Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,771 Days Alive
400+ Ebooks Removed from My Kindle Collection
211 Approximate Hours Until the Start of Hanukkah 2025
50+ Pages of Notes Taken in Today’s Training Sessions
It was my third day at my new in-office job today. Everyone is still super awesome. They are also super loud, but when I am training, I can shut the door so I can actually hear the videos I’m supposed to watch.
Continue reading “Of Tearing Up and Time Consumption”How do you relax?
I am bad a doing nothing. Especially today. Lot of emotions, lot of stress. I’m just going to crochet.
13,703 Days Alive
4 Bahn Mi-Inspired Tacos Eaten
1 Successfully Completed Orentation
My new job is going to be a lot; but I genuinely believe I’m going to do well at it.
Continue reading “Of Orientation and Oranges”
13,522 Days Alive
20 Pages of Training Documents Made for My Successor at Work
3 Chicken Tenders Eaten
1 More Bag of Yarn Purged
I went to lunch with a soon-to-be-former coworker of mine, Kim. She’s going through it pretty rough right now, the poor dear.
Continue reading “Of Specificity and Stress”
13,242 Days Alive
1 Chimichanga Eaten
Let me start off with the positive: thanks to the kindness of certain people, I am able to buy cat food and groceries. And the date with Cleo went well, though I learned that Taco Bus’ chairs are fantastically uncomfortable.
Continue reading “Of Chimichangas and Change”
13,233 Days Alive
1 Finished Buffalo Plaid Blanket!
Oh man, I finally finished Papa Tom’s Buffalo Plaid Blanket!
Now I have to make his hat.
Continue reading “Of Achievement and Aggravation”
12,996 Days Alive
2 Burritos Eaten
1 Movie Watched
1/2 A Round Completed on Little Bee’s Blanket
I’m still working on Little Bee’s blanket. I’m still eleven rows + the border from done. I’m not sure the border I’m going to do yet, but it’ll be nice. And hopefully done in the next week or so.
Continue reading “Of Cartoons and Crafting”
12,982 Days Alive
2 Plates of Nachos
1 Finished Book
There’s always something a little jarring about finishing reading a book. Detaching one’s self from the fictional world and stepping back into the “real” world.
Continue reading “Of Mermaids and Melancholy”
12,951 Days Alive
27 Rows Done on the Scrapghan
3 Plot Lines Figured Out
1 New Character Created
0 Words Written Today
So, I’m up visiting J and Bill6 for the weekend. We started a small Dungeons and Dragons game this afternoon. I’m playing a half-elf, city born,thief/rogue that would rather be sailing than anything. Her name is Eldoris Denton. Her ma is human, her paternity an unspecified elf. It was a hoot.
Continue reading “Of Elves and Eagle Eyes”
12,940 Days Alive
7,829 Words Written on the New Fic
1 Holiday Tradition Accomplished
Fen and I watched Die Hard this evening. Because it’s a Christmas movie, of course. I forgot how much I enjoyed it, as it’s been many years since last I saw it.
Continue reading “Of Christmas and Cinema”
17,054 Words on My NaNovel
12,929 Days Alive
3 Soft Taco Supremes for Dinner
1 Plate of Nachos Eaten
I’m cramping like hell today. I know I’m hydrated, so it’s likely my uterus throwing a fit. And the fact that I had to haul a giant tub of mail to the post office today. Either way, some stretching helped a bit.
Continue reading “Of Cramps and Craziness”
12,516 Days Alive
2 Busy Days to Come
1 Girls’ Night Out
We went to Melting Pot this evening for my Darling Wife’s stepsister’s birthday. It was amazing and the perfect wind down from a long, stressful week at work.
Continue reading “10-4, Good Buddy!”
12,421 Days Alive
8,104 Books to Read
1,956 Words of 50,000 Written
1st Day Of Camp NaNoWriMo
I’m still exhausted, so this will be brief.
Postmark Wonderland 