synergy

Busy

I haven't had time to blog recently, not due to craziness at work, rather the personal life has been busy. I've also been drained and not up for doing much the past few days.

Last weekend, we went up to see S. She's doing well, but it felt as if we spent two days yelling at her. She was released from the pysch ward with no diagnoses and her only med is Risperdal. When we saw her, she was starting the same behaviors that resulted in her hospitalization. The behavior is over-scheduling, not slowing down and taking time for herself, and appearing to be manic. Fortunately, S is one of those rare individuals, who can tell how much we care about her. She was able to see through her anger and hurt to see that our concern for her was the only reason that we were saying these things. Everything ended well, and she's settling down and working very hard to accept and live within the constraints of whatever she has.

On a more personal note, I've been having trouble blogging and writing recently. I wrote an e-mail to a friend at the end of last week that sounded incoherent. I reread it several times prior to sending it to ensure that I didn't inadvertently offend her. But my tone seemed and felt off. I have no explanation.

Part of my spaciness (very unusual for me) relates back to lack of sleep. Last week I struggled with sleeping. I took ambien two nights, but ended up feeling so groggy in the morning that I stopped taking it. K had a bit of a rough patch last week and she's also been having sleeping. I feed off her anxieties and it creates a nasty circle.

I made it to yoga last week and I'm also continuing to exercise. My other goal is to take the dog to the park when I return home from work at night. It gives me a chance to go for a brief walk and the dog something new to sniff.

posted by synergy @ 3:16 PM