Weekly Plans

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Sunday

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Morning walk
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)
  • Dinner with grandpa

Monday

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Morning walk
  • Breakfast with a friend
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)

Tuesday

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Morning walk
  • Get meds
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)

Wednesday

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Morning walk
  • Breakfast with grandpa and dad
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)
  • Dinner with friends

Thursday

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Morning walk
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)

Friday

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Morning walk
  • Breakfast with a friend
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)

Saturday

  • Mindfulness meditation
  • Morning walk
  • Read
  • Art (coloring and/or rock painting)
  • Dinner with grandpa

A Sleepless In Seattle Type Of Night

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Good Morning, World!!! It is just after three o’clock in the morning here in Seattle. I am sadly unable to sleep for unknown reasons. I am thinking it is due to insomnia which sucks shit. I am not a big fan of insomnia and not being able to freaking sleep. It would be great if I could sleep. I could have used my as needed sleep meds but I really didn’t want to as it is controlled substance and don’t want to get addicted to it as well not have my body get use to it to where I need it more often.

Since I have been unable to sleep, I have been cuddling with my cat, Billie. In fact as I cuddle with my cat, Billie, I have been watching movies on streaming sites. As I watched movies as I cuddled with my cat, Billie most of the night, I also snacked on a bunch of junk food. Junk food I love such as popcorn, ice cream, and other such things.

I do not have much more to write about in this particular post. I do want to thank you for the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Weekly Check-In

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Good Evening, World!!! It is Saturday evening which means it is that time of the week to do my weekly check-in. I guess I will start from the beginning of the week. I started the week by volunteering at PAWS Cat City. It was a typical opening shift for a Sunday. The best part was helping with getting a very shy cat to get adopted. I love it when any cat gets adopted but even that much special when a shy or spicy cat gets adopted.

The other major thing is that I attended both group therapy and individual therapy this past week. Group therapy is okay and I am enjoying one of the groups I am in. As far as individual therapy goes, I had a tough session with my therapist but it was a good session. Therapy is tough but well worth it.

Now on to earlier today as I played kickball. Sadly, my team lost but at least we didn’t lose to the mercy rule which is great for my team. I love playing kickball and enjoy it greatly. Kickball gives me a sense of community as well as some much needed exercise.

I do not have much more to discuss in this particular weekly check-in. I want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Plans on Blogging

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Good Afternoon, World!!! I know I have written about blogging more to keep you the reader more interested in reading my blog. The ways I have started to do this is doing Weekly Plans on Sunday mornings, Caturday with Billie on Saturday mornings and Weekly Check-Ins on Saturday evenings. I realize that blogging more than two days a week with three posts a week will need to be increased. I thought about doing daily prompts starting this Monday on weekdays which is Monday through Friday. I plan on doing daily prompts that WordPress provides. I hope they keep you the reader interested in continuing to read my blog. I will also write other posts as well on whatever moves me to write a blog post.

I realize this is a brief post as I do not have much more to write about in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader continue reading my blog. If it was not for you the reader continuing to read my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Caturday With Billie the Kat & Friend

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Good Morning, World!!! It is Saturday or should I say it is Caturday. Today there will be pictures of Billie and a cat that I helped take care of while volunteering named, Sheeva. In fact, I was involved with helping Sheeva’s new family adopt her.

Sheeva the shy kitty that I helped get adopted while volunteering at PAWS Cat City.
Sheeva the shy kitty eating breakfast at PAWS Cat City as she waited for her future family.
Billie giving me his grumpy old man face look.
Billie sleeping on my lap.
Billie “helping” me make my bed. (Or maybe I should say “getting in the way” but hey I love him very much.)

I do not have much more to say in this blog post nor do I have any more pictures to share at the moment. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you again from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Things That I Am Doing To Help Myself

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Good Evening, World!!! It is sunny here in Seattle but it is windy and chilly outside. Right now my depression is acting up and I am not really sure why. As much as I don’t like the chilly weather and my depression symptoms acting up, I am glad that I have my cat, Billie. Billie is currently laying on my feet and keeping them warm.

Not only is my cat Billie helping with my depression, keeping busy with various things has been quite helpful. I have been reading and I am really enjoying the book. I have also been doing some artwork. I have been coloring as well as painting some rocks. I am happy that I have been reading and doing some artwork.

I do not have much more to write about in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

A Gloomy Spring Day In Seattle

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Good Morning, World!!! It is the start of another work week for most people in the United States. Hell, it is the start to a gloomy spring day in Seattle which is nothing new for this time of year. Since it is a gloomy start of a spring day here in Seattle, I am going share with you all some pretty greenery that I took pictures of.

A bush with dark green leaves that is sprouting new light green leaves.
A tree with all new light green leaves that is filling out for the spring.
Looking up into a tree with branches showing and fresh light green leaves that are filling out the tree.

I hope you all enjoy the photography of the bushes and trees with new spring leaves on them especially if it is gloomy where you are at. I don’t have much more to share on the gloomy Seattle spring day. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, reading my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Now it is time to spend some time with my cat. Peace Out, World!!!

Lack of Blogging = Regular Blogging Schedule

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Good Afternoon, World!!! My blogging or the lack there of has me thinking about creating a schedule to blog at least two to three times a week. I plan on blogging Sunday mornings and posting Weekly Plans. On Saturday Mornings, I plan on doing Caturday with Billie and Friends which will be pictures of my cat Billie and cats from friends as well as cats I work with at my volunteer job at PAWS Cat City. Then on Saturday evenings, I will do a Weekly Check-In. I figure that if I schedule blogging into my calendar that I will keep you my reader at least semi-interested in continuing to read my blog.

Another thing I am considering doing happens to be daily prompts. Not sure when I will start them much less how long I will do them and the frequency. I most likely will do daily prompts that WordPress does as they tend to be good prompts in my opinion a good portion of the time.

I do not have much more to discuss or write about in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Weekly Plans

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Sunday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)
  • Work on mental health recovery workbooks

Monday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Attend Emerald House (a mental health clubhouse)
  • Work on mental health recovery workbooks
  • Dinner with friends

Tuesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Attend Emerald House (a mental health clubhouse)
  • Attend Queer Space (in person) group
  • Kickball practice
  • Work on mental health recovery workbooks

Wednesday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Emerald House virtual group
  • Attend (in person) WHAM group
  • Work on mental health recovery workbooks
  • Kickball practice

Thursday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Sexual Health: An Essential Part of Recovery Training (virtual)
  • LGBTQ+ virtual group
  • Kickball practice
  • Work on mental health recovery workbooks

Friday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Attend Emerald House (a mental health clubhouse)
  • Virtual appointment with therapist
  • Dinner with friends
  • Work on mental health recovery workbooks

Saturday

  • Mindfulness meditation through the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Kickball game
  • Work on mental health recovery books
  • Read
  • Art (color and/or rock painting)

Caturday w/Billie the Kat

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It is Saturday morning and time for Billie, my cat to show off his cuteness once again. This week it is just Billie and hopefully next week Billie will share the spotlight.

Billie peaking out his beehive hiding bed.
Billie sleeping soundly on my legs.
Billie laying on my legs irritated I woke him up.

Well, that is the end of the pictures for today. Thank you for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!