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🧡I started walking with my husband 5 nights a week. It feels great to vent to my good old faithful while admiring all of the Halloween decorations! The evenings have been so fresh and cool! It's also a great way to boost my spirit and get away from the computer...well at least for a little while 😆 I miss you all! Anna🧡

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I'm exhausted, feels like I'm drowning with no end in sight. I'm not sure if it is because I'm trying to finish my thesis this month too, but I'm dying here. The amount of time and energy I have to put into teaching and completing my own school work is unsustainable and I'm feel like I'm doing neither well- or at least to the level I want. I'm worried about going back and teaching on two fronts when it's already a struggle with all of them just online. My husband is picking up a lot of slack so that helps. We try to get out on the weekends as part of our self-care. Last weekend we went to Julian. *He's being mischievous here--saying he's going to take mom's hard cider*

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Having bipolar disorder during a pandemic has definitely not been a basket of bunnies and marshmallows. The highs have been higher and the lows have been lower. Getting out of the house on occasion has been essential to maintaining my sanity. I went out to brunch on Sunday at my favorite place with some of my favorite people. There is nothing like a blissfully delicious Wellington Benedict to make all right with the world. (Yes, I am highly food motivated.)

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💜 Cristina Prodigalidad 💜

I’m pretty open about how dysthymia gives me a baseline of just not having a lot of energy all the time but MAN, staying inside all the time has made it just a notch worse. One of the persisting things since this all started was that I feel even less rested all the time, regardless of how many hours I sleep for. Throw the fact that I joined a halau and started doing hula/Tahitian dance again for 5 hours a week, destroying my legs, and I am constantly exhausted haha. Doesn’t help that I work in my bedroom bc it’s the only place I CAN work in a small house with three other people and an energetic dog. Also finding myself much more forgetful than before (sorry to all of you in advance for having to give me reminders).

I don’t necessarily need support, just need to vent. Have a picture of said energetic dog to brighten your day 😜