I am happy to say I am having a better day than yesterday, when I was crying nearly all afternoon. Horrible day. Pdoc has upped the Wellbutrin (after talking to me on the phone yesterday). I have an appt. Sept. 5, so we'll see how I am then. I think I also have PMS which while not the cause of the long crying jag, probably didn't help it out any either.

Picked up groceries and prepped all the fresh fruits & veggies. If I don't prep them (especially the vegetables meant for snacks or to easily throw into a salad with dinner) ASAP, they often don't get eaten.

I'm making a 10 bean soup with sausage for dinner. Not really cold soup weather here (almost never is, this part of Texas), but I had the beans & the seasoning and it was due to expire soon. So that has been consuming my time off & on this afternoon. Probably my daughter won't eat it with her sensory issues; I'll probably just open canned beans for her protein and then give her fruit, veggies, yogurt, cheese. Oh, and I'm sure she'll eat the bread (refrigerated so no real work except the oven). It is the type of food I much prefer for the winter, but now with money so tight, we can't afford to waste much food.

Watched an episode of a show on my iPad this afternoon. I read a little and think I will read some more as it looks like I have 30 minutes before I need to re-attend to this soup, which is practically holding me hostage carrying around a timer all day.

My daughter has been in a good mood today (always makes the day easier, puberty is definitely NOT the most fun stage of parenting). My husband has been trying to work out a budget, see where we may have a little wiggle room here or there though it is hard because life is life, unexpected things happen like car repairs, house repairs, dental bills, after 10 years the HOA got upset you could see a window AC unit into our garage from the road, sent us a nasty letter about it, and then my husband had to spend money building a privacy fence around the AC unit. Get a life, stupid HOA. This neighborhood was built in the 1960s. First, La Porte is hardly the swankiest suburb of Houston, and this neighborhood is definitely not where the rich folks of La Porte live. And for something of 10 years to suddenly cause a drive-by inspection to notice a violation (true, it is an HOA policy violation), but it hasn't bothered anyone in this neighborhood for a decade and suddenly they want to make an issue out of it? Just stupid stuff like that. I hope this privacy fence (which is partial) will be enough to satisfy the HOA (I mean really, our HOA dues are $30/yr). Otherwise, I think I might have a very irate husband suddenly attending HOA meetings.