[Fuzzybear]

@BethRags I can relate

[Nammu]

Originally Posted by Soupe du jour

Hi Nammu. Your mum should likely get lots of credit for being able to handle many things up to this point. It's good that you can now assist her. My sister has power of attorney for my father (who is 78 to your mum's 92) because our dad can no longer handle such things. It's interesting how some people can function so well for much longer than others. Two men in the US are vying for the presidency and both are in their 70s. [Perhaps younger people would have been a better idea, but that's just my view.]

I worry about doing too much and causing her to deteriorate faster. The covid situation has really limited her world this last year. I do heavy cleaning but still leave some things to mum so she has a purpose. Yes she is lucky at 92 to be living in her house. I’m slowly learning what it takes to keep a house as I’ve lived in apartments my whole life. My oldest sister and I share some things like the bank stuff but she’s the trustee. My oldest nephew helps with house stuff too. Like I had no idea that gutters needed to be cleaned out regularly. With my back their are things I just can’t do. We got a new water softener and now have guys who deliver those heavy bags of salt and put them in the tank. That’s such a relief.

[Fuzzybear]

New skill I have learnt today - typing with cotton gloves on without repeatedly hitting the caps lock. I can type quite quickly when I am not wearing cotton gloves.

No benzos tonight. I have some tomorrow though (I think)

Papa bear is asleep

Oh, he has just woken up.

I am downstairs, on the computer. He goes to bed at 10.00 pm He is not my grand dad.

[Fuzzybear]

I was confused by a few things yesterday I think it is confusing, I don't think its me The particular issue(s) I was confused about I mean.

[*Beth*]

Originally Posted by Fuzzybear

@BethRags I can relate

I know you can

[Coolbreeze74]

My son seems better today, so that's good.

I talked to my pdoc and we're going to add trileptal. Hoping that helps with panic attacks. He was fine with me not starting the seroquel. He was right about the seroquel dose tho. I called another pharmacist about it. So my pharmacist was wrong. Oh well I'm just gonna stay on the zyprexa. We're having pizza hut for dinner....

[Coolbreeze74]

Originally Posted by bpcyclist

Thanks. No, yeah, it's Portland. Everyone is hyper responsible and competent and wears, like, filtered scuba tanks at all times.

They wear filtered scuba tanks??? Lol

[Blue_Bird]

@Coolbreeze74 Hope the trileptal helps! I take it, (but for mood stabilization and have found it pretty helpful at keeping mania at bay (not so much the depression side of things though).
I'm glad your son feels better!
Anyway, pizza sounds great! Hope you enjoy it and have a nice evening

Originally Posted by Coolbreeze74

They wear filtered scuba tanks??? Lol

Heehee, he's joking a bit, but people *are* quite good about wearing masks here.

[Blue_Bird]

I'm learning how to crochet. I started learning a few months ago but gave up quickly. Now I'm determined to get better at it. I spent 2 hours practicing tonight. I want to be able to make a scarf, a blanket, beanies, things like that.

Since I'm getting into makeup and hair and all that my sister is giving me 2 bottles of perfume. One is a Valentino and the other a Marc Jacobs. She's dropping them off tomorrow. I tried out my new blow dryer today and the heat protectant spray for my hair.

Did half an hour of yoga earlier. Pretty relaxed today. Good mood, no panic. Had a good day. Might stay up all night since I slept really late. Not sure. There's a lot I could watch on Netflix. I need to finish the series Shameless. There's so much good stuff to watch on Netflix, I love it.

It was a rainy gloomy day. I enjoy days like that, not sure why. It just feels relaxing, like the perfect weather to wear a hoodie and read a good book with a nice cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.

[wildflowerchild25]

My brother isn’t an asshole. I was just upset when I thought that. He actually did text me later in the day and we had dinner with them tonight. It was very nice.

We all collectively do not like the officiant of the funeral. He is a family “friend”, I think he is my grandfather’s cousin’s son. Something like that. Anyway, everyone but my grandma hates him. He is very fake. He likes to flaunt his wealth and how much better he is than everyone else. He has indeed helped my grandma very much over the last year, but I do NOT think it is out of the goodness of his heart. He is in it either for the “glory” of showing everyone what a selfless guy he is, or (more likely), to be included In her will. My grandparents are very wealthy due to a series of good investments by my grandfather and exceptional saving skills by my grandmother. If you went to their house you would never know how much money they have. But he does, and I imagine he’s quite greedy. I just hope he’s respectful.

My brother was worried about our uncle coming up to him and being an *** at the funeral. I mean, my uncle is definitely an ***, so I wouldn’t put it past him, I just told my brother to come up with a canned response and throw that out there and just walk away. Do not engage.

Anyway...in good news they are taking me off my student and putting a male para with him. I will be with the girl in our class. I am fine with that, I just didn’t want to lose my team. I need to get away from my current student anyway. He is just so out of control. I’m not sure how much meds will do until they find the right combo, and we all know that could take years. He breaks my heart because of how obviously wretched he feels, but at the same time I don’t feel like being threatened all day, especially knowing that I am not much bigger than him.

So other than other work related drama (just some BS that’s not even worth getting into) I’m going to have a quiet night,

[Coolbreeze74]

Originally Posted by Blue_Bird

@Coolbreeze74 Hope the trileptal helps! I take it, (but for mood stabilization and have found it pretty helpful at keeping mania at bay (not so much the depression side of things though).
I'm glad your son feels better!
Anyway, pizza sounds great! Hope you enjoy it and have a nice evening

Thanks so much! The pizza was yummy! I hope the trileptal helps too. Hope you're having a good evening too!

