Happy Easter! Or Whatever You Choose To Celebrate! : )

It's Easter, and I've been feeling so much better the last few days.  The weather has been sunny, warmer, and my mood has changed as well.  I got some things done - unpacked some boxes around the house, finally listened to the message on my phone from the hospital, scheduled an appointment with my doctor, although I rescheduled it for Monday because of cramps, but still - I'm no longer in "escape mode"!It's strange, some days are brighter, they actually seem to have hope, life is worth living and experiencing, not just existing and wishing the world away.  Could it be the weather?  Could it be the chemicals in my brain?  Is it at all possible that I'm just a freaking normal person who has ups and downs?  It's not like I get so up that I buy tractors and a one way ticket to Cancun without my family, or I'm so down that I've locked myself in a dark closet with a knife.  (The up example is a true story from a bipolar guy - who lived in the city, not a farm -  I met in the hospital in 2001 after he crashed alone in his hotel room in Cancun.)I am so lucky I have such a wonderful husband, a sweet and precious dog that means so much to me, I can never do enough to show either of them how much a I care and appreciate them.  I guess they are pretty much all the family I have in the world.  Yes, I do have biological family, but I'm not close to them.  On my mom's side, they tracked me down via facebook because I don't have a r...
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