Thanks everyone for your very helpful answers!

middlepath, I want the house (or at least this living room) to be clean, but I don't imagine it will be clean in the next five minutes, or maybe even not all today. Also I want to lose about 10 pounds so my skirts and dresses will be more comfortable and I won't look like I'm pregnant when I'm not, but I'm not going to walk (19?) miles overnight by the light of the moon like I did early last year before I was hospitalized; instead, I'm going to do some exercises every day in hopes that it helps.

CheshireCatGrin, I spent less than $5 at Family Dollar, about $5 at Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and about $4 at Dollar Tree in the last week. Which is a lot more than usual, but that's because I don't usually have money, and my daughter also had money and we wanted to go shopping. We're using just about everything I bought.

Resident Bipolar, I understand that people without bipolar can be and often are productive. I think the difference is that they aren't struggling with a mental illness, while you and I are, so I need to be cautious while they don't necessarily. A little of my recent spending may have been a little impulsive, but I explain that by saying that I didn't know all of what was in the store before I went there. Also, right now I'm conscientiously saving $10 for this coming Saturday when we'll go to the children's consignment shop with my mother-in-law, and saving would be extremely difficult if not impossible when I'm manic.

ultramar, my sleep is fine. My speech is normally a bit pressured - my therapist and father-in-law often have to ask me to slow down no matter what state I'm in - so that's not quite an issue for me. You're probably right that I'm talking about hypomania rather than mania.

Thanks again everyone!