Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,155 Days Alive
38 Years Since Valerie’s Death
1 Slice of Checkerboard Cake Eaten
Warning: THIS IS NOT A HAPPY POST.
Discussion of death, mourning, and other heavy shit. Read at your own risk.
Continue reading “Of Memory and Mothers”
14,123 Days Alive
2 Pieces of Garlic Bread Eaten
1.5 Hours Spent Cooking, Masked Up
1 Massive Pot of Zuppa Toscana Made
I have bronchitis. It sucks. The antibiotics are tearing up my stomach, but I’m taking them with food.
I’m exhausted and it’s supposed to snow overnight so I have to get up early. I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
14,121 Days Alive
3 Hours of Phasmophobia Played
Prefacing with it ain’t the ‘vid, I have a cold. I’ve not been feeling well for a few days. Even went to the doctor for it but basically got told “symptoms should go away within two weeks”. Ugh.
Continue reading “Of Coffee and Coughing”
14,043 Days Alive
2 Hyper Children Running Around
1 Slice of Cake Eaten
Well! We’re in the swing of Grandma Gator’s birthday party.
Continue reading “Travel Log: Day 4, Part 1”
14,037 Days Alive
T-Minus 5 Days Till My Trip
1 Load of Laundry Done
0 Bags Packed
Mellon and I got our nails done today! I got red gel polish and they got purple base coat with super sparkles. It was his idea and it wasn’t too expensive.
Continue reading “Of Gel Polish and Going”
14,025 Days Alive
4 Servings of Hot Italian Sausage and Red Sauce Pasta Made
1 Video Chat with J
Man, I planned to attack the dishes when I got home. But I didn’t. I also didn’t get the dining room table cleared off.
Continue reading “Of Pasta Sauce and Plans”
14,009 Days Alive
1 Jackass, All-Black Cat Deciding that Outside is Where He Wants To Be Late At Night
My cat is a fucking asshole. After being practically up my butt all day, he decided to dart out the front door into the dark night.
Continue reading “Of Hot Sauce and Harried”What have you been putting off doing? Why?
I’ve been putting off finding a therapist, getting new glasses, and putting away laundry.
Mostly because of lack of finances, time, and energy.
13,959 Days Alive
277.5 Miles Travelled Today
88 Damage on a Crit Roll
3 Sesame Balls Eaten
1 Grand Adventure with my Darling Mellon
Date day, this morning, kicked off about an hour after it was supposed to. We both slept in till almost eight. We were trying to be on the road sometime after seven thirty.
Continue reading “Of Conveyor Belts and Consumption of Cheetos”
13,833 Days Alive
20 Rows to Go on Junior’s Blanket
2 Hour Nap Taken
1/2 an Asada Burrito Eaten
I took this Sunday as a mental health day. I napped, I ate, I might read a bit later, and I’ve been working on the last third of Junior’s Blanket.
Continue reading “Of Carne and Crocheting”
13,814 Days Alive
3 Spiced Brown Sugar Bacon Twists Eaten
1 Pot of Potato Soup Made
Oh. My. Gods.
Mellon had a pair of plushies made for us: a Bean, me, and a Melon slice, them! They are painfully adorable.
Continue reading “Of Bacon and Beans”
13,747 Days Alive
499 Words Written Today for Fiction February
I took Mellon out on a date tonight. It was so much fun. We went to one of their favorite pizza places, a tavern called Barnaby’s.
Continue reading “Of Goalposts and Gloaming”
13,744 Days Alive
1 Rose Received
I feel like I’m failing as a human. Because I am struggling so hard financially even with a full time job.
Continue reading “Of Packages and Persistence”
