Hubby and I have finally settled down a bit at home (after our trip). Our luggage is out of the way, temporarily, and the laundry is done. It's beautiful here in Moravia. Green, like outside @~Christina 's door.

We've not yet started making France trip arrangements, but will. What we're very excited about today is that Hubby's friend has booked an apartment to rent for two months in the city we live in in Czech Republic. That friend was one Hubby made at his last job. This friend works from home, so decided to do so from Czech Republic because of us. He had been living on the island of St. Croix after a hard breakup with his last long-term girlfriend, with whom he used to live in New York City. I've been joking with Hubby that we should get him set up with some nice Moravian woman. As we were driving home from my pdoc appointment yesterday, I was scoping out pretty young women for him . He picked a nice street to live on. It's fairly central to everything, with the city's biggest most beautiful park nearby as well as the castle and its grounds. There is a vegetarian restaurant on his street, as well as others that have plenty of vegetarian options. Yes, he's a vegetarian. He could walk to most all he needs or take public transportation. It's also easy to rent an electric scooter. He's coming in early July, which should be after our France trip.

I'm doing quite well. I've been mostly stable for more than a year now, but am truly at my best right now. My old psychiatrist would call this my true baseline, which is a hair above most people's. I suppose spring is playing a part.

To all who are struggling with bipolar disorder, know that I was certainly there in the past. I had a period of severe episodes with 10 hospitalizations. That was followed by additional hard years where a few times I was near hospitalizations. Patience is a rough word sometimes, as are tolerance, determination, and perseverance, but it's so important to never give up hope. Never! Nikdy (in Czech)! We can think of the struggle as fighting a war. Keep fighting for survival because wars do eventually end. Change comes.

Yesterday during my psychiatrist appointment I noticed his office was beautifully decorated. I commented on that, complimenting him on it. He said that it was no different than the first time I was there, but I only noticed that day. Beauty is all around us. It must just be noticed. It's hard when we're stressed or depressed, but it is there! I also thanked him for his part in bringing me to my current place. I hope that brought a bright spot to his day.