The Weekly Friday Feast

[eth]

@Appleblossom  up here I live like a Mexican!  Don't go in the sun at the hottest times.

@Crazy_Bug_Lady I started in Vic, then PNG, NT, Brisbane, back to NT, central QLD, Brisbane, Geelong, Melbourne - that's just before I was 21.  My parents were in Education but I just kept moving after I left home.  Lots of adventures along the way (some of which turned out to be driven by bipolar mania and medication reactions!) and have finally settled down back in the NT. 

[Appleblossom]

Can be the best way ... my sister married a Mexican guitarist and had 2 boys ... I liked him ...

we have to adapt to this country ... or shrivel up dry and die.... wooops better lift the mood ....

[Mazarita]

I've lived in rural NSW, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast and visited a lot of other places, some of this movement also driven by bipolar and medication reactions. Been settled where I am for the past almost eight years.

[eth]

Now that I'm staying put I can see how much it helps me manage my symptoms.  I find it's a combination of medication and management for me, and have only fairly recently entered a period of relative mood stability.  It's such a relief after years of one med after another not being successful combined with me learning more skills to balance myself instead of getting too high or low.

[Appleblossom]

I had a lot of movement as a child and teen but the moves have slowed down as I age ... been in one spot for 13 years ... living with only my son and 2 cats

[Mazarita]

I agree, @eth, about staying in one place helping with mood stability. These days I hope to stay in whatever rental place I'm in for as long as possible. I don't usually leave unless the owners sell the place and need it vacant or something like that. I'm relieved with the relative stability of the last several years but I have stabilised in a place that has been a bit too withdrawn, depressed, anxious. Even these things I have learnt to accept more and medication has helped with this. I'm oddly content with my odd life.

[Mazarita]

@Appleblossom I don't remember you mentioning your cats before. Purr. I love cats and have had several visiting cats in various places I've been. 

[eth]

I feel like that too @Mazarita, even though I'm in long-term public housing it has it's challenges at times.  e.g. neighbours fighting.  I mix with very few people and live alone.

[Appleblossom]

My cats are both boys ... and the only ones allowed on my bed ... one is a noisy purrer and king of the street and sitting with me now ... the other a bit flighty and a mummy's boy ...but they can share ... they are brothers from same litter ... we love our cats. Went to Vet 2 days ago for one ... had blood tests done ... but all healthy but ... cat is a bit anxious and over grooming ... its like me but I under groom

[PeppiPatty]

Nup @eth