I'm miserable enough most days. Now I have a stupid cold and it's even worse. I wouldn't be able to get to sleep yet if I tried, and I would like to sleep for five days to get the worst of this over with. I'm not even at the worth part of it, it's gonna get worse before it gets better. Ugh. At least Jeff is pretty much over it (no doubt I got it ( Read more... )

Most of you here already know this, but in the spirit of all of you knowing more about me, and of helping to raise awareness of bipolar and depression, yep, I have bipolar. I don't want to get into a lot of details right now except to say that I don't get mania much, mostly it's depression, and mine is severe enough that I've been on federal ( Read more... )

Haven't been feeling very verbal. Spending the evening on Pinterest is much easier. (I'm fruitbat5150 there.) Also haven't felt like moving around or... doing much of anything, actually. Sleeping a lot. It's been fucking cold (hi 20s to low 30s) and my joints hurt like crazy, including my poor hands. This is the first winter they've ever really ( Read more... )

Free on Kindle today only, The Contract of Love by Jose Chaves, an often hilarious, sometimes sad, memoir about a man and his father who was often estranged from his family while Jose was growing up. One reader described it as a cross between a Dickens novel and Cyrano de Bergerac (heavy on the Cyrano). Definitely reads like a novel ( Read more... )

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I slept too long. Way too long.

The 5gratitudes mod still hasn't posted my post, nor anything since December 26th. Why would a community like that need to be moderated, anyway ( Read more... )

1. My five cats, watching them play, having them sleep with me, listening to them purr and feeling the vibrations
2. Finding a can of Code Red hidden in the back of the fridge, yum!
3. Finding a store (a gas station mini mart!) that sells the kind of postcards I wanted, the photo touristy type, so I can send Postcrossing cards ( Read more... )

I have a very cool 3x3x1 inch journal that I just started using for a new Happy/Gratitude List, but it's fun to share such things here, too. There used to be a comm where people shared theirs, but it's been inactive for a couple years, sadly. I had a Happy List going for almost a year several years ago I discovered the book 14,000 Things To Be ( Read more... )

After I bought these (Basic set, 48 colors in 22ml/0.75oz tubes for $35 from Amazon -- such a deal!), I realized I would've been better off with bottles of acrylic craft paint, because these are either heavy or medium body, and what I want mostly is just to cover journal pages with color. So, after what seemed like hours of research, I found the ( Read more... )

Opened new bag today, bigger bag than usual, tho there's still a little in previous bag.

Reminder: DO NOT SLEEP TOO DAMN LONG, it's achy as fuck when I get up. In bed from about 1:30am to 5pm, got up twice (or once?) in the middle to pee. Should've stayed up at 2 or 3 or whatever. I sure don't need 15 hours of sleep. ugh.