Just a quick update:
I found other things to do beside being on the computer all night. I managed to stay off it all night.
Which is great!
I started reading a book about playing chess. It is very difficult to read and focus and pay attention to the concepts.
I will be playing with a friend of mine in the near future.
He hasn't played in 30 years he said. I never played that well, never had any strategy.
I did some homework from the womens work shop that I am taking on tuesdays for 6 weeks. Creating your next chapter.
Sue is a life coach and I really like her.
I must sign off as I am over my allotted time this morning. Trying to cut back.
5 clients, lunch with friends, concert-classical guitarist, dinner somehow, laundry some how,
long good day!
have the best day possible!
bizi

Only saw 4 clients so was able to do 2 loads of laundry,
scrubs for tomorrow and eat dinner at chipotle. yum
The guitar concert was good, enjoyed his performance. Nice guy.
Afterward he and hubby went out to eat at a restaurant called social. They have good food and one of the only places that has late service for food.

I joined a gym yesterday. Reds, I have been a member before. It is the nicest/biggest club in town. It is very expensive but I am worth it.
My right elbow has been feeling like I have tendonitis.
Reds has a freezing plunge pool. 50 degrees! Yesterday, I dangled my arm into the pool and could only stand about 5 minutes. Maybe it is a coincidence, but my arm feels better today. Could be also the 800mg of advil helped at noon?
This Monday night at 6;30, I am going to try restorative yoga. Have never done yoga before but this class is supposed to be very relaxing. So I am going to try it....I need some direction...I have a right hip that is making me limp when I first get up....I am hoping the stretching yoga will help.
Between my elbow and my hip, I feel old.

Friday, I will see 4 or 5 clients tomorrow. I hope the receptionist at this retirement center that I am going to remembers who has an ingrown toenail. They are very painful and I would hate for them to be in pain over the weekend.
I have time to see them tomorrow after my last client.
Trivia at whole foods.

Saturday I have 4 clients on the books then we will go see the musical/operetta Sweeney Todd. It is supposed to be very good!
Excited to see the performance. The lead singer is our very own professor who is playing lead. He is so good, can't wait!

Sunday is wide open.
Monday starts my new and improved diet.

Limiting my computer usage is hard.

bizi

You sound good, Bizi,

Enjoy the chess and the yoga:

Learn About Restorative Yoga: Poses, Asanas & Sequences

M

Thank you Mari!
I will look at these videos later tonight when I have time.
Have a good day!
bizi

It sounds like you have a lot of very good things going on right now and you have set yourself out on a good path

I hope you enjoy Sweeney Todd tonight!

We enjoyed the musical, gruesome but entertaining.
going out to our usual brunch place then to buy a yoga mat.
charting calls my name for work. nothing else on the books for today, first day of not seeing any clients in 14 days. So it is nice having a complete day off!
167 this morning....at least it did not say 170 pounds
like I thought it was going to say.
I slept great last night.
I am back to my normal meds now and am feeling rather normal, thank goodness!
bizi
on the computer an hour this morning but will check back in late tonight and not thru out the day like usual, trying to cut back on my computer usage,
IT IS HARD!

I'm glad that you didn't take the Seroquel since you overindulged even though that meant you had to suffer with the insomnia

I hope that you had better luck last night with the Klonopin. Since you want to keep the Klonopin, it should be your first line of defense, but take the Seroquel if you need it

slept better even though I over indulged again....

Can't remember if I told you that I got a $5 card for my abilify?
Well the insurance company doesn't recognize that so They think I am paying the full $1400 a month for it and it goes toward my deductible which is great! That means in 3 months I will have used my $4K deductible up and then have to pay 20% (80/20) After that. so Therapy will be affordable Starting in August. about $25 for each visit. Tdoc(I pay $98) and PT(I pay $75).

Would you tell the insurance company the truth?
Am I going to hello for this?
bizi

Thats good that you slept better. My sleep still sucks Im still waking up every 1.5 to 3 hours. Usually its closer to 1.5 to 2 hours on avg. I have no problems falling back to sleep. I was supposed to have a sleep study done back on May 5, but had to reschedule (sadly the earliest I could get was in mid-late july ) because my mom had some medical issues after I took her home from the ER. She was given a shot of morphine and 3 pills (likely were vicodin) for excruciating knee pain. She started feeling dizzy when she got up from the hospital bed. She vomited on the parking lot when we got to the walgreens to fill her Rx of ultram. She then vomited again inside my apartment (in the trash can thankfully )as I was walking in.

I am sorry your mother has knee issues. Sounds very painful and awful to throw up!
I hope she is better some.
What are you taking/tried taking for sleep?
I took benadryl for 2 years before it stopped working.
Then tried ambien but that was awful. I stayed up after taking it, while camping and having drank quite a bit of alcohol I remember trying to cut up branches around a fire and falling ....sigh
bizi