From There to Here

Wow. Busy week. Busy last few weeks. Tonight the exhaustion is finally hitting me.

I realize that it's been quite some time since my last post. For anyone who still checks this blog, I apologize. Kind of. I'm not that sorry. Haha, what I mean is that there's been a mixture of being busy, pursuing other hobbies, and having writers' block (not to mention simple laziness) that have kept me from writing until now. In fact, words are not flowing out from my brain to my fingertips as smoothly as I'd like, but I'll try to muddle through. Let me catch you up a bit about what's been happening since December.

Christmas, although wonderful and full of family time and fun, was a little tough, as a sort of "numbness" made it feel like I was just going through the motions while my mind was far away, in a fog of grey. There were of course some times when I felt mostly like myself; playing multiple rounds of Dutch Blitz with my family and sister's beau, licking foam from my Starbucks drink, helping out with our Sunday School Christmas pageant, etc. but there was a lot of...nothingness, dullness, along with "what's-the-point-of-living" feelings. What a way to ring in the new year, eh?
One of the really excellent things that happened a little before December, though, was being diagnosed and given proper medication. As it takes a while to build up to the full dose and for it to "kick in", I didn't really notice any positive effects until the end of January/beginning of February.

Little by little, my mind started to "wake up" as it were. Things weren't so blurred and grey. Little things started to interest me, and being social was far less arduous. And now, it's hard to even remember quite what it was like last autumn!

These last few months have been wonderful. New opportunities, new friends, getting more involved; all of this has contributed greatly to my current state. Above all though, I marvel at where God has brought me. My depression is basically gone. How is that possible? With God. When my meds first started working, my anxiety, unfortunately, went up. Now, however, things seem to be leveling out, and I'll be the first one to, again, give full credit to God and His outstanding power to change.
Thank you to all of you who were thinking about and praying for me!

Now, quickly, some most recent happenings:
I've gotten to spend some time with animals, which is really great, since I still miss our beloved dog, Freyja.
My mum and I went to the mainland to visit my sister and I got to see how she makes the purses for her business (here's the link to it, in case you're interested: Connally's Online Shop )
Still knitting, as usual. I am preparing things to sell at a fibre festival in August. So far, I only have a couple items, but hopefully will have more in time.
I've gotten back into visual art, specifically illustration, "pen pal art" (decorating envelopes, cards, letters, etc), watercolours, and I've also finished a collection of abstract doodles.
I got my hair chopped off! From being past my waist, it is now jaw length.

Lots of fun stuff!

Summer is my favourite time of year. The weather is fantastic, it's light out longer and, best of all, friends are coming to visit!!! It looks like three of my dearly loved friends will be either coming home or visiting throughout the summer and I could not be more excited!
When you add the amount of outdoor time I get to have, this summer is looking like a good one.

Sending out warm hugs all around,