Party day #1

Saturday was a       day
Anxiety Range: 2-4
Depression Range: 1-3
Impulses: 3
Activity Level: 2
Light Time: zero

Saturday was day #1 of 2 of the house warming/birthday party. All of MIL's brothers and sisters were able to make it, and only one of their spouses did not come. That means seven people, three of Husband's cousins and their spouses were here, then the grandparents, MIL and FIL, my SIL, and of course Husband. There were five little kids running around and one small dog that couldn't be left home for so long. Total count was 20 people (with me) in the medium sized house. It took part of two larger dining room tables, seating outside and all the chairs in the living room (plus folding chairs brought in) for everyone to sit down for a meal. I have a somewhat mild case of claustrophobia, but the more people you add, the worse it becomes.

MIL made seafood gumbo and my chili recipe for lunch, and I got a lot of compliments, which felt nice, then for dinner MIL had cooked a turkey and pulled it apart for sandwiches. One of MIL's sister brought FIVE full size desserts, which 1 ½ of them would have sufficed. Two other people also brought a dessert and sweet bread so the temptation was running wild. I controlled myself pretty well except for the lemon poppyseed bread. For the birthday part of the day, the dessert lady then brought out a sixth, a Ho-Ho cake. It was basically chocolate cake topped with a cream, and then chocolate, the components of a Ho-Ho. I did not eat any of the cake knowing that it would be chocolaty rich and I don't enjoy that most of the time.

I hid from the party for quite a bit, I hung out in the den playing with my iPhone and fixed some of my contacts, and Plurked a bit. I also played pool with Husband and FIL in the less populated basement, took a nap, and then went back to the den for a bit, and then downstairs with Husband to an abandoned space. I only thought to take my anti-anxiety med (Perphenazine) once, and I should have taken more, it would have definitely helped.

I had expected to hear a bunch of political back and forth for most of the day, but it didn't come until the end of the day when things were settling down. I think every one of them are democrats, so it didn't really matter what they were talking about, they all agreed deep down. I didn't last long in the room with all this, so that was the time I escaped to downstairs with Husband to play pool.

As you can guess, anxiety was high, but then I also hit an antsy/depressed period near the end of the day. Playing pool helped the best, it was a nice distraction.