Bipolar Cabin Fever

As I write this we've been snowbound for a day or two, along with lots of friends, family, and neighbors.  We're fine--plenty of food, plenty of firewood, and so far no troubles with power or phone service.

Social Hurricane isn't with us, and that's probably a good thing, because she gets cabin fever in a bad way.  When her bipolar disorder first reared its ugly head, she'd go out walking for hours at a time.  We discovered this is actually pretty common; the actor Stephen Fry said in an interview that he'd struggled with the condition for years, and that one of the ways he coped with it was by going for very long walks.

Combine that with being a full out extrovert, and the Hurricane hates staying home for any great length of time.  If she'd been cooped up in the house she'd have been going nuts (and, I selfishly admit, she'd have been driving the rest of us nuts as well.)  She's currently staying with a friend/co-worker and his wife and their baby, by invitation.  He lives closer to where she works than we do; she was invited to spend the night there before the snowstorm came through so they'd have an easier time getting to work in the morning.

So she's currently kind of stuck at his house.  But she gets along well with him and his wife so she's okay.  It's a different environment so she feels a little less "stuck at home."  And she helps with housework so they don't appear to mind having her for a day or two, although I expect everybody's going to be relieved tomorrow when the roads are supposed to be passable again and everybody can get where they need to be.

So, yeah, Adored Wife and Basement Artist and I are fine, and Graphics Magician has neighbor kids to play with and likes a few days off school, so it's all good.  And SH has said it's probably easier for her to deal with being stuck at a friend's house rather than stuck at home.  And we think we agree.

Hope all's well out there, friends, and God bless.