What I Did on my Winter Vacation

It was a good break away from the blog for the last couple of months, but now I'm back.

Somehow during my vacation I lost almost 10 pounds. I can't figure out how. I sure as hell wasn't trying. But, now I'm down to 284 pounds. I've joined Weight Watchers to keep the trend going. It's kind of a pain in the ass tracking points for the food I eat, but I've heard nothing but good feedback from friends of mine who joined. Now I get myself weighed each week and sit in a meeting with a group of women.

Balanced, balanced, balanced. That's how my mental state has been. I've had no wild roller coaster rides with my emotions. No large highs followed by deep lows in awhile. It feels good to feel good. I do still suffer from large anxiety that keeps my body shaking virtually all the time, but at least I'm not suffering crazy manic or depressed stages and major anxiety too.

Thanksgiving was spent with friends, Christmas with Maurice's family and for New Years we celebrated at our church.

Sorry for the uneventful writing but I'm still working on the final tweaks on a website and I need to get back to it now. I should be done this week though.

Vacation is Over

Welcome back to all three of you who realize I'm finally back and are reading this post. I popped on to say nothing fancy, nothing funny, just a little note to say thank you for staying with me during my absence. I'll now be posting regularly again. Check up on me tomorrow.

I Haven't Forgotten All of You

I'm still around, just busy still. I decided that my "official" return date will be right after the new year. I may start back sooner, however, if the spirit moves. Enjoy your vacation from my nonsensical rantings until I return.

Hiatus

I'm going on hiatus for awhile and am taking it easy. Basically a vacation from my blog. I hope to be back at it in a few weeks or so.

Should I Stay or Should I Go

This blog has been a blessing to me. When my bipolar disorder was sending me as high as a rocket or made me want to crawl under a rock, I found writing in the blog to be extremely cathartic.

In addition to helping myself, I created this blog to teach others about living with a mood disorder. Based on the feedback I've received I feel that mission was accomplished for many.

So now my life is balanced and I'm at a crossroads. My meds are working great so I'm not having the high peaks or low valleys in my mood. In the process I seem to have lost my creative edge. I've heard from others in my support groups that this is not uncommon.

So now I have to decide what to do with my blog. Is it time to just say "mission accomplished" and move on? Sure I could continue updates on how Bradley is doing, but it would be routine stuff. Not much exciting. I had planned to switch to focusing on my diet and weight loss, but I don't have a huge interest in writing "today I ate healthy" or "I should have exercised today".

Based on all of the above I'm considering shutting the blog down. It's a difficult decision to make because I still have a strong love for it and don't want to let it go.

I'm seeking advice... Have you ever been at this crossroads? If you continued blogging, how did you become motivated again? Should I change the format? If so, to what? I've asked these questions in an older post, but now the situation is getting more grim, so I thought I'd give it another shot.

I've Been Tagged Again

My good friend, BigD at gaviotacoastline has tagged me with a few questions. Here they go:

1. My favorite Saying: There are no bad days, just bad attitudes. While I don't believe this is always true, it's probably true 90% of the time.

2. What part of your personality do you wish not to pass on to your child? I'm a chronic worrier and I hope she does not turn out the same. So far it's looking like she is.

3. While driving, what’s your biggest pet peeve? People who don't understand that the right lanes are for slow driving and the left lanes are for faster driving. When someone is driving in the left lanes slowly it should not only be my right, but my duty, to run them off the road.

4. If you could change your name, what would it be? Adam has always been my favorite name. Marcus is a close second.

5. What’s the best excuse you’ve ever heard? A kid who missed baseball practice and then claimed in all seriousness that he missed because he had hoof and mouth disease.

At this point I'm suppose to tag others, but I typically skip that part. If you'd like to consider yourself tagged, then be my guest.

Another Cartoon Repeat

Since my brain is still not functioning the way it should, I'm still having difficulty writing. My scanner is now working, but I'm having the same problem with cartooning. For now, I'll re-post another of my favorites that I've done.