Clouds and Vitamin D
Dec. 1st, 2023 10:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillilahI got a cloud to look more or less correct. I didn't end up using plain old sky color and translucent white as the darkest color. I couldn't even add brown to that to make gray, because then it was too red with the red from the brown and the red from the purple. I ended up using a blue and brown to make gray combo for the gray at the top and then worked my way down to a much bluer dark gray at the bottom. I had to make the top (and the middle and bottom as much as I could) have puffy cloud shapes (like mountains in Chinese scrolls), even when I can't really see them. I got much better results with zinc (translucent) white, although for puffy cloud edges, I needed to add some titanium white, which is much less translucent. I worked really hard at softening the transitions and having a variety of puffy cloud shapes, even in the darker gray midsection. I also fixed the straight lines. I still need to fix the bottom of the cloud, but it was going to take another five hours or something, so I didn't try it right away.
I'm really struggling with my vitamin D levels. This is a known bug. I am now in the time of year when I do the most poorly. I hoped that I could avoid it with all the calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D, and I'm on the edge of doing that. However, it looks like if I take 2000IU of vitamin D, then I am depressed and tired. If I take 3000IU of vitamin D, then I am super anxious. 2600IU of vitamin D still makes me anxious, although I can kind of function. Unfortunately, I'm not at the point where I'm not sure which direction I need to go. I _think_ I need less, but maybe I need more. Tomorrow, I'll go back to 2000IU and try to convince myself to stay at that dosage until Monday (I hate being depressed). If I feel depressed and not anxious, I will try dumping half of the powder out of the 600IU capsule. I really detest being so incredibly out of control. If I recall correctly, I perked up last January, so I don't need to suffer through this for super long. We also hope that once we get into the new house, I will be able to spend more time out in the garden, which will hopefully make the whole situation much easier. I hope. Of course, that won't happen until we can move.... That's okay, though. I can deal with this until then. There is no point in raising the stakes for staying here and making myself more anxious.
I'm really struggling with my vitamin D levels. This is a known bug. I am now in the time of year when I do the most poorly. I hoped that I could avoid it with all the calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D, and I'm on the edge of doing that. However, it looks like if I take 2000IU of vitamin D, then I am depressed and tired. If I take 3000IU of vitamin D, then I am super anxious. 2600IU of vitamin D still makes me anxious, although I can kind of function. Unfortunately, I'm not at the point where I'm not sure which direction I need to go. I _think_ I need less, but maybe I need more. Tomorrow, I'll go back to 2000IU and try to convince myself to stay at that dosage until Monday (I hate being depressed). If I feel depressed and not anxious, I will try dumping half of the powder out of the 600IU capsule. I really detest being so incredibly out of control. If I recall correctly, I perked up last January, so I don't need to suffer through this for super long. We also hope that once we get into the new house, I will be able to spend more time out in the garden, which will hopefully make the whole situation much easier. I hope. Of course, that won't happen until we can move.... That's okay, though. I can deal with this until then. There is no point in raising the stakes for staying here and making myself more anxious.
