Today was another full, but good, day. Although, now that I'm back to both work and grad school, I suppose every day will be a full day.

My body is starting to figure out its new sleep routine since my most recent med change. I had actually forgot this is what happened most of my childhood and young adult life, but my brain is back to going into turbo mode at night. Even as a little child, when it was time to go to bed, I would suddenly remembered everything I needed to say and wanted/needed to do. Growing up, I never slept through the night and it often took me a long time to fall asleep because so many thoughts were going through my mind at the same time. These are the patterns my brain has returned to in the last few days. All of the thoughts going through my head is interesting because, while they are racing thoughts in many ways, they aren't racing in the same way I usually connect with having hypomanic/manic symptoms. And, they only happen at night as I am getting ready to call it quits for the day. Even though my sleep was never ideal growing up, it is kind of nice to be feeling like I did before my bipolar symptoms appeared. The trick will be establishing a routine where I am getting enough sleep despite needing to balance teaching, grad school, dating someone, and all the other parts of life.

@Mountaindewed how exciting about the kitten!

@budda1too grief is so hard...we're here for you.

@wildflowerchild25. it sounds like we are in similar boats with our workout goals. I managed to squeeze in two 10 minute HITT workouts this week. enjoy your time off!