[Coolbreeze74]

Originally Posted by Innerzone

Heehee, he's joking a bit, but people *are* quite good about wearing masks here.

Oh ok...now I get it, lol...

[Moose72]

N3 got a 97% on his calculus test!

I got a bill for my rent and water (?) today in the mail. I'm assuming the section 8 will pay for both months on the first because they told me I didn't have to pay the first month until I paid the second month. I'm assuming that's because we didn't know what the section 8 portion would be.. I'm still waiting to see what my portion is- should be here by wednesday. I'm nervous it will be too much as I had money in my account when I went through the recertification process, but I"ve spent it all on bills and security deposit!- gas/electric and internet. I did take N1 to dinner for his birthday, but that wasn't that expensive. Plus, I have to pay for whatever I use the credit card for. I was thinking just household items that I buy anyway.

@Coolbreeze74 I'm glad your son is doing better.

@wildflowerchild25 You shouldn't have to fear going to work. I hear you about feeling bad for your student, too.

@Blue_Bird Happy crocheting! My mom is making me a throw for my couch that will match my colorful lamp. I hope it's big enough to nap with.

[Coolbreeze74]

Originally Posted by Blue_Bird

I'm learning how to crochet. I started learning a few months ago but gave up quickly. Now I'm determined to get better at it. I spent 2 hours practicing tonight. I want to be able to make a scarf, a blanket, beanies, things like that.

Since I'm getting into makeup and hair and all that my sister is giving me 2 bottles of perfume. One is a Valentino and the other a Marc Jacobs. She's dropping them off tomorrow. I tried out my new blow dryer today and the heat protectant spray for my hair.

Did half an hour of yoga earlier. Pretty relaxed today. Good mood, no panic. Had a good day. Might stay up all night since I slept really late. Not sure. There's a lot I could watch on Netflix. I need to finish the series Shameless. There's so much good stuff to watch on Netflix, I love it.

It was a rainy gloomy day. I enjoy days like that, not sure why. It just feels relaxing, like the perfect weather to wear a hoodie and read a good book with a nice cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.

Oh right on. I tried learning how to crochet. My mom tried teaching me. I gave up early too. My mom would crochet angel decorations for the Christmas tree, doilies and barbie clothes.

I love perfume, those are good scents. Yeah Netflix has a lot of good stuff on it.

I enjoy rainy weather too!

After playing Scrabble for 19 years i finally made the play BIPOLAR! And it was a bingo (a play that uses all seven tiles and gets a 50 point bonus). It was 84 points. Decent.

Otherwise i had a stomach ache most of the day from eating like an idiot so it's been pretty grim.

Hugs to all who struggle!

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by whatever2013

After playing Scrabble for 19 years i finally made the play BIPOLAR! And it was a bingo (a play that uses all seven tiles and gets a 50 point bonus). It was 84 points. Decent.

Otherwise i had a stomach ache most of the day from eating like an idiot so it's been pretty grim.

Hugs to all who struggle!

That's a really neat play of Bipolar! I don't even know a lot of those words that were played in that game!

[*Beth*]

Originally Posted by whatever2013

After playing Scrabble for 19 years i finally made the play BIPOLAR! And it was a bingo (a play that uses all seven tiles and gets a 50 point bonus). It was 84 points. Decent.

Otherwise i had a stomach ache most of the day from eating like an idiot so it's been pretty grim.

Hugs to all who struggle!

"Bipolar" - that's hilarious

[Daonnachd]

OK, I'm back. The high winds were threatening to blow limbs onto power lines so the electricity was shut off for two days - that meant no internet.

I hope everyone is doing well. I'll catch up as things go forward.

[bpcyclist]

Originally Posted by Fuzzybear

I try to do a sweet thing every day

how about you?

Hmm. Hmm. Oh yeah! Yeah. I think I do. Yay!

[Fuzzybear]

Originally Posted by Daonnachd

OK, I'm back. The high winds were threatening to blow limbs onto power lines so the electricity was shut off for two days - that meant no internet.

I hope everyone is doing well. I'll catch up as things go forward.

Hi Good to see you, you were missed!

[fern46]

Originally Posted by whatever2013

After playing Scrabble for 19 years i finally made the play BIPOLAR! And it was a bingo (a play that uses all seven tiles and gets a 50 point bonus). It was 84 points. Decent.

Otherwise i had a stomach ache most of the day from eating like an idiot so it's been pretty grim.

Hugs to all who struggle!

Nice!

The other words on the board make me feel dumb. Afrit?

[bpcyclist]

Originally Posted by Fuzzybear

I was confused by a few things yesterday I think it is confusing, I don't think its me The particular issue(s) I was confused about I mean.

I get confused much more often than I did ten years ago.

[bpcyclist]

Originally Posted by Coolbreeze74

My son seems better today, so that's good.

I talked to my pdoc and we're going to add trileptal. Hoping that helps with panic attacks. He was fine with me not starting the seroquel. He was right about the seroquel dose tho. I called another pharmacist about it. So my pharmacist was wrong. Oh well I'm just gonna stay on the zyprexa. We're having pizza hut for dinner....

Excited about the Trileptal!! Hooray!

Yummy pizza!

[bpcyclist]

Originally Posted by Coolbreeze74

They wear filtered scuba tanks??? Lol

Yeah. Vegan ones from the Sierra Club.