Ford is Back Baby!

Its a long holiday weekend for the States, Memorial Day, the day we honor those who have fought for the rights in our country.  I lost a great Uncle in WWII, my dad's brother during Vietnam, my husband's grandfather was a vet from WWII and was stationed in Japan, and my father is vet of the Lebanon Conflict in the 60's (even though he was in Italy and did nothing but watch the planes fly over and think "thank god its not me," seriously, that is what he tells us!).

This week, Ford got back their logo!  What does that mean? Well in 2006, Ford mortgaged all their assets, including their logo, to get about 26 billion bucks, when they did that, it allowed them to NOT take the Government bailout in 2008.  Well 7 years to the month, they were able to pay off the mortgages and get back their logo, in celebration, about 900 employees came out to their east lawn and stood in the shape of the logo in blue and white shirts.  I am in the end of the F!   I lost my job in 2009 and in 2010 I got a job at Ford, I am proud to work there, I love what I do, and I love being part of the Ford Family.

So this is the offical picture!

And the picture below shows me and a red box around me.

The Daily Life of Supporting a Bipolar

So one thing any "real" doctor will tell you is there is thing to the "Full Moon" and the "crazies" that happens. 

We actually warn each other on the support group when the full moon is coming.  For us, signs of an upcoming full moon are....hypomania, unusual happiness, increased sex drive, increased spending, decreased need for sleep.  In my case, these changes start about 4 days before the moon, the day of the moon can either happen two ways, he can be either be in full mania, or he can crash. 







Crashing is a whole nother story. 

Crashing means he will sleep all day, for about 3 days straight.  He will get up to go to the bathroom, maybe eat a yogurt, and take his meds, have a smoke, and go back to bed.  If I am lucky he will let the dogs out, but not usually.  

The hardest thing about this cycle is he will complain he hates it and wants to stop it, but he doesn't recognize the cycle.  I can write it on a calendar and show him when it will happen or when it happened last, predict the next time it will happen, but he won't believe me. 

When we were looking for his new psychitrist, I asked the dr "do you believe in the full moon?" he replied "I am supposed to tell you no." which made me smile and laugh.  We both really like his currrent dr.  It's important to a good dr, one your trust, who will work with you and listen to you when you have issues with the meds.  When he needed to make a change to his meds, the dr was more the willing to work with us.