And now, for something completely different!

Woke up groggy-headed and slow, scored really low on my mood evaluation, and then took my meds. By mid-morning, I was high as a kite! Yep, increased the Lamictal this morning. Woohoo! Feels great, less fattening!

Realized I was getting wound up when I decided that I suddenly had to try to make a knotted necklace with pendant that I found while geocaching. I got it partway done and realized I cut the wax cord too short. Rats. Abandoned, for now. Later I will dissect it and remake it into a bracelet. I wrote two sections of dissertation stuff, but I stopped working in time to actually leave on time for a meeting on campus. On the way to my meeting with my advisor, I came up with a poem about hiking because I was wearing my hiking boots because it's muddy. I also concocted brilliant knitted hat pattern concept with a reversible brim and soft drapey shape. Then I decided I'll make some cornbread from scratch to go with the bean soup for dinner. And I should be able to finish a couple more sections of dissertation writing this afternoon, no problem! All in the 17 minutes from my door to campus. Then I meet with my advisor, he asks if everything is stable, and I laugh. No, not hardly. But this is a good day, I'm going to do ALL THE THINGS! I got a ginormous coconut milk bubble tea on my walk home. I deserve a reward for getting through my meeting relatively coherently!

And now I will go write as many pages of dissertation in the next hour and a half as I did in the last two days.



But at the same time that this feels really great, I know it's temporary, and won't last more than a few days. So I'm trying to get a little work done and get as much out of the "up time" that I can. Never fear, I'm not going to do anything rash. Other than start an ill-begotten knitting project, perhaps.