Some Definitions

Mercurial: (adj) having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness...; characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood

Scribe: (n) a writer; specifically: journalist

Welcome to Mentally Interesting...

This is my little self-improvement experiment. Here I discuss mental health, weight loss, debt elimination, parenthood, pop culture and generally whatever gets me thinking. Be forewarned, we go for brutal honesty here; however, I do play well with others and so should you.

Archive: November 2007

First Ultrasound - part 1

12:45 pm PST.

In just one hour and fifteen minutes Husband and I should be in the doctor’s office for our first ultrasound! I’m at 18 1/2 weeks today, which means all of Baby’s privates are developed and can been seen… so we’re hoping Squishy will cooperate and let us see “the goods” to determine boy or girl. However, knowing that this is my kid, I wouldn’t be surprised if Squishy just moons us instead!

I have not counted down the days like this since I was a kid waiting for Disneyland or Christmas. It’s insane. I feel Squishy more and more often now and the movement is getting more discernible from the other internal, more gastro-intestinal related movements (more…)

Drumroll, Please

Please pop over to Novelle360 and welcome their daughter, Allison Grace, to the world!

Happy Birthday, Little Girl!

New Look

I decided that it was time the good ol’ blog had a little change of fashion. Whaddya think?

Emulating the Tortoise

“Slow but steady, steady but slow, that’s the way we always go…”

Since my last post on Wednesday, I have indeed done better. Each day came with a drudgery and slipped away with a little more peace in my heart. Thordora, you’ll be happy to know that while I didn’t indulge in some sappy movies, I did cry and get my emotions out through a book I’m finding very cathartic. (more…)

Mercurial Strikes the Scribe Once Again

It’s been months and months since I’ve posted anything about manic depression mostly because I’ve hit a happy place of stability over the past 11 months or so. Sure, there was that bumpy patch in the early summer, but overall I’ve been the most stable I’ve ever known myself to be. But today I felt something that I haven’t felt in a long time…

my heart thumped noisily in my chest… I felt restless… agitated… angry at nothing and everything at once…

Hello, agitated angry dysphoria. I really did not miss you. (more…)

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