Last night was a rough one. \u00a0Not sure if it had anything to do with the lithium; probably more a case of a particularly typically awful day at work.<\/p>\n
Woke up early today. \u00a0Took the first morning 300mg. \u00a0I’d divvied up all my morning and night doses in a pill reminder box. \u00a0I could skip a day with just the Wellbutrin and friends, but don’t wanna miss one with lithium in the mix.<\/p>\n
Got to work early, too. \u00a0Despite it being the usual day of meandering mapping of our ancient and byzantine code base, it went pretty quickly.<\/p>\n
We’re in the throes of a blizzard now. \u00a0I got home around 6PM after a quick pickup of a 1.75 of vodka and a few handfuls of frozen dinners and pizzas.<\/p>\n
Don’t yet notice anything different with the 900mg starting into my system.<\/p>\n
Poop issues seem to have dried up. \u00a0Back to the usual constipation due to unusually high cheese consumption. \u00a0“They say you are what you eat, and I am freakin’ cheese.” \u00a0No other physical effects except a slight occasional headache that disappears in minutes, which I can probably blame on insufficient hydration.<\/p>\n
Mood has been steady today and yesterday. \u00a0I’d stop updating until something obvious happens, but there may be subtle changes that get caught in my net of\u00a0daily trivial minutia. \u00a0Actually, work was a little easier to take today, and I did some things I wouldn’t usually initiate, so that might be something.<\/p>\n
Hmm. \u00a0No sexual side effects. \u00a0They aren’t mentioned, so that’s not really worth noting, but I’ll try to be more aware of my body during adult play dates with the special lady friend. \u00a0Ain’t no harm in that!<\/p>\n
Home alone. \u00a0 Watched “The Best Years Of Our Lives” on TCM.<\/p>\n
Had the girls for our usual Saturday, except it was the birthday of Daughter the Younger. \u00a0Got her a metal Firefly pendant from Etsy, with her name and number etched onto the reverse. \u00a0It’s from the PS4\u00a0game “The Last Of Us”. \u00a0She’s a huge fan. \u00a0Beat the game several times. \u00a0Was all squealy when she got it, so I can consider it a success.<\/p>\n
She had a Girl Scout gathering downtown from noon until 3PM. \u00a0As the Daughter the Elder\u00a0and I were driving to pick her up, the exhaust system of my 2001 Forester ka-chunked from its noisy but acceptable exhaust system\u00a0into a vibrating beast with the roar of an epileptic foghorn. \u00a0So, that got my stomach in a knot. \u00a0Maybe it’s time to knuckle down on that second Lending Club loan to pay off the first, and my credit cards, and obtain a down-payment for\u00a0a new car.<\/p>\n
We had a date with Leslie to see “Rogue One” at 4:10. \u00a0As I was taking the girls from the Younger’s event\u00a0to the theatre, \u00a0I ran a red light and almost hit a plow-truck. \u00a0I’m always anxious driving downtown, but now my car was howling and rumbling under my seat and it was too much going on at once. \u00a0Luckily, nobody and\u00a0nothing was hurt. \u00a0Stupid, stupid, stupid me.<\/p>\n
“Rogue One” was good. \u00a0A war movie, basically. \u00a0We went to Friendly’s for dinner. \u00a0After dropping the kids off at their mom’s house, I went home and Leslie and I watched Star Wars movies until she fell asleep on the couch and we both went to bed.<\/p>\n
Leslie and I lazed around the house all day watching more Star Wars. \u00a0Then miscellaneous movies, ending with her falling asleep halfway through Maleficent.<\/p>\n
There doesn’t seem to be much of a point going on with these until something remarkable changes, but I’ll try to keep at least a note or two every day.<\/p>\n
I keep forgetting the daily “Do you wanna off yourself?”<\/p>\n
I suppose I’d go for that now, yeah, if it were just the switch.<\/p>\n
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