Saw my meds manager today. I don't have to see her for a month (I was seeing her every 2 weeks). She noticed an improvement in my demeanor.
She wanted more blood work to see if the mega dose of vitamin D was working and also to recheck my lithium levels.
My blood pressure was the best it's been in - maybe a year. Not that it was that high before, round 120 over something. Today it was 112 over something. I never remember the bottom number.
And I was at my highest weight around November and I'm 17 lbs down from that.
However I did something to my shoulder Saturday, started bothering me on Sunday. I asked her about it and she said alternate heat and ice and otc pain relief.
Need to figure out something to do tomorrow to get out of the house. Should have saved the grocery store for tomorrow.
Other victories - had to call corporate HR and let them know I was returning to work. I had to repeat myself multiple times and I didn't undestand but instead of getting upset I just said "I want to make sure I understand " and repeated back what I thought she said.
Skills for the win!
Oh and this morning I was lying in bed and my mind drifted to the disastrous temp job that left me reeling and totally gutted my confidence. In the past when I've thought about that I've been upset and anxious and went spiralling into bad feelings and then suffering behaviors. Today I just kind of acknowledge it and that it sucked and thought about something else. I wasn't even aware of what I'd done until later.
I feel like I'm spamming about this but progress!
Your progress makes me gleeful, askye. Please continue to spam us!
Seriously! Vicarious victory for all!
askye, these posts are awesome. Please keep them coming, and go you
Today I paid the property tax, bought my nephew a birthday gift, packaged the gift, and then mailed the gift with 5 minutes to spare before the post office closed. Then, I picked up an already cooked chicken for dinner. That's enough adulting for one day, right?
That's way more adulting than I managed.
It's more than I've managed in over a week, trust me.
I'd call that a very productive day of adulting, sj. Don't worry about other days, the day you're in is the one that counts.
Today I cooked red beans in the slow cooker, emptied and refilled the dishwasher, fed myself lunch, put a load of laundry in, folded a previously washed/dried load, checked in for my flight to Columbus tomorrow, submitted an article I'd spent the weekend writing, wrote and submitted my local beer column, had what has become my weekly fight with my editor for the local paper, went to physical therapy, deposited two checks with my phone, cleaned out my wallet, and made a hotel reservation for a beer event in Mississippi next month.
Now I just need to pack. I don't wanna.
Reflecting on the list, that's a lot of stuff considering I could barely get myself out of bed this morning! I'm worn out just looking at all that.
The bit that took most of my mental energy was the weekly bitchcake festival with my misogynistic editor who really has no respect for my work on any level and is amping up his crusade to passive-aggressively ensure I know that exponentially every interaction I have with him.
Askye, I'm so excited about tales of your progress! Please keep them coming.
ltc is becoming quite active. She's kicking up a storm, and is apparently wide awake by 6 AM every day.
