Tulip's Tantrums

 I joined an online support group. It's for people with the co-morbidities of substance abuse and a mood disorder. This was my second meeting. I felt at ease at this meeting and how it went. It's nice to hear that someone else goes through what you do, and hear the things they try in their life that have and haven't worked. I'm looking at getting a Line a Year, 5 Year Journal. I've been thinking about it for a while now. I'm sure it will prove interesting. Zoom. Well, that's got a bit of a learning curve. It's easy to accept a meeting and figure out how to unmute yourself, but I downloaded it and tried to invite Darrin to a meeting. You would have thought I was trying to reinvent the wheel. After much conversing and testing and a little arguing, we got it. Now I'm ready to be on my first podcast ever! We're starting with Zoom and finishing with just audio. The Missing Witches have a weekly podcast that garners around 2500 d/l each episode. I wil

 Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a devastating disorder that wreaks havoc with not only the person who has it, but with everyone involved with that person. "Borderline Personality Disorder Isn't an excuse, It's an explanation ," is an article written by Emily Burt and is on The Mighty  site. Emily's words resonate with me. There is an explanation for our actions and reactions, and Emily has captured it wonderfully. It's likely no one will ever read this blog and click the links to Emily's article. If, however, you or someone you know has BPD or any mental illness, tell them about The Mighty site. It's for patients, family and friends, or just someone curious of what everything is about. My mental illness includes BPD, Bipolar Disorder (BP), Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), as well as a little anxiety. My mood has been slightly hypomanic for the past year. Unfortunately, it got a little out of hand, so I spoke with my p-doc (psy

 Lila Smith has been missing since last Friday, June 24th. She has been found - ALIVE ! Lila was found in Oregon with a 41-year-old Oregon man. The man has been charged with Child Luring, with more charges likely to follow. I cannot remotely begin to fathom what these past 8 days have been like for Lila's parents, sister, family and friends. This is everyone's worst nightmare. Why this man was in Canada and picked Killarney School to find a victim is beyond me, however, police must have known something to be looking in the States and having the FBI involved. There's no way you just pick a state and find an abducted child. Regardless, she's on her way home and that's all that matters.

 It's 3:45AM and I'm up again. A few hours late in wishing everyone a good Canada Day. Meh It was a good day. Breanna and the kids came in, and Jessica (Bre's sister) joined us. We walked down to where I had placed our chairs and blanket (at 6AM), and watched the parade. The rain held off until the firetrucks went past (the end of the parade), but then it poured for a good while. I went to Lori and Earl's, and stayed for a yummy supper of deluxe nachos and dry ribs mmmmm. Got home and dressed Ellie, then put her in the new pet stroller and went down to Legacy. She really enjoyed looking out of the mesh and over the top; I think she appreciated not having to walk with her little hips being so stiff and sore. We stayed for a little bit, saw Earl and Lori again, grabbed some fries and walked home. Here's a pic of Peanut and me at the parade. I wonder what Zinger and Magnus will think of the stroller. They've adjusted to their harnesses quite easily, and they're