I got up at 5:45am today! I had set my alarm for 6:30am but i was good to go way before. The sky was just getting lighter and a few minutes later the sun rose. It was cool. I haven't seen a sunrise in a long time. It's 5:00pm and i don't feel too tired, just around the eyes a bit. I went to bed at 9:00pm the night before and slept with ease. Adjusting to my "Spring Hours" is going much easier this year.

I got my glasses and the octagonal ones are really pretty! Unfortunately, despite the fact that they are both light, narrow, metal frames, they both still slide down my nose like my zany, wide, loose plastic pairs. The optician adjusted them, but with the mask on you couldn't really judge the fit in the store. I only found out the truth once i'd worn them at home without the mask. I'll have to go back for a re-adjustment. I suspect i need a whole different solution like glasses made for a child or custom glasses. Doubt i'll be able to negotiate that but i will try. Darn it, i have a ZOOM meeting re a community development tomorrow at 6:00pm and i really wanted decent glasses so my eyes could be seen on my screen image, instead of the top of the frame obscuring my eyes. Ack! One of the men in my ZOOM support group is a retired optician. I'll see what he has to say too. The only thing is we don't get along that great in group so he might tell me to go to Hell!

The dentist went well. She's recommended a night-guard and today she took the specifications so the lab can pour it. She used computer technology and it was cool and everything but the goo molds were less distressing and probably less than 1% of the price of the high-tech method. But it's progress, of course, of course. The protective coating she painted on my worst-worn-out teeth seems to work fine. I tested it out by eating my favorite raspberries with no pain twinges! Yay!

I caught a sight of a reflection of myself and despite being dressed nicely today i was repelled by how enormously fat i am. I have to remember that i got this way out of the emotional pain of bipolar and it's how i coped. Life at 250 pounds is still life, even if i wasn't very active. I just have to have compassion for myself and persevere in dieting and all will be well.

Well, i do go on, sorry. A bit lonely without my ZOOM social hour and so wanting connection... and mood soaring!

Hugs to all!