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Still riding that wave
May. 16th, 2022 03:11 pmThe ol’ mental health is still going through its ups and downs. The last few years I’ve found that the saying of feelings being like waves to be helpful but I think it’s good for me to remember that I’m still learning to surf. Also, even the most experienced surfer can still wipe out.
Early May
I came home after work one day to find that a kestrel had flown into one of our garage windows and unfortunately died on impact after smashing part of the window. Since only part of the window was smashed it looks like I will be able to get the pane replaced without having to replace the whole window though I'm still waiting on the workman to come up to confirm this by taking measurements.
The Saturday before Mother’s day was a lot of fun, John & I went to see Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness aka Doctor Strange in The MOM. Thoughts at the bottom of the entry. I also got a chance to hang out with some friends & go to grab dinner at RJ Pinoy Yum, a Filipino restaurant I hadn’t had a chance to visit in years. I was glad to see it was still operating and their new location was far more spacious.
All week I had been seeing adverts for Mothers day and been fine but my mood tanked on the actual day so I didn’t do much, except clean & play Sims.
The past week
The blue mood persisted though the weather was lovely. I decided to request some vacation time for the last week of May. I have a couple of appointments and a medical test that’s going to take some prep so I figured I’d take the time with the hope that I wouldn’t be so stressed out.
I hauled out all my summer clothes and decided to try the backwards hanger trick to see what I would wear this summer. I bagged up some of the winter stuff and things that didn’t fit for donation. I also pulled out some of my parents' stuff that I kept and decided to gift/donate some more of Dad’s stuff. Namely his sweaters. I kept a bunch of them but I really only wear two of them regularly. So I kept the ones I still wear and the oldest, most sentimental one from the 80s that was Dad’s “dressy” cardigan.
Didn’t do much on Saturday except read & sleep. Decided it might lift my mood to get out of the house on Sunday so we went for sushi and grocery shopping.
This week
I have a counselling session this afternoon so I’m hoping talking to my therapist will help jerk me out of the blue mood. Or ride the wave better, as it were. I’ve got a plumber coming up on Wednesday to look at the bathroom sink in our master bath. It’s a super slow drain that liquid plumber isn’t fixing onto real plumber and hopefully the window guy will be up this week.
( Thoughts & spoilers about Doctor Strange )
Early May
I came home after work one day to find that a kestrel had flown into one of our garage windows and unfortunately died on impact after smashing part of the window. Since only part of the window was smashed it looks like I will be able to get the pane replaced without having to replace the whole window though I'm still waiting on the workman to come up to confirm this by taking measurements.
The Saturday before Mother’s day was a lot of fun, John & I went to see Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness aka Doctor Strange in The MOM. Thoughts at the bottom of the entry. I also got a chance to hang out with some friends & go to grab dinner at RJ Pinoy Yum, a Filipino restaurant I hadn’t had a chance to visit in years. I was glad to see it was still operating and their new location was far more spacious.
All week I had been seeing adverts for Mothers day and been fine but my mood tanked on the actual day so I didn’t do much, except clean & play Sims.
The past week
The blue mood persisted though the weather was lovely. I decided to request some vacation time for the last week of May. I have a couple of appointments and a medical test that’s going to take some prep so I figured I’d take the time with the hope that I wouldn’t be so stressed out.
I hauled out all my summer clothes and decided to try the backwards hanger trick to see what I would wear this summer. I bagged up some of the winter stuff and things that didn’t fit for donation. I also pulled out some of my parents' stuff that I kept and decided to gift/donate some more of Dad’s stuff. Namely his sweaters. I kept a bunch of them but I really only wear two of them regularly. So I kept the ones I still wear and the oldest, most sentimental one from the 80s that was Dad’s “dressy” cardigan.
Didn’t do much on Saturday except read & sleep. Decided it might lift my mood to get out of the house on Sunday so we went for sushi and grocery shopping.
This week
I have a counselling session this afternoon so I’m hoping talking to my therapist will help jerk me out of the blue mood. Or ride the wave better, as it were. I’ve got a plumber coming up on Wednesday to look at the bathroom sink in our master bath. It’s a super slow drain that liquid plumber isn’t fixing onto real plumber and hopefully the window guy will be up this week.
( Thoughts & spoilers about Doctor Strange )
