The day is starting for me after a busy day yesterday celebrating Mother’s Day with my mom. I’ve been working remotely for my training as a shelter counselor this past week and just about wrapped it all up earlier yesterday. This week I have various appointments for my job; I have to get a TB test Monday morning and have it read on Wednesday afternoon. I have outpatient treatment 9-11am Monday and Wednesday. I have court on Tuesday at 10:30am to tie up some loose ends. I have finger printing for the new job after court (court is at least via Zoom.) Then on Friday I have CPR training an hour and a half away because mine expired this month. So Thursday is my only free day. Oh! And I’m working my first over night shift this Monday night into Tuesday morning and I’m on call the rest of the week.

I feel good generally speaking though I do have some annoying side effects from my new schizoaffective medication called zyprexa. I feel like the dose needs to be higher if I keep taking the medication, but at the same time, I have an appointment with my pcp on Wednesday afternoon and I need to maybe go on a different medication because it makes my insides shake uncontrollably at intermittent parts of the day. I think it might be blood sugar related but I’m not even pre-diabetic so I am unsure why that would be. The medication makes me shake like I am detoxing off of alcohol despite me being sober nearly nine months, which isn’t a great look for me.

Luckily I do have that appointment with my doctor on Wednesday; maybe there is a better option that will help me feel better or I can get another medication to supplement the zyprexa to help with mood and the shakiness.

I went to my first AA group conscious meeting last night. My home group had a trusted servant position open for the corrections position which essentially entails that I (or whoever be nominated, brings AA meetings to women’s jails and prisons.) My sponsor happened to be there before the meeting and she apparently wanted to do the position as well so her and I were both nominated to co-chair the position which I am pleased with. I kind of wanted my own position to have, but with my current work and school load, I think this might be better. She does have a long stretch of sobriety after all.

So this week is going to be extremely busy but in a lot of positive ways. Hopefully I make it through.

Much love,

Dani