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More To Worry About

10am, I got a text from my 14yo over Facebook Messenger that her throat was kind of sore and she felt a tickle of a cough. I gathered some stuff for her--cough drops, ibuprofen, water and hand sanitizer--and left it by her door. Told her to wear a mask if she left her room and limit that to bathroom...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 29, 2020

Depression Sucks

I was sitting here around 7:30 this morning, working on a knitting project and just kind of zoning out because it was too early to watch TV (that would be too much noise and commotion for my brain at that hour) and realized I'm still depressed. I'm not sure if the depression has been there this who...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 28, 2020

Long, Emotional Day

I actually wrote a really long entry about today but decided to keep it private because it was way more personal that I intended. Let's just say today was bad. There's a war brewing in the house between my husband and the oldest daughter because of her behavior and attitude. It's going to end with h...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 27, 2020

Forced to Nap (at 8pm)

It's been a long day. I'm not sure I got much done. First my whole day was thrown off because my 14yo came in right when I was planning to go to bed last night (around 11:30pm) because I was so sleepy from the day and my meds. She didn't leave until after midnight, and by the time I actually finis...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 26, 2020

Planning Ahead

School starts a week from tomorrow. I talked to my 10yo about it, and he's decided to at least try the virtual school option which requires daily Zoom meetings from 8am to 10am. He's petrified of doing Zoom. He refused to do them at all in the spring. Just suggesting it caused him to have an anxiety...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 25, 2020

Nothing Goes as Planned

Well, today was shot all to hell and by 2am. That's when my oldest daughter rocked me awake to tell me the 17yo was in the hospital. I had just barely fallen asleep and my meds make me super drowsy (also took a sleeping pill). I texted my husband about it and waited 10 minutes for him to reply befo...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 24, 2020

Still Getting By

I seem to be back to getting up early and maintaining energy all day, although, I started to get sluggish around 2pm today. I had planned to go start dinner early (my husband got home and was hungry) then clean up the backyard so I could sit out there, but I was just too tired to motivate myself. My...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 23, 2020

A Little Bit Better Today

I didn't get much done today, but I definitely felt a little better. More alert all day long. And that was after going to bed around midnight and getting up a little after 6am. I sat around my room until around 7:30am then decided to go make coffee. I immediately felt my blood pressure rise when I s...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 22, 2020

Still Not Feeling That Great

After about a week of feeling pretty good and having more energy, I'm back to just sitting around and spending half the day fighting to stay awake. I hate this. I tried not to hope and dream, but after a week straight of feeling better, I really thought the meds were working. Then yesterday, I could...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 21, 2020

Backsliding with Chronic Illnesses

Today wasn't a good day. I think I might have messed things up by forgetting my mood stabilizer last night. I'm supposed to take it with dinner, but since we normally eat dinner around 5pm, the pills are causing me to be drowsy by 9 or 10pm and I don't like it. So I decided I would experiment with ...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 20, 2020

Another Day of the Same

Not much to report tonight. Still feeling okay energywise. I mean, it's not great. I'm not back to normal. I haven't started cleaning the entire house every day like I used to, but this is so much better. I spent the morning knitting then around 12:30 (after ordering pizza for my husband to pick up...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 19, 2020

Not Much to Report

I decided to take my pill late last night to see if it affected my sleep as much. I was up until after 1am and still woke up before 7am this morning. Tonight, though, I'm dragging a lot despite taking my pill at around 9pm. I think that might just be because I'm actually tired from being up so early...

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justanotherjen (Lvl. 36) - Aug. 18, 2020

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