Last night, I went to see Project Hail Mary with my daughters, my daughter’s fiancé, his sister, and his parents. The girls were concerned that my dad might not be able to sit still for about 3 hours to enjoy the movie so I didn’t check him out of memory care. I plan to visit him later today. Will probably take him to the mall to get batteries for his two watches. If you haven’t seen Project Hail Mary, you should make some time for it. I think it might be in my top movies of all time.

Didn’t sleep well last night so I’m a little groggy this morning. Been setting up the little MacBook Neo I got so that I can work on writing and research away from my iMac. It’s a pretty good little notebook. If all you need is a device with a functional keyboard (no lags and delays), something for writing apps or software, and some light media usage, it is the perfect little machine. It sort of reminds me of a Chromebook but for Apple OS.

Today, I want to get some exercise in despite how tired I feel. I have been waiting until I felt more energetic, and for whatever reason, I haven’t felt energetic for several days now. Maybe some exercise will help loosen up some tight muscles and pump some blood to my brain.

Also today, I’m going to continue researching for Chapter 1 of my book on Maternal Psychosis. Right now, I have 11 chapters in the outline, along with an introduction and conclusion. Lately, I’ve been thinking about adding a twelfth chapter on the history of how women’s mental health conditions have been diagnosed and treated in a male-oriented system, and how it can be more tailored in the future. It seems to me, after doing a lot of research, that women’s psychosis during childbearing years is not treated as a uniquely female condition caused by many health, social, cultural, genetic, and hormonal factors that would differentiate it from general psychoses. I’m still thinking about it. I don’t know if I want to add a chapter that may take away from the research and proposals for future treatment based on gender perspectives that can be divisive.

Well, I think I will get this day started. I didn’t make jambalaya yesterday because my daughter actually wanted to eat some Dairy Queen. Haha. Kids. Today, I’m making the jambalaya. If it turns out well, I’ll update the blog with a post on how to make it.

Thanks for reading and following. I hope you have a wonderful and productive day. Or, a day of much-needed rest!