I wrote a poem
On Being Bipolar
The hateful voice wants me alone;
he wants me to die.
I don't know how he doesn't see
that we are bound, he and I;
When I die, so does he
A friend suggested that perhaps the illness itself is the one who wants to die, as I want very much to live (especially if it's sans illness.) It's an interesting premise, and one I might use. I sort of pity it in that respect; but it is self-destructive to the point that *I* am self-destructive, and that's crap I can't tolerate.
I am supposed to do a 5K tomorrow. I'm supposed to be up at 6:30. It is currently 3:30 and I haven't been able to sleep out of anxiety about the aforementioned 5K. I am afraid my family will ridicule me for it if I don't go. Being fit (and also not fat, but less that in recent years as my activism has gotten MUCH more vocal) is an obsession in my family. Last year my stepdad bet my mom $50 that I wouldn't complete it. So far this year I've already missed another 5K. But I'm so tired now...
I don't want to go to Thanksgiving. I don't want to be surrounded by family and especially by noisy nieces and one noisy nephew (though he and I get each other.) I had Thanksgiving at work and am a bit Thanksgiving-ed out, to be honest, especially as I spent ten hours at work today, and at least ten additional hours purchasing and preparing food in advance. Not to mention all of the planning and logistics I had to put in all month, on top of my usual work. I am just so wrung out. I just want to be home, where it's quiet, hang out with Chihiro, and binge watch Netflix or something.
Only one resident thanked me for my hard work, though most complimented my cooking. (Which is amazing, by the way. Everyone wants my recipes for my turkey, sugar cookies, and pumpkin pie.) The other residents 'thanked' me in their usual way; eat everything, complain about dishes that weren't made despite the metric fuckton of food present, and then demand dessert before I've even had a chance to enjoy my own plate. Half of them wandered off before I got around to dishing out pie because they were too impatient to let me finish eating. (I didn't. I was tired of being hassled for pie.)
The case manager helped me a great deal today, but she was the only one, and she was trying to get other things done in the morning so she could just help me this afternoon. Some of the residents helped with set up/tear down, which I am also grateful for. Some staff helped with serving but disappeared as soon as it was time to clean up afterwards, which took me, the case manager, and a resident two and a half hours to do. I am *very* thankful for that, I was so tired I could barely stand up, and I spent ten hours mostly on my feet today.
Next week is a CARF survey, Wednesday through Friday. They're a huge accreditation program whose stamp of approval helps us function. We're trying to get my day programming certified, which means I will be put under a microscope. I haven't had a lot of time to really prepare due to Thanksgiving taking up so very much of my time this month. My program is fine; I do a fantastic job, I commit waaaay too many of my evenings and put in long hours making everything happen. My groups are good and well attended overall, the work program is successful, and all of my ducks are in a row. I just want to get things ready by Wednesday to show off, y'know? I've been tidying my office which is in a perpetual state of "mostly organized chaos" and I've got a lot of pictures to hang up/rehang in the craft room. Oh, and the leaky spot in my ceiling opened back up today, due to a lot of melt from the snow over the weekend. I'm sure our maintenance guy will be *thrilled* when I tell him on Friday. He thought the leak was fixed. HAHAHAHAHA no.
The hateful voice wants me alone;
he wants me to die.
I don't know how he doesn't see
that we are bound, he and I;
When I die, so does he
A friend suggested that perhaps the illness itself is the one who wants to die, as I want very much to live (especially if it's sans illness.) It's an interesting premise, and one I might use. I sort of pity it in that respect; but it is self-destructive to the point that *I* am self-destructive, and that's crap I can't tolerate.
I am supposed to do a 5K tomorrow. I'm supposed to be up at 6:30. It is currently 3:30 and I haven't been able to sleep out of anxiety about the aforementioned 5K. I am afraid my family will ridicule me for it if I don't go. Being fit (and also not fat, but less that in recent years as my activism has gotten MUCH more vocal) is an obsession in my family. Last year my stepdad bet my mom $50 that I wouldn't complete it. So far this year I've already missed another 5K. But I'm so tired now...
I don't want to go to Thanksgiving. I don't want to be surrounded by family and especially by noisy nieces and one noisy nephew (though he and I get each other.) I had Thanksgiving at work and am a bit Thanksgiving-ed out, to be honest, especially as I spent ten hours at work today, and at least ten additional hours purchasing and preparing food in advance. Not to mention all of the planning and logistics I had to put in all month, on top of my usual work. I am just so wrung out. I just want to be home, where it's quiet, hang out with Chihiro, and binge watch Netflix or something.
Only one resident thanked me for my hard work, though most complimented my cooking. (Which is amazing, by the way. Everyone wants my recipes for my turkey, sugar cookies, and pumpkin pie.) The other residents 'thanked' me in their usual way; eat everything, complain about dishes that weren't made despite the metric fuckton of food present, and then demand dessert before I've even had a chance to enjoy my own plate. Half of them wandered off before I got around to dishing out pie because they were too impatient to let me finish eating. (I didn't. I was tired of being hassled for pie.)
The case manager helped me a great deal today, but she was the only one, and she was trying to get other things done in the morning so she could just help me this afternoon. Some of the residents helped with set up/tear down, which I am also grateful for. Some staff helped with serving but disappeared as soon as it was time to clean up afterwards, which took me, the case manager, and a resident two and a half hours to do. I am *very* thankful for that, I was so tired I could barely stand up, and I spent ten hours mostly on my feet today.
Next week is a CARF survey, Wednesday through Friday. They're a huge accreditation program whose stamp of approval helps us function. We're trying to get my day programming certified, which means I will be put under a microscope. I haven't had a lot of time to really prepare due to Thanksgiving taking up so very much of my time this month. My program is fine; I do a fantastic job, I commit waaaay too many of my evenings and put in long hours making everything happen. My groups are good and well attended overall, the work program is successful, and all of my ducks are in a row. I just want to get things ready by Wednesday to show off, y'know? I've been tidying my office which is in a perpetual state of "mostly organized chaos" and I've got a lot of pictures to hang up/rehang in the craft room. Oh, and the leaky spot in my ceiling opened back up today, due to a lot of melt from the snow over the weekend. I'm sure our maintenance guy will be *thrilled* when I tell him on Friday. He thought the leak was fixed. HAHAHAHAHA no.