Mood: 7 Hours of sleep: 5 hours in 3 sessions Often when I’m in hyper-mania state, my sleep pattern gets affected and I get periods on insomnia and if this spans a period of 3 or more days then sleep deprivation. Last night, I was falling asleep on the sofa so went to my bed.…

The amazing Mrs D was born. Happy Birthday lovely Natalie ❤️ Mood 7 Sleep: took a tablet 11pm to 2:30am & 5am to 7am. Total 5.5 hours. Now a caveat What follows is my truth. Others may have a different view of events 😎 Six years ago today, I came into the school office I…

One of the best things about Tod, is that it’s a market town. The centre is jumping when it’s a market day. On the indoor market, the prize for the best stall must go to Ham Corner. They sell ham and are in the corner 🤣 They sell sandwiches with a huge list of fillings,…

Went into the local Information Centre yesterday & bought my first Ordnance Survey map, covering the local area. My house is at Gauxholme where the red A681 crosses the blue (Canal) Also asked about pronunciations of local towns. Yorksheer folks are lazy it seems. I know we drop Ts but in some cases whole words

Yesterday we had a meeting with medical representatives with regards mum’s prescribed meds that left my sister and I raging. I won’t go into specifics today as we don’t know what follow up action will be taken yet. In my view, the other party came with an agenda and it was going to be his…

Photos from my walk from my house (Lock 24) towards Todmorden (Lock 18) Sunday trip to Hebden Bridge Picture House

Mood 7. Hours undisturbed sleep 3.5. What a wonderful word ❤️ This is what those with BD strive for – 5 on the mood scale, balance in The Force or in simple terms CALM I’m not there at the moment 😢 There are 4 things that bring calm to my life. Music I love live…

Technically no, but I live as close to the lock as you can get! The first true live-aboard boaters that came through the lock gave me a windlass + a new nickname – “Tod of the Lock”. ❤️ it. I wrote to Canal & River Trust asking if I could become the voluntary lock keeper…

Bipolar Disorder can be a Bastard. 2 weeks ago, I was struggling to get out of bed. Now I’m not spending enough time sleeping in it #highcount #insomnia #limitless #crawlunder #sleepdeprivation #lowcount Thank God for prescribed sleeping tabs. Don’t often take them but need them now. Being high “hyper-mania” makes me feel like the character…

Today’s Mood 7 Hours slept 5.5 with sleeping tablet. Yesterday, I headed to the local recycle centre as I have an industrial amount of cardboard to get rid of. Finding it not yet open, I headed into Hebden Bridge and found a cafe opening up. I ordered coffee and a Full English breakfast called a…