True to plan, i got up at 6:30am this morning! There was dawn sunshine in here! So beautiful but just for a little while. Then the sun moved around the side of the building. It was breath-taking tho! My curtains are white eye-let fabric so it made an exquisite pattern on the white wall.

I got up because i was having yet another bad Seroquel dream. I got up just to get away from the dream and also because early rising is good for my dieting. I just had a 90 calorie yogurt for breakfast with calorie-free flavored water and was fine.

I went grocery shopping! I haven't been grocery shopping in-person in over a year. There are many advantages to going in-person. For one thing, it's least expensive, even tho i have to go to a proper grocery store that has delivery and can't go to Walmart. But with Walmart there's no delivery so i order from an online delivery service so that wipes out the savings right there as they are 5% to 10% more expensive than in-store.

Also, i was able to chose a wonderful variety of foods that i don't get when i order online because i'm not aware they're available; the choices are not there in front of my face.

I bought mostly frozen foods because i don't want to feel pressured to eat fresh food in a hurry with being on a diet. I got some nice things! They will really cheer up my diet. I had faux King Crab for lunch today (flexitarian). It was great!

So many pleasures! I got my bagged regular milk and calculated that it's 33 cents a serving! Yay! Savings, here i come!

Oh, i'm so excited! My mood may be rising but since i was practically inert all Winter that just means i'm starting to function at the tasks of daily living a bit better. I have a loooooooooong way to go before this rise in mood becomes a concern.

My first night in "one-derland" (in the single-digits in my benzo taper [9mg]) went fine! I even went to bed early and i still got to sleep. Woohoo!

So all-in-all, things are peachy!!!

@Nammu: I had a similar experience with green tea. My neighbor and i were having trouble sleeping. I invited her over for green tea, which we both thought was so calming. We had a great time swilling it down. I slept fine but the next morning i got curious and went online to investigate the caffeine-content of green tea and found that it was high! The brand i served (called "Gun Powder Green Tea" because the leaves are all rolled into little balls that expand upon steeping so you don't get any sediment) has an even higher caffeine-content than other green tea brands -- so high athletes use it as a performance-enhancing substance! I frantically called my neighbor and asked her how she had slept with my heart in my mouth and she said she'd slept fine! So we both managed to overcome any wakefulness and we had a good laugh and i never served green tea again!