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What's New...
Had a social event this weekend at A's new home. It was a very good time. We drank, ate and I drank more. I had NO idea rum drunk neat (and with lollipops) was so good! I was drinking something my brother picked up and it tasted a lot like Liquor 43...Awesome. I don't know when the last time I was that I came home at 4am and doing so made me feel *very* cool.
Went to see the NP today and she seemed okay with my self-imposed decrease in medication. I haven't stopped medicating all together as in times past but I've halved my dose of the lithium and seem to be finding some success. I feel less sluggish and more motivated to not just articulate my thoughts and feelings but to record them as well. There is the rush to rage but as Bill has pointed out my anger is not as drawn out as it can be. I suppose there's a dilemma - anger that rises suddenly and dies quickly or anger that seeps in slowly but lasts and lasts. I prefer the former but am hoping to work my body more so that the actual energy to be physical when angry is less of a problem than in times past. There is another issue with the thyroid, being underactive, so I will need to address this with the new PCP and an endocrinologist, I suppose.
I read _The Guernsey Literature and Potato Peel Pie Society_ for book group which met tonight. We dined on AZ elk which was a new experience for me. The book was great - a series of letters that reveal a bit of history and the machinations of the human heart and how it heals and hopes. It was an easy read and the characters are quite likeable, even if somewhat one-dimensional. Considering the medium is a series of letters, I suppose 1-D characters should have been expected. I appreciated the information about WWII and could relate to the protagonist's call to island life. I really liked that the discussion of romance, and its ideals, was a terrifically small part of the story. Even if the story revolved around a relationship's development, I'm glad there weren't many of the grisly details.
My new blog is very exciting and has really helped me to focus on what it is I mean to say and do regarding the pursuit of simplicity. I am fast realizing that I will need to find a community of like-minded thinkers. They need not be living so authors should suffice until I can try and get a real live group going.
Here in the house, I am currently setting up the basics for some outdoor lighting. Nothing particularly aesthetic but necessary if we are to enjoy the outdoors. I have solar lighting to go in the front to highlight our home since the porch light is motion determined and at night, you cannot see our home at all. In the back, solar lights will hopefully provide the lure we need to spend more time there. We also have lanterns if we actually need to see each other! I am building an arched path in the backyard with concrete pavers and a mold to mark a separation in landscape and to safely make trips to the compost and trash bins. I am laying some bamboo mats in the gazebo area and want to make it a little more inviting. I love that AZ weather permits such long visits outdoors, especially in winter.
Indoors, I am still trying to refine my 100-vessels plan. I want to have no more than 100 spaces for stuff and so far, am doing lousy. Back to purging!
Had a social event this weekend at A's new home. It was a very good time. We drank, ate and I drank more. I had NO idea rum drunk neat (and with lollipops) was so good! I was drinking something my brother picked up and it tasted a lot like Liquor 43...Awesome. I don't know when the last time I was that I came home at 4am and doing so made me feel *very* cool.
Went to see the NP today and she seemed okay with my self-imposed decrease in medication. I haven't stopped medicating all together as in times past but I've halved my dose of the lithium and seem to be finding some success. I feel less sluggish and more motivated to not just articulate my thoughts and feelings but to record them as well. There is the rush to rage but as Bill has pointed out my anger is not as drawn out as it can be. I suppose there's a dilemma - anger that rises suddenly and dies quickly or anger that seeps in slowly but lasts and lasts. I prefer the former but am hoping to work my body more so that the actual energy to be physical when angry is less of a problem than in times past. There is another issue with the thyroid, being underactive, so I will need to address this with the new PCP and an endocrinologist, I suppose.
I read _The Guernsey Literature and Potato Peel Pie Society_ for book group which met tonight. We dined on AZ elk which was a new experience for me. The book was great - a series of letters that reveal a bit of history and the machinations of the human heart and how it heals and hopes. It was an easy read and the characters are quite likeable, even if somewhat one-dimensional. Considering the medium is a series of letters, I suppose 1-D characters should have been expected. I appreciated the information about WWII and could relate to the protagonist's call to island life. I really liked that the discussion of romance, and its ideals, was a terrifically small part of the story. Even if the story revolved around a relationship's development, I'm glad there weren't many of the grisly details.
My new blog is very exciting and has really helped me to focus on what it is I mean to say and do regarding the pursuit of simplicity. I am fast realizing that I will need to find a community of like-minded thinkers. They need not be living so authors should suffice until I can try and get a real live group going.
Here in the house, I am currently setting up the basics for some outdoor lighting. Nothing particularly aesthetic but necessary if we are to enjoy the outdoors. I have solar lighting to go in the front to highlight our home since the porch light is motion determined and at night, you cannot see our home at all. In the back, solar lights will hopefully provide the lure we need to spend more time there. We also have lanterns if we actually need to see each other! I am building an arched path in the backyard with concrete pavers and a mold to mark a separation in landscape and to safely make trips to the compost and trash bins. I am laying some bamboo mats in the gazebo area and want to make it a little more inviting. I love that AZ weather permits such long visits outdoors, especially in winter.
Indoors, I am still trying to refine my 100-vessels plan. I want to have no more than 100 spaces for stuff and so far, am doing lousy. Back to purging!