Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,592 Days Alive
19 Days Till My 40th Birthday
2 Hot Dogs Eaten
1 Interview Taken While on Break Today
We had a living room picnic today for dinner. Air fried hot dogs with toasted buns, some delicious macaroni salad, some barely edible coleslaw no one liked, and some hickory flavored baked beans. It was delicious. And no one put anything but mustard on their hot dogs!
Continue reading “Of Yellow Mustard and Youth”
14,590 Days Alive
2 McChicken Sandwiches with Pickle and Onion Eaten
I have been awake since 0550 this morning. Spock was a super clingy baby this morning and I kept having nightmares.
Continue reading “Of Chicken and Color Changes”
14,583 Days Alive
2,039 Days Straight on Duolingo
18 Days till My Trip
2nd 5 Week Term in College Completed
I am extremely frazzled right now. I finished my final week of my second term at Ultimate Medical Academy. I am on track, I believe, to still maintain above a 3.75 GPA l, depending on my final grades for this week.
Continue reading “Of College Classes and Countdowns”
14,563 Days Alive
41 Items on Our Grocery Order
5.25 Hours Spent Studying and Completing Homework Assignments
2 Slices of Grocery Store Pizza Eaten
1 Mild Headache
I need to manage my time a little better with school this week. I don’t like spending most of Sunday afternoon stuck at my computer re-reading chapters and listening to lectures at double speed.
Continue reading “Of Brain Fog and Brown Bags”
14,558 Days Alive
93.6% In My Claims Cycles Class
3 Days Till Payday
2 Bowls of Turkey Chili Eaten
–$26.11 in the Bank Till Friday
Well, fuck. I don’t often overdraft myself. But apparently. I have to rock being in the red until Friday because something pulled out when it shouldn’t have.
Continue reading “Of Damnit All and Disappointment”
14,556 Days Alive
2,013 Days Straight on Duolingo
So. I did a dumb thing and I did not complete about the last third of my homework until about an hour ago. Zero out of ten: do NOT recommend.
Continue reading “Of Wrapping Paper and Winging It”
14,553 Days Alive
15 Years of Spock Being Alive
1 More Day Until My Iron Infusion Appointment
I’m super fucking out of spoons, so this will be brief.
Continue reading “Of Beltane 2025 and Birthday Brats”
14,534 Days Alive
4th Week of Class Starting Monday
2 Assignments to Finish Tomorrow Before Midnight
1 Pack of Magic: the Gathering Cards Purchased Today
I fell asleep at Beau and Tina’s today. We went for our normal game night, but Jamison, our dungeon master, and Dustin, our roommate, are out of town at C2E2 this weekend. So instead of a game or two of Magic and then Pathfinder, everyone just played Magic.
Continue reading “Of Exacerbation and Expos”
14,527 Days Alive
15 Minutes Accidentally Late to the Library for Crochet Class
4 People Showed Up to My Crochet Class (Plus Me!)
3 Hours Socializing at the Library
2 Chili Dogs Eaten
I totally overslept this morning. I woke up pretty damn early, initially, today. But I had a massive migraine hangover and my face was super fucking puffy. I almost looked like I had been punched in the face. Not a good look for me.
Continue reading “Of Shadow Headaches and Steak Burrito Bowl”
14,519 Days Alive
2 Hours of Massive, Destructive Thunderstorms
1 Hot Fudge Sundae Sitting in the Freezer
2/3rds of Chapter Two Read for Class
We didn’t lose power this afternoon when a massive storm cell/frontal system ripped through the state, but we were the lucky ones.
Continue reading “Of Hail and Hot Fudge”
14,515 Days Alive
45 Degrees is the High Tomorrow
3 Lectures Watched
1st Day of College Completed!
I am officially a college student! Woo hoo!
Continue reading “Of First Days and Frigid Weather”
14,514 Days Alive
331 Words Written Today
20 Hours, Give or Take, Till Orientation
1 Load of Laundry Done
Well, I was absolutely exhausted after being social and going to game night last night, even thought it got cut short because our poor DM was absolutely sleep deprived.
Continue reading “Of Wendy’s and Word Sprints”
14,509 Days Alive
13 Years Since I’ve Been Enrolled in College
5 Hours Fighting with the Computers at Work
2 FAFSA Applications Filled Out
1 Chicago Dog (Lacking Sport Peppers) Eaten,
I did it. I applied to be a student at Ultimate Medical Academy for their Medical Billing and Coding degree. I am “I had to take anti-anxiety meds to calm the fuck down” anxious about it. Why? Because of many reasons.
Continue reading “Of College and Chicago Dogs”
Postmark Wonderland 