Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
35,278 Words Out of 50,000 Accomplished
12,939 Days Alive
460 Day Streak on Duolingo
1 Cup of Hot Cocoa
Well, I didn’t make it to fifty thousand words this month. Just under 15,000 words short. I tried and I’m going to keep writing, and I believe that it what truly matters. I’ve gotten into the habit of writing daily and I really want to keep that momentum going.
Continue reading “Of Cocoa and Cold Fronts”
27,773 Words on My NaNovel
12,934 Days Alive
I only got a few hundred words written today. I’m hoping tomorrow goes far better. I’ve had 10,000 word days before, so I’m not giving up hope yet.
Continue reading “Of Tea and Typing”
27,478 Words on My NaNovel So Far
12,933 Days Alive
I bought a pumpkin pie for Fen and I while I was at the store today. I had to pick up cat food and I figured a little holiday treat would not go amiss.
Continue reading “Of Pie and Perseverance”
23,580 Words on My NaNovel So Far
12,932 Days Alive
453 Day Streak on Duolingo
4 Hours of Sleep
I’m not as tired as I should be. I barely slept last night and when I did it was fraught with odd dreams.
Continue reading “Of Exhaustion and Excedrin”
15,487 Words on My NaNovel
12,926 Days Alive
I’m so tired still. I spent most of my down time after work reading instead of writing so I only added a few hundred words to my NaNovel today.
Continue reading “Of Reading and Relaxing”
15,087 Words on My NaNovel
12,925 Days Alive
2 Hours Spent Writing
1 Sleep Deprived Me
I’m in the middle of an anxiety-riddled, manic upswing. As of 9:30p.m EST tonight, I have been awake for thirty nine hours. And I’m not tired. Well, mentally I am exhausted but physically I feel like I could run a marathon.
Continue reading “Of Mania and Macaulay”
12,916 Days Alive
7,421 Words on my NaNovel
437 Day Streak on Duolingo
1 New President-Elect!
Trump lost the presidential race but still refuses to concede defeat. I’m elated that Biden won, but I am terrified for the harm the Orange Menace could inflict in the next eleven weeks.
Continue reading “Of Hope and Headaches”
12,910 Days Alive
2,629 Words Written Today for NaNoWriMo
1 Lovely Day
Let me start out by saying that I am proud of myself for making my word count goal today. And that the moron in question was a bad driver that tried to run me off the road.
Continue reading “Of Mummies and Morons”
12,909 Days Alive
365 Days Left till Next Halloween!
1 Mostly on Purpose Nap Taken
It’s less than two hours away from the start of NaNoWriMo and despite a nap earlier today, I may just go to bed and get up early tomorrow to write.
Continue reading “Samhain 2020”
12,908 Days Alive
3 Tarot Card Readings
2 Loads of Laundry Done and Put Away
1 Vote Cast
I dropped off my mail in ballot today to make sure my vote is counted. I got a frozen pizza for supper as a little reward to myself.
Continue reading “Of Politics and Pizza”
12,907 Days Alive
19 Chapters in Planning
1 Massive Headache
I don’t know why I started using alliterations in my blog titles. I mean, it works, but I think my vocabulary rather limited to keep coming up with unique combinations. Oh well. To quote my favorite malaphor: I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.
Continue reading “Of Frustration and Fatigue”
12,906 Days Alive
1 Nap Taken
I feel like I have an anvil on my sinuses because I’m out of allergy medication. I took a nap as soon as I got home from work. And now I’m going back to bed. Take your meds, folks.
12,905 Days Alive
Had therapy today. Didn’t feel too great before it and felt even worse after it. I tried doing art or playing video games to distract myself. It didn’t work.
I’m tired of things being so difficult. It’ll get better, I know. But I feel like Im fighting an uphill battle right now and it’s exhausting.
I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
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