We need to plan for a day in August. Our next two weekends are buggered but August is wide open and O and I need to get out of the house to let his father study for an actuarial exam.

I'm gone the first week and weekend, but any other weekend after that is good. Fishies! Live nude baby!

Let's shoot for either the 13th or the 20th.

surgery ma~~~

Oh, actually -- it'll have to be the 13th. Because the weekend of the 20th, my bro and SiL will be home for Reception #2, and I'm sure there'll be an assload of family stuff to do then.

So, the 13th? Or the 27th.

Belated birthday happies for juilana.

I'm a wee bit distracted and not focussy. My brother got married on Friday. Happy making but also leaving me off balance.

Bah. All the good intents in the world aren't going to help if I can't follow through.

I don't really think that's true. I think just being aware when you're getting into a situation that maybe you should be handling otherwise is a big step forward. It's not all the way there, but it's something.

Saying no and upsetting people is the hard part of the whole boundaries thing. Once you do it a couple of times and see how quickly they get over it and how it doesn't destroy your realtionship and, by gum, that they still like you (okay, my issue there), it gets easier.

I so want to jump into conversations like this but A) off duty, B) none of my business. But I will say that Brenda and Robin are wise.

Plus, because I can't help myself...Remember that people choose their own emotions. You can't MAKE them feel anything.

So, the 13th? Or the 27th.

The 13th looks good to me.

Do the hard mentally healthy stuff as best you can, Tep. And don't beat yourself up about sometimes taking the easy way, just don't let it become habit.

B&J's Flavor Locator says the nearest Chocolate Therapy to me is in Mccomb Mississippi. That's so wrong.