Last 9 months have been mainly tough. I started a second job, plus volunteered for more overtime at my primary job to occupy my mind, keeping it from dwelling on past losses. I also saw a counselor regularly throughout 2022. These actions proved effective in overall raising my spirits out of the gaping maw of Depression, though I flirt with burnout periodically...
Nowadays seem brighter, both literally and figuratively. Literally, because it's spring and the days are getting longer. Figuratively because my social life is improving, with more frequent meetups with friends new and old, and social interactions with family as well.
I am starting to date again after a brief abortive attempt last year with the eccentric solar panel installer from Ithaca.
I am also reading about the science behind dreams, the history of our treatment of them, and observing and figuring out the whys of our brain activity while we slumber.
Keeping a dream diary is mentioned in the book, so in a nod to that, here goes:
I dreamt I was living with family friends. They sent me out to their front yard to retrieve a cookbook from a decaying bookshelf which dwelt there. The lawn wasn't mowed, and there was lots of junk. There was some discussion and interaction going on, the details of which escape me. typical weird random dream for me...
More on this later, if I have the discipline...
I continue to bike to work frequently, especially since my 3rd daughter got her driver's license and likes to commute to/from school from her mom's. Better to do this in an EV than in a gasoline engined vehicle. Am angling for a 3rd car, but supplies are short and I have to wait for now.
