Cats are so weird.

Cats are so weird. Scar, (the black and white cat), just got bathed intensely by Tobi (orange kitty) and Adrian (colorful kitty). I guess that gives them license to lay on his face while he sleeps?

Welcome aboard my emotional roller-coaster.

I was sitting on the couch working on school stuff. Music suddenly starts playing... and it sounds like it's coming from inside the house, but Shaun is asleep. I go check on things in the direction of the sound. Club Soda (aka Calypso) [a cat for those who are unfamiliar] has started playing a Tool video on the Google Home Hub in the kitchen. She looks quite pleased with herself.

I got a video clip, but during it I also discovered that my fish, Salamander, has passed away, so I'm not posting it.

Shaun asked me the other day...

Shaun asked me the other day why I was saving a bag of used up Air Wick air freshener bottles. Truthfully I didn't know when I started saving them up a few years back, but I didn't want to throw them away because they were perfectly good glass bottles. If I couldn't have found a purpose for them before the collection got out of hand I would have disassembled them and recycled what I could.

Well they have a purpose now! Today in my downtime I took them apart. I'm going to recycle the plastic pieces, wash the bottles, and use them for growing my succulents (who are surprisingly doing well with such wet feet!) I feel a lot better with only throwing the wicks in the trash. To me that's a decent reduction in waste and every little bit helps!

My depression has lifted...

My depression has lifted and I've felt pretty good for almost 2 weeks. I like to think that I'm pretty emotionally honest so it's only right to share the ups as well as the downs. I am so grateful for the good days I've been having. I'm enjoying not feeling stressed and tense all of the time. I've been active and productive instead of sleeping all day. I've been more interested in my ani-pals and my plants and my nail polish. I'm on top of my chores as well as knocking things off of my to-do list. The kids and I took advantage of the nice weather yesterday and started cleaning out the garage, which is no small feat.

I'm still on Lexapro for depression and Buspar for anxiety (obviously not quitting either since they are working). Sometimes my brain won't shut up and let me sleep so I take Melatonin. I found some old psoriasis cream in my bedroom and started putting it on my face so I can enjoy my skin for a while. Too bad it doesn't help the remainder of my body (not enough cream left and who has time to medicate literally hundreds of patches every day?), but I'll have insurance this year. It's ok. So things aren't perfect, but my mental health is pretty good and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts.

I know a lot of you have been struggling as I have. I hope if that's still the case that you catch a break soon, as well. Hang in there. The better days are worth it. ❤️

I'm trying to leave my room...

I'm trying to leave my room so I can get some work done. Booka's napping and isn't going to let me get in the way of that. 😂😂😂 If I leave him here he'll just freak out when he wakes up. 🙄 "How could you leave me alone?!" I love this precious old bad boy.

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I watered some plants today. 😊😍

I watered some plants today. 😊😍

Baby succs, big succs, recovering succs... Lots and lots of succs.

Baby Toes bloomed the other day. This one is funny to me. 🙂

Me, my old doggies, and my tailless Tobi cat...

Me, my old doggies, and my tailless Tobi cat. Kitten chews everything (including my fingers - HARD) so much that we bought him chew toys. I'm sitting here enjoying not having to fight him off my hands and phone for the moment.