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Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Long Way Home

Friday, May 28, 2010

Well, we had some excitement yesterday. It went like this:
Rye wakes up and is wound up from the get-go.   I mean, he’s ready to charge.  Hyper, ansty, doesn’t want to eat.  You know the drill.  Oh dear, I think, it’s gonna be a long one.  I’ve gotten to where I just know these things.  I [...]

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The Depakote Is Starting To Work

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Rye has been on Depakote now for 2 weeks and we are definitely starting to see some changes for the positive.   What are we seeing?
Well, he is able to do his school work every day.  All of it.  Yes, he still doesn’t want to do it.  No change there.  But he does it anyway.  And [...]

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Mark Twain & His Daughter Susy

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

It is suggested that Mark Twain (pen name) was bipolar.  It is also hypothesized that his daughter Susy, who many considered to be Twain’s writing muse, was also bipolar.  He writes about her here in his newly released manuscripts:
“She was a magazine of feelings, and they were of all kinds and of all shades of [...]

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America: The Story Of Us ~ The History Channel

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

We are watching this History Channel series on the history of America now as a part of our homeschooling and I can’t even tell you how good it is.  We have just started but we are watching one episode a day to enhance our learning of American History and it is really entertaining.  It is [...]

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A Good Weekend

Sunday, May 23, 2010

We have had a nice weekend over here.  Rye is still hyper but we have stayed really busy and that has helped.  He had a friend stay with us until late this morning and yesterday Don was pooped from the week so I took the boys out on the lake on the boat to go [...]

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It’s Friday!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Well, we had a good day here today.  Rye is still hyper as can be but he was perky for the most part today.
Thank God.
Given our mediocre success with book work the past few days, I figured it best for everyone’s sanity to keep busy in lieu of book work so we headed an hour [...]

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Meg A. Smith: Runaway Hunter

Thursday, May 20, 2010

If you can even believe it, two completely unrelated friends of Rye decided to run away from home this week.  One went Monday night and the other one went last night.  Both took off on foot for hours and ended up in the dark, in the woods, and lost ( we live in the country).  [...]

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Homeschooling Manic Bipolar

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The first half of our day went like this:

After which, I felt like this:
And wanted to do this:

But somehow we made it.
And we are both still here and alive.
Well, he’s now asleep.
I’m awake and still alive.
And now I’m going to work in the garden.  Hello peace and solitude.
Amen.

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Chicago Love, Bumper Style

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Someone close to me used to own this house.  The one with the minotaurs out front.  The house did not come with the minotaurs out front but rather they were built to live at that house.   For that house.  They are anatomically correct so I won’t zoom in on them but they are incredible pieces [...]

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A Case Of The Mondays

Monday, May 17, 2010

Well, I haven’t posted in a few days because a lot happened last week and I guess it finally all got to me this weekend and I got sick.  I slept a ton over the past few days and am now feeling a bit better but am still under the weather.  I am definitely still [...]

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Baby Steps

Friday, May 14, 2010

Just a quick post to say we are seeing a little progress.  Rye is off the Abilify today as he took it for 2 days and it did calm the extreme mania but made him feel bad so now he is just on the Depakote and the Depakote is starting to kick in.  Rye is [...]

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