Quite sporadic in my writing, I know. I'll skip the whys and get right to the words.

Life is good. I have no money. But I have full time work (crap pay), a roof over my head, and amazing friends. I weaned myself off the meds, even though now I have insurance to pay for them. And most days I feel pretty damn good. Some times are rough, but it tends to just last for hours rather than days or weeks or months. For that I'm thankful. Haven't been in therapy in more than half a year and feel ok about that, too. Relationships with my family...eh....things are good with my mum. My half-brothers are on Facebook, so I kind of am able to see what they're up to. Haven't talked to 'our' mom (yeah, it's weird for me to think of her that way...and I'm not sure how they'd feel about me referring to their mum as my mom)...so...haven't talked to Gloria in a long time. Sister is...I dunno. We've been texting a bit the last few days but prior to that hadn't talked in months. Her choice, at first, and then mine because somehow she keeps getting upset by me although my behaviour doesn't change. So. Whatev...

One of my pictures earned Honorable Mention, Professional category in this year's Autumn Leaf art show. Unfortunately though, my camera is awful for the kind of pics I prefer to take, so I'm trying to sell it on eBay (or trying to get Leo to sell it on eBay) and then use that money for a more suitable camera. At least, that's the plan. In part, I don't feel I can spend any money on a camera, when I can't even pay my bills every month. But, I do make some money from my photography, and the mental well being it brings me is worth more than money. So. It's justified, I think.

Something I think I've learned lately is that really, taking care of Me really does help everything in the long run. Yay.

Eep. No more time. Toodles....