I’m not the type of person that doesn’t like January, but this one had me in a weird state. It took me longer to recover from the surgery that I had than I thought it would. I don’t work at Funtastic Events in the winter so I missed that. In general I was grumpy, annoyed and had no energy to do anything. It really sucked. I wasn’t depressed or anything like that, I was just in a funk.

Since Hannah had gone off of her meds we had started supplementing magnesium, her folate that she has to take with any supplements or medication and 5-HTP. I had read up on how this supplement boosts your serotonin. Since I was in a not so good place I decided to start taking it also.

I’ve only been on it a little over 2 weeks, but the difference in my mood is incredible. I take it at night with my magnesium and these are the changes that I’ve noticed. I sleep like a log. I have energy during the day. Even if I don’t feel like doing something that needs to be done I do it anyway. I’m a nicer person to be around. I make sure I get up, do my hair, put on makeup and get dressed every day.

Since we had the snow/ice weather my car was awful. I had enough energy to take it to the car wash and now it’s clean as a whistle.

Our home had gotten cluttered with things that needed to go back out to the shed. It bothered me so much but I just didn’t feel like doing anything about it. Now everything is back in order.

My daughter’s boyfriend bought her this

Seriously????? a 6 foot tall teddy bear that weighed as much as a toddler. It drove me nuts, and her too, because it took up almost her entire bedroom. I finally did something about it.

So if you are having any of these issues, I highly recommend this supplement.

On a different note, two nights in a row we’ve had a chicken that wouldn’t return to the coop. Since chickens are blind at night, she’d come to the side door and cackle. She just made herself at home in the kitchen, eating honeydew and listening to jazz while I cooked.

My cat is not impressed.

Now I’m going to go finish an episode of Black Mirror I’ve been watching. If you have never watched it, it reminds me so much of the Twilight Zone.