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Saturday
Saturday was a pretty low-key day. So low-key, that the lack of occupation was hard on my mood. After our weekly talk with my mother-in-law, Aaron and I got all ready to take IL5 to the park. But when we went outside it had started raining. So we took him to the McDonald’s playplace instead. D14 watched a bunch of Grey’s Anatomy, which further depressed my mood, because it has so much drama and death. I wrote a couple letters, and that was it.
Sunday
Sunday I kept myself busy to avoid the nonstop Grey’s Anatomy D14 watched on the TV. (I find the drama annoying, and it had been non-stop 3 days in a row.) I wrote 3 letters, read, and completed my task list. I played dinosaurs and Pokemon battle with IL5, as well as building a cat maze of boxes with him. Dad took us out to dinner in the evening. M12 went to band after he got back from his mom’s.
Monday
Monday I kept myself very busy. And I told D14 that she couldn’t use her fourth day off in a row to watch hours of Grey’s Anatomy. She started Dexter instead, which is much less melodramatic. In the morning, Aaron and I ran some errands, and then took dad to Olive Garden for his free Veteran’s Day meal. In the afternoon, I took dad to cardiac rehab. I cooked steak for dinner, “finger battled” with IL5, (that involved putting Duplos on our fingers and trying to knock off the other’s Duplos.) and read to D14. M12 went to Boy Scouts to plan for his camp this weekend.
Tuesday
Tuesday I had a date with Aaron. We ate burritos and watched Supernatural.
Wednesday
Wednesday I was feeling pretty down, and I have been for over a month now. Feeling depressed so long without concurrent hypomania is odd for me. Not sure what to do about it.
I took dad to his cardiac rehab and got some reading done. Dad wanted to order a pizza, so I ate more than my allowance of calories for the day.
M12 had Anime club and D&D. D14 watched some Dexter. IL5 made an amusement park with Duplos. Aaron had a job interview.
Thursday
I was depressed on Thursday. I took dad to his cardiac rehab appointment and cooked salmon. That’s about it. D14 watched Dexter, and M12 and IL5 watched YouTube.
Friday
Friday I took dad to see his cardiologist, then ran errands with Aaron. In the evening, Aaron made chili, D14 watched Dexter and M12 went to Boy Scout camp.
Reading to myself
- The Week: America’s Choice
- Behave, by Robert Sapolsky
- Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett
- Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
- Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
- Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy
Reading to IL5
- Minecraft: Dungeon Crawl
- Escape from the Roller Ghoster, by Andres Miedoso
- Beware the Werewolf, by Andres Miedoso
D14 reading
- The Fire Keeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
- Neverseen, by Shannon Messenger (with me)
Weight loss
I gained back 10 of my 50 lost pounds, so have started counting calories, carbs, fiber, and fruit & vegetable servings again. Even if I manage 5 servings of fruits and vegetables as well as eat a bowl of oatmeal, I still don’t reach 30g of fiber. What’s with that recommendation? And 5 fruits and veggies are hard to get to without skipping my meat, which, according to health recommendations, I already don’t eat enough of. I am a bit skeptical of these recommendations.
Media Completed
In the penultimate book of this series, our daring group ventures into a dungeon, looking for the source of the Evoker King’s power. IL5 is very much enjoying this Minecraft-themed 4th grade reading level series.
Desmond and Andres go to a haunted amusement park. Again, IL5 loved this book (the 11th in the series).
In this 12th book of the Desmond Cole series, Andres and Desmond find a puppy…but then a werewolf finds it, too. IL5 loves these Desmond Cole books.
Hibernator's Library 
It sounds like you’ve had quite a rollercoaster of a week! I can relate to the struggle of keeping up with family activities while also trying to manage your own mood. It’s great that you’re finding time to read and engage with IL5 through fun activities despite feeling down. Those Desmond Cole books seem like a fantastic way to spark his imagination! Keep focusing on those small moments of joy; they can really help during tougher times.
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