The dark rabbit hole has passed and I’m now the Official Queen of the Universe. I can do anything, any time, anywhere with anyone. Have a huge project you need thought through and organized? That’s me. Give it to me. I will dissect and chop it into tiny bite-sized pieces. Have an insurmountable mental puzzle? Toss it over. I’ll unweave your mind while we have coffee and laugh at reality television.
Seriously – I am on top of the world. I want to start a magazine, a new book proposal and finish a book idea I’ve had in the works for ages. I want to attack the south side of the house and make it beautiful with landscaping and flowers. I’m ready to get all the photos out and make books for all the kids.
This is the better side of manic. This is the reason people get off their medication. This is the tricky part because you get used to it and then when you fall next time, it’s truly a tragedy and you don’t feel like you’ll ever feel good again. You want this side of manic to last forever. But, it won’t.
But right now, I feel fantastic.
I look forward to seeing your new projects! This will be good for anniversary planning, no? I hope this phase is long lasting for you too.
… you can always come to albuquerque… I have tons of projects :–)
hope you’re doing OK overall.
this sounds exactly like me after two cups of coffee & a hard workout. I call it my Stupid Happy because I walk around grinning at strangers. Seems pretty unfair that my Stupid Happy is considered “normal” and yours isn’t.
As a delightfully bipolar person, I feel your manic. I haven’t been reading your site much lately (sorry, but I haven’t been reading any, really), but I’ve been on the down side of bipolar for wayyy too long now. I know it’s wrong, but I would give anything for a little mania. In fact just a few hours before reading this I was wishing for mania. We’ll see. Maybe things will pick up around here too.