Nov 9, 2010
The upcoming week will be a busy one for my family. My mother will be celebrating her 81st birthday on the 17th, and the following day she’ll be moving. The past two months of organizing her co...
Nov 1, 2010
ALCATRAZ ISLANDTook the street car down to Fisherman's Wharf for our Alcatraz tour. We had to wait for a while, so my friend and I decided to share a big cinnamon pretzel. It's just like a big donut. ...
Oct 30, 2010
I spent 2 days in San Francisco with my best friend. We had a wonderful time! This was my second time visiting the city and my friends first, so she had asked to see the "touristy stuff". We did get t...
Oct 8, 2010
I had a rough week.It started out with a bout of mania which lasted 4 days -- slept 2 or 3 hours a night, racing thoughts, excessive irritability, thoughts of wanting to quit my job (thank god I didn'...
Oct 2, 2010
"Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me." - Thoreau I've been having trouble settling down enough lately to write an entry. I can’t seem to keep my mind on anything. I’ve ...
Sept 26, 2010
I'm the youngest of nine children. Five boys and 4 girls. I grew up in a strict but loving Catholic household where my mother was a homemaker and my father a dentist. My oldest sister was a senior in ...
Sept 22, 2010
Who knew computer modem's could cause a person so much trouble. I sure didn't. It started this weekend when I couldn't connect to the internet. I had a similar experience once before but it was a simp...
Sept 17, 2010
Watch out.Wednesday I went to an overpriced but interesting grocery store that has a lot of organic products. Just to look around, just because. I had gone to Kohl's to do some dreaded shopping and th...
Sept 13, 2010
I started doing a daily mindfulness meditation about two weeks ago. It was recommended to me by my therapist and it has already changed my life.By doing this I’m learning not to take my thought...
Sept 11, 2010
I adopted Milo a month ago. It was explained to me by one of the shelter workers that Milo had been surrendered three times by three different owners in a three year period. The dog would have been pu...
Sept 9, 2010
A lot of people with Bipolar Disorder are able to work... some can only work under certain situations and some can't work at all. Even people with Bipolar have varying degrees of stress tolerance. And...
Sept 7, 2010
Tuesdays for me are one of those days that I really look forward to. I take my dog Milo out for a long walk in the morning. We usually take our usual route around the neighborhood, but today I had an ...
Sept 6, 2010
Today is going to be a busy one. I'm meeting my mom for lunch at Red Lobster and then I'll be helping her get her basement organized/packed up for her move to a senior living apartment in November. Ov...
Sept 4, 2010
This post will be short. It is my very first post of this blog -- actually, my very first post on any blog. Unless posting on facebook constitutes keeping a blog...personally I don't, but what do I kn...