Satur-Day Post and Prayer Request

***Special Bulletin: This post has been interrupted by an urgent prayer request. My friend Anna's cousin Stephanie is pregnant with twins and about to go in for surgery that could take the lives of both of the boys but they will definitely die without it. God is the Creator and Champion of Life. He giveth and He taketh away. May His will be done. 

Today is  Satur-Day. Not just a Saturday. Because I think I could have Satur-Days on other days of the week (For example, MLK day was a Satur-Day).

Satur-Days involve doing things that I love to do because they cam me down and help me focus for the rest of the week. Also, I have a chance to think about things I normally don't have time to think about.

Today will probably involve laundry and reading and trying to not have mono again (work has been stressful and now I'm getting that oh-too-familiar ache in the back of my neck). Trying each week to live in such a way as that I'm giving myself what I need. Some days I go to morning mass, leave work on time, do yoga in my room, shower and blow-dry my hair, and have everything ready for the next day.... other days I don't go to mass but maybe spend some extra time knitting, I might have to stay an hour late at work (but it's because I want to catch up on stuff) and then I might just crash. But I don't force myself. And in general, my energy level is pretty good. I've also been taking a multivitamin and a B complex vitamin.

Manic-depression is an interesting experience but I find that I'm able to endure more than I would've thought, and I've grown more. For example, this is what I take every morning:

There are 7 pills in there: a mood stabilizer, an atypical anti-depressant (not just typical Prozac stuff), something for anxiety, then my 2 vitamins and, finally, my old friends Co-lase and Senakot because with the other meds, things can get pretty tied up.

Plus there's still this and Yes it still hurts and No it doesn't feel normal, in fact I am quite aware of the fact that there are - say it with me - 11 pins and three plates along the length of my ankle.
You could pray for me to help me lose weight - it's not happening too easily (haha, not putting a ton of effort in) but I know it would help my ankle so much...

Shabbat Shalom,