t know if it’s PMS or something, but I’ve been trying not to burst into tears all damn day.
Continue reading “Of Tears and Tea”
14,007 Days Alive
Well, I’ve got a migraine brewing. But I’ve taken excedrin at work and Imatrex once I got home. So hopefully that will keep it from kicking my entire ass.
Continue reading “Of Excedrin and Excitement”
14,006 Days Alive
Today was a good day. A day of family interaction, laughter, cake, and some damn good coffee made by my cousin Jared.
Continue reading “Of Cake and Cousins”
14,004 Days Alive
2 Tacos Eaten
1 Long Day
I kinda wish I had work tomorrow so I could get more done, but despite my system crashing eight times in my ten hour day, I did get a lot accomplished.
Continue reading “Of Laughter and Lime Juice”
14,003 Days Alive
2.5 Hours Thumb Twiddling Due to Technical Difficulties
Man was today frustrating. I’m so glad it’s not Friday because I would have been so upset to end my work week with absolutely nothing done.
Continue reading “Of Glitches and Grapes”14,002 Days Alive
I love being organized at work. At home… not so much. I constantly have clean laundry to put up. And my desk is covered in miscellaneous crap half the time.
Continue reading “Of Pot Pie and Passion”
14,001 Days Alive
620 Days Straight on Duolingo
The humidity is hell on my hair lately. I usually ride with the windows down in the morning, but it makes me look like I ran through a wind tunnel so I have to use the AC on my ride in to work.
Continue reading “Of Fries and Frizz”
14,000 Days Alive
619 Day Streak on Duolingo
Oh man. I finally got my email inbox relatively up to date. I still have two months of memos to catch up on, but I’ll get there.
Continue reading “Of Milestone and Missions”
13,099 Days Alive
Today was Mother’s Day in the US. It’s a holiday I quite rightfully have complicated feelings with. So I ignored it, slept in until after nine a.m. after getting up at six to feed Spock. And just generally chilled at home.
Continue reading “Of Homebodies and Humdrum”
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