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February 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm · Filed under exercise, house plants, knee, medication, perfume, satisfaction, shopping, the Exfactor, tobacco shop, Tyke
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It is with some amount of satisfaction that I sit here, because I’ve had my outing for today. It doesn’t happen very often that I go somewhere out of the ordinary, because I usually don’t have the desire to. Today I took the opportunity to go buy fake plants, because the Exfactor came by to drink coffee and I talked him into walking to that discount store with me.
It wasn’t difficult really to talk him into it, because he likes going there for all the good buys you can get there. Everybody else in the neighborhood likes going there too, as is evident by the long lines at the cash registers and the very full parking lot. We didn’t let that bother us and shopped to our hearts content.
I finally bought a set of tall drinking glasses that I had needed for the longest time. There are six of them and I will have to make room in the kitchen cupboard for them somehow. I haven’t got around to doing that yet. I have to sit and think about it first.
I also bought Tyke two big rawhide bones and he is very happily chewing on one of them right now. Actually, he thought everything in the bags was for him like he usually does. He thinks I go shopping just for him.
Of course, I hung out in the perfume section, where they sell the best ones at discount prices, and I tried out a couple of them on various parts of my body until I found the one I liked best. It was very inexpensive and I got a big bottle of it. When I got home, I spritzed myself liberally and I’m completely swooning over the smell of me. It’s so delicious. It’s too bad that you get used to it after a while.
I’ve got the fake plants and they are of a decent enough quality for me to be happy with. There wasn’t that much choice, because some of them were just plain ugly, but I picked out the best ones. I put them in their pots and they look good and the most important thing is that I won’t be able to kill them. At most they will get dusty and then I will rinse them off under the kitchen faucet.
We went to the tobacco shop after we were done shopping and I was greeted with a lot of compliments by the owner’s wife about how I looked. She had not seen me in a while and was pleasantly surprised. I had not realized what a difference there was between me now and a few months ago. I guess it is really obvious. I certainly was pleased about that. It seems that reducing my medication is very good for me.
So, now I’m sitting here with a tall glass of milk resting my legs. The exercise has actually been good for my knee, which was bothering me a lot earlier. I must walk over to that store more often. There are enough reasons to go there. Anywhere there are that many discounts is a good place to go.
I hope you’re all having a good day.
Ciao,
Nora
September 17, 2010 at 3:33 am · Filed under cigarettes, coffee, domestic help, early morning, exercise, Friday, peanut butter, personal helper, photographs, reading, relaxation, shower, sleep
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I’ve posted photographs of the living room
here in my last post, so if you missed those, go have a look there. It would be a shame if you missed those after all the effort I went through to post them, lol. I don’t post pictures every day, you know! Although, come to think of it, maybe I should do that more often.
Here’s one of Gandhi I took a few months ago.
And here’s one of Tyke I took yesterday.
Every once in a while, like right now when I’ve done a frustrating job, I get the strong urge to light up a cigarette. I see myself going through the motions in my mind and really long for one, but I have no tobacco in the apartment and I have to get through the moment on my own without any help. I sip my coffee and think relaxing thoughts and try to calm myself down. I tell myself it’s only a temporary longing I’m going through, that it will disappear after a while and that I’ve gone through worse things.
I just did deep breathing exercises, as if I was deeply inhaling smoke, but I was inhaling nothing but air. I did that for a few minutes and it got me over the moment. I must remember that trick, because it really works. My chest feels as if it has done some work and I had to cough. That’s good. It will get all the gunk out. You learn something new every day. No doubt my brain is benefiting from all the oxygen too. The desire for a cigarette is gone.
What wasn’t gone was my desire to eat a couple of teaspoons of peanut butter straight from the jar, so I had some of those and they were good, though now I’m very full. My eyes were bigger than my stomach (gastric band) and I’m burping very unladylike.
Can you believe today is Friday? Isn’t that wonderful? I have my personal helper and the domestic help coming today and after that I will be released from my biggest obligations. I’m planning on doing a lot of reading and sleeping this weekend. For some reason I have the need for those two activities the most. It’s because I’ll feel relaxed enough to indulge in them. I feel like hibernating and cocooning. It must be because of all the changes that were made this past week. It takes a person a while to get used to them and they do wear you out.
With all the dawdling I’ve done writing this, and I’ve done nothing but, it’s become morning and I will make a new pot of coffee, because the old one is empty. I only made enough for three cups anyway. I’ve got to take a shower in a while and wash my hair which I can’t do a thing with. Though come to think of it, I may go to bed for a while and sleep some more first. Maybe that will be a better idea. It’s early enough still.
