Free 1,

FINALLY a kindred spirit, that is MY mania! I happen to be going through one now (meds aren't working, SURPRISE, not). I don't mind the mania, wish I could bottle it, I dread the crash that I know is coming. And each one is worse than the one before. I keep telling myself "one more day, I'll finish this and call my doctor" but then I think of something else that hasn't been done since my last mania and then I'll just finish that.

I haven't been painting this time, I just painted the whole inside of the house about a year ago, and when my husband saw me start to organize cupboards he hid the speed painter. I was sitting in the kitchen only two days ago... Everything was out of my cupboards being washed and organized (I cannot find my label maker either, I think he hid that too!), throwing out things I never use (but will surely need tomorrow) and I thought "I bet that I can get this room painted and put back together before he even gets home from work."

I did realize that I simply could not possibly do it in a matter of hours, the paint needs time to cure, but... he's going on a business trip for a week the second week of January, so.... who knows what will happen? Can I help it if someone breaks in the house and repaints my kitchen and diningroom while he's gone?

I know he's just worried that I'll crash in the middle of it, but I've been very diciplined this time, only one room at a time! (I must admit the last one was ugly, I ripped up ...well every room of the house at the same time... got bored, moved on). Throw a little AADD and OCD in with the mania and you have one heck of a party!

He doesn't understand washing and ironing linens that I only use once a year, if that. Hauling out and washing four sets of dishes that haven't seen the light of day since the last time I hauled them out to wash them and put them back in the cupboard. But as I said, dicipline this time, I actually boxed up a set to give to my sister-in-law this time!