It’s been a busy week! I’m so happy that my son, Scholar Owl, is well on his way towards getting his diploma this final year of homeschooling. We also celebrated the birthdays of my sons, Tuxedo Cat and Little Bear, this weekend. My how time flies.
On top of all that, I’ve taken the plunge and begun setting up my online tarot reading shop this week as well. I hope to launch operations next month.
Mood Score Key:
Sliding Hypomania = 1 ~ Hypomania = 2 ~ Mania = 3 ~ Baseline (My Normal) = 0
Sliding Depression = -1 ~ Depression = -2 ~ Severe Depression = -3 ~ M = Mixed State
Energy Score Key:
Low = -1 ~ Normal = 0 ~ High = 1
Migraine Score Key:
None = 0 ~ Mild = 1 ~ Moderate = 2 ~ Severe = 3 ~ Extreme = 4 ~ Aura Present = A
Sleep Quality Score Key:
Bad = -1 ~ Normal = 0 ~ Great = 1
Special Notes for the Week
Menses Start Date: ~
Weigh-In at Med Clinic: ~
Sunday ~ September 16, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Migraine: 2
Hours of Sleep: bed at 9pm, up at 3:30am – 6.5 hours total
crashed between 11am-4pm due to migraine (not really sleep)
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 600mg Ibuprofen @ 6:00am
- 75mg Topamax @ 8:00am
- 600mg Ibuprofen @ 11:00am
- 1000mg Tylenol@ 2:00pm
- 600mg Ibuprofen @ 5:00pm
- 600mg Ibuprofen @ 11:00pm
Meals
- 2 cups of coffee
- 4 or 5 brownie bites @ 9:45am (dunno why the time was important to me, just was)
- steak tips, mashed potatoes, mango spears, sliced carrots, salad, Italian bread
Today’s Feelings
- productive when I woke up
- dead by afternoon
- creeping dread by evening
Notes
- set up my med box this morning
- woke up with a headache, but I’m hoping it isn’t what I think it is
- got to work right way on scheduling more posts for the Emotional Tarot series this morning
- here’s hoping I make great progress today!
- never mind, it was a migraine
- I got a few posts done, but not many: up to the King of Cups
- Tuxedo Cat at least enjoyed the Predator movie with his father
- he was surprised that this kid didn’t even flinch, but I’m tickled pink that I have at least one son that enjoys zombie and monster flicks with me
- yes, this is the same child that is a My Little Pony fan
- Little Bear cranked up full tilt by evening
Monday ~ September 17, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at midnight, up at 6am – 6 total crappy hours
Sleep Quality: -1
Little Bear stayed up all night fucking around, wouldn’t stay in bed, and woke me up frequently – not sure how anyone else slept last night
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- ? cups of coffee
- brownie bites
Today’s Feelings
- tired and old
Notes
- Little Bear was still cranked this morning
- found Scholar Owl wide awake this morning and he reported that he had been up all night as well
- how did I miss this high energy water the two of them have been drinking?
- okay, maybe it’s not water but whatever it is I need it
- even Tuxedo Cat bounced right out of bed this morning
- starting to understand the meaning of the saying, “Youthful energy is wasted on the young,” or some shit like that
Tuesday ~ September 18, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at midnight, up at 6am – 6 hours total
Little Bear passed out as soon as he got off the bus at 3pm
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 8pm
Meals
- ? cups of coffee
- 1 large coffee from gas station
- 1 pumpkin muffin
- sushi, spicy mango salad, miso soup
- leftover steak tips and mango spears
Today’s Feelings
- productive
- physically old
Notes
- twisted my ankle first thing this morning when I took Little Bear out to the bus
- no idea what happened, I just dropped
- rest of the day both legs ached
- Scholar Owl has been admitted to the Adult Ed diploma program
- he spent the entire evening filling out paperwork and taking tests
- 2 more days of this to find out where he’s at
- it’s either this or the GED/HiSet exam
- really happy with how my online tarot shop page is starting to look, just need to decide how I want the order buttons to work at this point I think
Wednesday ~ September 19, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 1am, up at 6am – 5 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 8am
- 75mg Topamax @ 8:30pm
Meals
- 2 cups of coffee
- 18oz. bottle of black tea
- large salad
- leftover and sushi
Today’s Feelings
- stressed
Notes
- tried to delete a weird, stray tag in my blog list that shouldn’t have existed, but did and accidentally deleted 20 posts instead… only to discover it was a false alarm, my pages are intact
- when birthday shopping today for birthday parties this weekend
Thursday ~ September 20, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: -1 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 3am, up at 6:30am – 3 hours total
napped 12pm to 4pm – 4 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 8pm
Meals
- ? cups of coffee
- Nutella & fluff s’mores
Today’s Feelings
- relieved and proud
Notes
- Scholar Owl is getting a public high school diploma, the Adult Ed program is accepting his homeschool transcripts in full and all he has left to do with them is a senior project and since he’s enrolled in their program for the year, he can take whatever courses he wants from their diploma program at no cost to us
- he aced their skills assessment tests both days
- the job skills testing he did points to business, sales, marketing, and finance
- I think there was some engineering in there too, but the business stuff was all very high
- all that stress and crazy documentation paid off
- was so worried I didn’t do right by him
- glad I followed their diploma requirements from the start
- I’m still very sore from falling Tuesday
Friday ~ September 21, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 11pm, up at 6am – 7 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- 75mg Topamax @ 7am
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- ? cups of coffee
- an ungodly amount of pizza
- cake and ice cream
Today’s Feelings
- excited in a nervous way – is there a single word for that?
- happy
Notes
- upgraded my WordPress account to a business plan
- began setting up my online tarot shop in demo mode
- hoping to have my grand opening in October
- started up a free exchange reading thread for practice on the mentor forums to make sure I’m ready for this
- also to make sure my desktop order ticket system to keep track of readings I’ve got in progress actually works
- I’m using Scrivener for this because… why not?
- the index cards and folder system this program has is really handy for this actually
- also will convert files to PDF so I will need to design a professional letterhead soon for the delivery of my digital readings
- also to make sure my desktop order ticket system to keep track of readings I’ve got in progress actually works
- in light of all this I probably ought to rewrite my About page and create a Home page for the blog – just a ton of little things to do
- birthday party for Tuxedo Cat
- watched the My Little Pony Movie and enjoyed it
- watched Transcendence and enjoyed it
- Tuxedo Cat figured out all by himself using a YouTube video how to replace the batteries in his Rubix Cube Revolution and for him it was Christmas all over again the rest of the night – this kid was thrilled to pieces to have it working again
Saturday ~ September 22, 2018
Mood: 0 ~ Energy: 0 ~ Migraine: 0
Hours of Sleep: bed at 5am, up at 10am – 5 hours total
Sleep Quality: 0
Exercise Activity: ~ Exercise Time:
Meds Taken
- AM meds missed
- 75mg Topamax @ 7pm
Meals
- 3 cups of coffee
- mac & cheese
- cake and ice cream
Today’s Feelings
- content
- productive
Notes
- focused a ton of energy in getting my online shop ready
- birthday party for Little Bear
- no movies though, he was too happy and interested in building with his LEGOs
- pleased to see him and Scholar Owl get along though
- no movies though, he was too happy and interested in building with his LEGOs
