Day 1 With the Light Box

I used the light box for 30 minutes today: 15 minutes with breakfast, and 15 minutes while I was drying my hair and putting on my makeup. It's cute--small and portable. I like it.

It helped with my energy levels and helped me be able to concentrate. What it didn't help with is feeling like my head is fuzzy and filled with cotton. I did experience some racing thoughts, oddly enough, not when I was looking in the light box, but when I was driving in the sunlight in the car. However, the racing thoughts didn't persist. I felt impatient with how slow I was driving (and I wasn't driving slow at all). I'm aware that this is only my first day using it, and it could potentially help more over the long run (or potentially make me manic). We shall see....

It has a clock that you can set for the light to go off as an alarm, so I'm going to try that. Anything and everything can help me get up in the morning because I'm having a hell of a time.

We Have a Little Love Nest Here

I think that I have a measure of Zara's devotion to me. I brought in her "treat" (wet cat food with her "happy pill" mixed in), and she ignored it for a whole five minutes while she was crawling all over me and making a fuss over me. Then she ate. She also has started kneading since the move. She's happy.

I need to go share the love with Her Royal Highness (Harlee) too before I go to sleep.