Going back to work after having had a two-month sabbatical is nothing less than amazing. Your perspective is fresh, you look at things with new eyes, and you’ll do just about anything to keep the honeymood period going. Which may not be the wisest course of action in my case, but I’m doing it anywayContinue reading “Lead Me Not Into Temptation (I Can Find It Myself, Thanks!)”
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Up, Up, and Away…..
Well, summer’s just begun and it’s already at full throttle with temps soaring well into the 90s. My co-workers are dragging like old tired dogs, the inside of the car is somewhere around 300 degrees when I get in to go home, and even the residents who are always cold have been begging for PopsiclesContinue reading “Up, Up, and Away…..”
Stuff My Spouse Wants Me to Write About
The other day when I was feeling a little crispy around the edges as far as this blog is concerned, I asked my dearly beloved, Will, if he had any ideas for me. The first one he came up with gave birth to the post “In Sickness and In Health”; the second suggestion was moreContinue reading “Stuff My Spouse Wants Me to Write About”
Word Salad
For the final day of the blogging contest I started 30 days ago, the challenge was to make a word cloud. I’d seen these on other websites or used as avatars, and wondered how on earth people created them…..now, thanks to a site called WordItOut, I know how it’s done. And so for the reader’sContinue reading “Word Salad”
Life Sentence
Sometimes it’s hard being a person who hates spending large amounts of money on necessities (means there’s less folding green to go shopping with 😦 ). I just left my friendly neighborhood pharmacy almost $200 poorer than when I went in, and that was for only two meds. I take a total of twelve prescriptionContinue reading “Life Sentence”
After the Whirlwind
The following is a story I wrote toward the end of a serious manic episode I had early last summer, so please forgive me if it’s a little heavy on the metaphors. After The Whirlwind In the dreams of a middle-aged woman with silver in her hair and the marks of a difficult life imprintedContinue reading “After the Whirlwind”
Between Scylla and Charybdis
As I reported yesterday, I had gotten myself into a state of what I’ve come to call pre-hypomania, which is when I feel like an episode just might be brewing but could go either way. I was a bit over-amped, couldn’t stop wiggling, and talking a little too fast and a little too loud, inContinue reading “Between Scylla and Charybdis”
I Put A Spell On You
As much as I love the guy, I’m about ready to curse my pdoc: I think he jinxed me last Friday when he brought up the subject of mania and made me swear that I’d call him at the first sign that I’m ramping up. Well, after several weeks of beautiful stability, I’m noticing thatContinue reading “I Put A Spell On You”
Situation Comedy: All F***ed Up
One of the things I like to do in my spare time is think up new sitcoms that haven’t already been done to death. You know, like all the Friends clones about East Coast yuppie types who trade sexcapades, or the shows with stout Midwesterners bitching endlessly about the snow. (Evidently no funny people existContinue reading “Situation Comedy: All F***ed Up”
Bipolar Haiku
White pill, yellow pill blue pill and amber capsules This is my nightcap. Manic-depressive don’t know which is which today. Damned mixed episodes! Dancing by myself, I can’t stop the music that plays inside my head. I curse as I bend to the floor and pick up all the meds I just spilled. Rain isContinue reading “Bipolar Haiku”
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