Bipolar check in #73

@Sunflower123, I sure hope you and your doctor can finally put an end to your current illness. Pneumonia sounds scary. You need some TLC, my friend.

@HALLIEBETH87, I'm glad your mawmaw's funeral went well. I'm sorry you didn't get the one extra time with her you wanted, before her passing. You're lucky you had such a lovable grandmother that you will always remember.

@~Christina, how nice that Amanda will soon visit. It must be a relief to be seeing her without you and Steve needing to make the hike south, this time. Perhaps your psoriasis flare will ease by the time she comes. Hopefully Steve's breathing issue will, too.

Yesterday we went to both Hornbach (like a Home Depot) and IKEA for some additional things for our house. We finally found a few curtains, another thing I've been eager for. We want to wash them before sending them for shortening. We still need rods for most.

My sister texted me about our brother's status. I could be a little wrong, but I'm thinking that a good deal of his pain and misery is from depression. Not just his cancer, itself. He truly needs to take an antidepressant and get a therapist. I've pushed him on this before, but he resists. Macho stigmatization of mental illness, I'm sure. I told Sis that depression can exacerbate pain and illness. She knows this. It's just about getting him to acknowledge it. Also, Sis and I both want him to finally finalize a will. He's fighting cancer, for goodness sake, plus he has an estranged wife that lives across the country that is hanging out there. He's been married to her for at least 20 years, but hasn't lived near her for over 17. I met her only once. My sister, who is handling most everything for him, has never met the woman. To put it mildly, we don't have a positive view of her. If our brother loses his battle, it would unfair for my sister to have to deal with her much. She wouldn't be doing much beyond putting her palm out.

I just got back from the vets. Sir is blind. I thought his vision was impaired but she said he’s blind. That explains why he no longer looks at the rabbits and squirrels outside. I called him the other day, singing out rabbit. He came and walked up to the window and even though there was a rabbit sitting right there he turned and walked away. She said he may have a tumor, to watch for seizures and indications of pain. She gave me pain meds but he’s shown no signs of pain. Because of his years they don’t recommend any more invasive treatments or X-rays. Poor guy. He’s doing sooo very well for being blind. She said he probably sees shadows. He looks and is otherwise very healthy for his age. He doesn’t look old. His coat is in great shape.

I went to the gym today after a long session of writing. I got up at 4am and researched for about 3 hours and then wrote for another 3 hours.

The gym was good. I was able to get on all of the machines I wanted to and exercised my upper and lower body. Now I'm tired but in a good way. I'll try to stay up late to improve my chances of sleeping longer tonight.

I could literally scream I’m so happy

I was just notified that I got the volunteer position at PetSmart working with taking care of the cats there. Their litter, food , blankets, etc. I will work there on every Tuesday from 10am to 12pm.

I was just randomly checking my email and saw an email from the person that said they were looking through applications and wanted to know if I’d like the position

I wasn’t sure if I’d hear from them after I put my application in a couple weeks ago.

So I’ll be doing that position and then occasionally helping out at a different place near here to kitchen prep/serve meals to the community

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I'm so itchy everywhere I can't stop scratching! I don't know if I'm allergic to something I was packing yesterday. I'm allergic to dust it makes my eyes red and itchy but my eyes are fine. It's my skin that's so itchy.

I need to take my 4 year old son to my GP for a referral to either a paediatrician or a child psychologist - not sure which one. I'd definitely say in my unprofessional opinion he has ADHD, even at this young age. We also have problems with him eating ... I can name only 4 foods he eats. He absolutely refuses to eat anything else. And, we're seriously struggling to toilet train him at home. 5 days a week he's in underpants. He will poo and wee in the toilets at daycare but my toilet at home has monsters. I've tried every shape potty you can think of including porta-loos that are smaller (his toilets at daycare are quite low to the ground).

I won't medicate him either way it's just to get some strategies for his teachers next year. I know it's a young age but I know he is SO different from my older 2 kids who were this age that there's "something" there that's not within the realm of other 4 year olds. Don't know what it is...

I just got back from the vets. Sir is blind. I thought his vision was impaired but she said he’s blind. That explains why he no longer looks at the rabbits and squirrels outside. I called him the other day, singing out rabbit. He came and walked up to the window and even though there was a rabbit sitting right there he turned and walked away. She said he may have a tumor, to watch for seizures and indications of pain. She gave me pain meds but he’s shown no signs of pain. Because of his years they don’t recommend any more invasive treatments or X-rays. Poor guy. He’s doing sooo very well for being blind. She said he probably sees shadows. He looks and is otherwise very healthy for his age. He doesn’t look old. His coat is in great shape.

46 has gone mad. Telling people to protest and stuff.

Who is 46?