t switching lines

brenda is wise.

Worshipping Thomash!! Go you!

While I'm glad that Bitches Day worked out well for some lovely Bitches, I'd like to reschedule. Pie and glitter seem to be no match for the snot monster that's decided I'm his new host. Bleargh.

It's obvious to me that you've made great strides. And honestly, you've got a lot of stressful shit going on. And you deal with 99% of it without getting over your head and I think you should pat yourself on the back for it.

t tries to pat self on back

t decides what she really needs is a good backrub

ETA--Thanks, Brenda. That's really encouraging.

Who is it that did that again?

Laura.

mmmm, pie.

One of my friends is having a party on Saturday. I'd been looking forward to it, but she just told me that 30 people are coming, and their apartment isn't very big, and I'm not that good with crowds in tight spaces in the best of circumstances, but with the way I've been feeling lately, I'm not sure I want to go. But I really don't want to get into a pattern of "I'm not going because there will be too many people," because I know that, once I start doing that, it's really difficult to stop avoiding stuff.

Eh. Does she really know 30 people are coming? Likely a lot of them won't show up, Hil. You know how people are.

You can always go, and just "stop by"

You can always go, and just "stop by"

Yeah, I was thinking about that, but it's a 15-minute walk to the metro, and I don't really know the neighborhood that well, so that kind of seems like too much bother for just stopping by. And right now, I'm not really sure if I actually think that's too far to walk at night, or if I'm just trying to find excuses.

make your self a deal. you will go , but there is no need to stay for more than half an hour.

and Brenda is right, susan. I hadn't really noticed, but you are much more likely to Know now when you are over reacting. - and that change - really is in the last 9-10 months. and you have handled some situations well - like recognizing that the mom's group was wrong - before it got to the point of you being really upset.

horray Thomash! what will you be doing, will you be a cabana boy?

I post before I saw what you wrote about the distance - but really - I think you need to go - if you think you are hideing, you probbably are.

Yipee, Thomash! That's wonderful news!

And congratulations to amyparker!

The snot monster needs to terrorize someone other than Nicole, and the itch beast should make someone besides Sail want to scratch.

Susan, you're doing the right things, and that's the right path to be on. So you vent/freak/worry here; it's no big deal. Just another coping mechanism, and one that many of us use. Oh, and tell Dylan that AmyLiz's website looks phenomenal. He did a terrific job.

vw has always been smart and witty, and anyone who contradicts me can kiss my ass.