Have a good day.
Ciao,
Nora
March 17, 2010 at 1:14 pm · Filed under a long night, coffee, early morning, exercise, Gandhi, hypomania, Jesker, medicines, mood disorders, moods, nap, sleep, tax offices, Tyke, walks
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You all know that I was short of sleep after yesterday’s very early morning rising and no nap during the day, which is sort of miraculous for me, because I used to be famous for my naps. So, having lasted all day long on too little sleep, I was worn out by the early evening and I went to bed at eight o’clock and slept until 8 o’clock this morning. I want to say uninterrupted, but I did have to get up to go to the bathroom and another time to let Tyke out who started to bark by the bedroom door. I figured we couldn’t have that, waking up the neighbors, so I released him, but he was back in the bedroom when I woke up this morning and hadn’t gotten into anything while he was out. He probably just wanted to pester Gandhi.
So, I slept twelve hours and it took me an hour to really get my head together after I woke up. I realized I hadn’t taken my medicines when I had been up for an hour and had finished my cup of coffee. It used to be the first thing I did at 7 o’clock in the morning, because I was already awake then. There’s no chance of that happening now.
I also only drink three cups of coffee a day now. I have one in the morning, as opposed to the three I would have to get me functioning at a high enough level. I suppose I needed the caffeine to feel good. I was artificially altering my mood to a better one. I think I drink the morning cup of coffee out of habit now, I wonder if I really need it to get at any sort of level. A cup of tea might do the job too. Anyway. I don’t have another cup of coffee until the afternoon, when I want one for the taste of it, because I do like a Senseo cup of coffee, but I’m very quickly satisfied and hardly ever finish it. Then I have another cup in the early evening for a little bit of a pick me up, but I never completely finish that one either. I think I don’t need the coffee to alter my mood all the time. The medication is working to the point that it makes me feel good at a steady rate all day long and that is one of the things that I noticed very quickly. I’m taking Welbutrin, that also gets sold as Zyban that is used to help people quit smoking. It helps me stop eating.
I’ve taken Tyke for a walk and it is a different experience than taking Jesker for a walk. Tyke is full of life and very alert and curious. He notices everything around him and wants to investigate all. He picks up three different kinds of scents and wants to follow all of them. His nose is constantly to the ground, just like Jesker’s was also. They have that in common. Tyke is also very busy marking his territory and kicking up dirt with his hind legs when he’s done something on a bit of grass. I guess the biggest difference is that he notices noises from far away. Jesker was almost deaf and didn’t really hear anything anymore, but Tyke picks up all the noise that goes on around us and stops and listens and tries to locate where it comes from. He’s a clever little guy.
I’m sure Gandhi would disagree with me, as she constantly has to find her refuge on the dining table. She does get very tired of him and literally attacks him, which he thinks is playful behavior. She has her claws and teeth in his head, but he has such thick, curly hair, that he doesn’t feel anything and thinks it’s all a joke. They clearly miscommunicate. When she wags her tail, he thinks it means the same thing as when he wags his tail. He just totally adores her and thinks she’s there for him to play with all day long just like another little puppy. I should get a little kitten for him to play with, except that I don’t want more cats because of the neighbors. It would be a solution, though.
I hope this isn’t going to be one of my hypomanic ideas in bringing happiness to my dog. I can just see it turn into one of those schemes that’s going to end up badly and I will not have thought it through properly, but act on an impulse. The writing is on the wall. I will figure out a way to get a kitten and that will be the beginning of all my troubles. I have just warned myself while I am still of sound mind. There’s already a devil sitting on my shoulder arguing with me. Maybe that was the little absence I just had. A change of mood.
I must go walk the dog again. I feel I need the exercise. After that I will attempt to do my income taxes. I do have to get serious about that and not be such a ninny. I have until April the first, but I don’t want to postpone it until the last minute. I’m afraid I’ll lose the letter reminding me to do so. I do fear the tax offices and the penalties I may get. I’m an obedient citizen. Just not a very eager one. I do procrastinate when given the chance and only do the things that give me pleasure. Sometimes there’s so very little of that, that it must be taken advantage of. I’m ready for an overdose now.
Have a splendid day, everyone. I must rouse my dog and put him on his leash for a brisk walk.
Ciao,
Nora
Here’s one of Gandhi I took a few months ago.
And here’s one of Tyke I took yesterday.
Another Splendid Day 