Monday, November 19, 2012

My Life Today

I had another wonderful day today.  I woke up around 8:00 am.  I went right to work and did the chores for my wife.  Later in the morning our support worker took Kim and I out.  We went to Wolfville to check out the new location for the craft fair we will be attending this Saturday.

On the way back we stopped at Giant Tiger and did some Christmas shopping.  Then we headed off to Dollarama to do some more Christmas shopping.  I did everything I had to do to get ready for work tomorrow.  At supper time I cooked both Kim and I's supper.  After that Kim and I wrapped up Christmas gifts.  We relaxed in the living room listening to Christmas music and looking at the tree lights.  After that I played my favourite computer game called World War II Europe Series.  It is an air war game.  I fly war planes, shoot down other planes, engage in ground attacks, and try to sink ships on the water.  It is a fun game and I have a ball playing it.

For the rest of the night I will probably do some fun research such as reading up on fishing.  I love fishing and I intend to more fishing this summer than I did last year.  When the weather warms up in the spring I am going to practice my fly casting on my front lawn.  I am going to be getting a fly tying kit for X-mas and a book for beginners on how to do it.  I am going to take fly tying up for a hobby this winter.  By spring I will have lots of flies to go fishing with.

I like fly fishing for smallmouth bass and trout.  Some day I intend to purchase a 91/2 foot salmon fly rod with the intention of going fly fishing for salmon, stripped bass, and shad.  At the present moment I have an 8 foot trout fly rod which is perfect for smallmouth bass and trout.

I have had a wonderful day and I sincerely hope that all my readers had a wonderful day too.

Good luck in your recovery, whether you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness or whether you are a consumer.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

A Day At The Craft Fair

My wife and I got up at 6:00 am this morning.  We left at 6:30 and picked up a friend.  We headed to the Somerset Elementary School and spent the day at the craft fair.  We sold enough product to pay for the table and made some profit as well.

We all had a ball.  We had a great time socializing with the customers.  My friend, wife, and I carried on with each other.  All around it was a wonderful day.  Having a day like today is very important to me because there was a time when I wouldn't have been able to do this.  I would have been severely paranoid.  I wouldn't have been able to socialize with the customers.  I would have been afraid for my life at a function like this.  It simply would have been a terrible time for me.  I wouldn't have been able to enjoy myself.  It  would have been just a nightmare for me.

I am very grateful for the way my life is right now.  I now feel fully human and fully alive.  I have a wife, friends, I am able to work, and I am able to spend hours doing my hobbies.  I am heavily involved with the  Schizophrenia Society.  I simply know how to live life to the fullest and I enjoy every minute of it.  Even though I constantly battle my OCD symptoms I rise above them and make the best of it.  Sometimes it's very hard and difficult but I am a fighter and a survivor.

Today was a wonderful day and I am very grateful and thankful for it.