Well, I've gotten over my frustration with my sister (who frustrated me last night) and can now look back on the evening and say I mostly had a good time. We had Thai food then watched the rest of season one of Silicon Valley. (I love that show!)

It turned out to be a late night--I didn't get home until after 2:00am. Then I hung out here at the Coffee House forum and did a lot of posts there as the threads there ask for short answers. It is a fun place.

I am clearly doing better today because I'm listening to a CD. This I haven't done in a couple of years. I used to be a music fanatic, it was practically an obsession. But my mental illness has robbed me of so much of that. The most I've done lately is listen to the Music Choice channels on Comcast cable. But by doing that, I'm letting others pick what I hear. Historically, I'm not passive about the music I hear and would rather listen to CDs or playlists I've made.

Really, I can look back on this week and say its the best week I've had in years and this is because I've found this forum. Everyday since I joined, I've read and commented on others posts (this will be my 74th post in five days!). I've participated in chats. I even started a thread about favorite artists. So, I can tell this place and the people here are helping to draw me out already. I didn't expect it to happen so fast.

Thanks to everyone for being there!

--Ceara1010