I might get to go to the zoo tomorrow! Since I'll be home instead of working tomorrow afternoon, I might be going to the zoo with NL and his son. Will need a pretty intense power-nap between when I get home in the morning and when we go, and I bet I'll collapse again soon after, but it should be fun. If it works out, it'll be my first chance to ( Read more... )

So my "weekend" was actually pretty awesome. Wednesday started ridiculously early (for someone who normally works second shift), but the first real day of SANE training went really well, with some lessons for fine-tuning next week. I'm very pleased about all that, and it consumed most of Wednesday for me. Also, happy news about the stray dog the ( Read more... )

Really good "weekend" this week; we got a great deal done on the house and yard, it was payday for me, due to unexpected TV-death we're getting a flat-screen TV for the first time (just in time for the next Doctor Who episode tomorrow, which was a factor when deciding how much we were willing to pay for shipping) and the SANE training went really, ( Read more... )

Still really, really physically exhausted today, and also still definitely hypomanic (which makes it really hard to get the sleep I need to recuperate). Leaving for Preterm in a couple hours, after a friend drops by. It's payday, so lots of errands, but since Tarma decided I needed to be up at 6:30, I've gotten a decent amount done already. I'm ( Read more... )

Finally, finally, finally finished the interminable KB cleanup work I've been doing since mid-January. Such a relief! Lots more to do before we move all the info into the new system, but it's a major milestone, and at least a bit of a break for me ( Read more... )

So excited! Had a really good meeting today with Casey and folks from the SANE program at Metro. We're designing a new element for their training program, and I'm really excited about it; I've been interested in working with the SANE program for years. It's a great chance to make use of the skills I've learned in the past decade of patient- ( Read more... )

It's been a relatively trying few days around Villa Villekula. One of those "everything that can go wrong will" sort of times in a bunch of different ways, leading to a bunch of grumping and touchiness from all of us. Here's hoping we're mostly past the ridiculously bad luck we've been having on all fronts. On the positive side, I've finally ( Read more... )

So, apparently Mom's in the hospital with dangerously high lithium levels. They found this out because she took a bad spill the other day (she may have a broken nose, as well as generally being rather beaten up and battered all over), and when she went to the doctor to get checked out, they tested her blood levels to see if that was the cause of ( Read more... )

Still feeling all introverted and not much like being social outside the household. That led to an interesting conversation last night (with Bec, Caleb, and Grafton) about why I'm able to psychologically recharge when hanging out with them, but not with other people, no matter how much I enjoy their company. Lots of rambling about the distinction ( Read more... )

Life's going pretty well, I'm just in a low-energy mode. The weather's been going all over the place, which always messes with me, and a good deal of the past week has revolved around sleep and more sleep. We did get our weekly hang-out with Casey and Bill, which is always fun, although a bit odd when combined with a plumbing emergency ( Read more... )