First-day~ma to TCG, sj. You are such an awesome girlfriend! Putting coffee gift cards in his lunch. Will you be my GF?

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Kitty~ma, Aimee.

Oh, Sean. Much much ~ma to you and S.

{{Daisy Jane}}

{{Jars}} Oh, sweetie. But, sometimes a good, cleansing cry is just the ticket.

I got to work at 7:30 this morning. Bleargh. I realize this is not early for others, but I typically work 10-7 and don't even get up till 8:30 or 9. But, I have a class that meets at 4:15 on Tues/Thurs which means I have to leave work at 3 to get there on time. Also, since I will be student teaching next semester, I'm trying to shift my hours earlier to shift my body clock a bit. And, on top of that, I didn't fall asleep till about 4 this morning, so I think I got about 1.5 hours of sleep. This is gonna be a fun day!

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La Tep is SO MUCH FUN AND SO AWESOME like whoa

Not surprised. Also would not be surprised to hear that the feeling was mutual.

Oh HELL yeah. Have you ever had a couple-crush? Like, where you just really dig being around a couple (not in a threesome-y way, though). I have a couple-crush on Nora and Tom.

Yesterday involved a BBQ that one of my bro's co-worker's was having. He has an amazing house way the hell out in the woods, and I think I could live there as a hermit and be very happy.

Anyway, almost all of the people at the BBQ were restaurant people, or spouses/SOs, and as part of the festivities, they had games planned that would demonstrate people's restaurant-related skills.

As, for instance, the Wok Toss. Imagine the discus, but instead a big wok with handle, and you've got the right idea. They also had a Keg Toss. The keg was empty, but I'm still thinking there are a lot of people in Central Vermont this morning who are waking up and realizing that their backs hate them.

Good food, of course, and lots of beer, of course. Lots of fun.

Today I get my tattoo. Woot!

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Hee! I really need to live in Vermont. I'm working on a plan for that, though sadly, it won't come to fruition for like 20 years. The BBQ sounds like so much fun.

Tattoo Day!

ETA: How's your dad doing?

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Imagine the discus

At first, I read the above as some hip way of instructing me to imagine the discussion it entailed to have a wok toss. Then I got it. D'oh.

Yes, Tep, how's your dad?

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Dad is fine, for the most part. He's kind of tired, b/c he never sleeps well in the hospital. But he feels pretty good otherwise.

Fortunately, he already had an appointment scheduled with his cardiologist for the week after we get back, so I know he'll follow up on whatever this was.

Mmmm, breakfast. Later, taters!

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Thanks for the punctuation guys, but I really am in a much better mood today. Firstly, I know I can get an extension on my dissertation if I just ask, secondly, other people's reactions are not my responsibility and thirdly, I may not have money now, but give it a couple of months and I will. I know these things now, but were any of them coming to me last night? Nuh-uh. Stupid tiredness.

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I'm more tired than I thought today. Teacup Guy just called and I could not figure out who it was. It probably has something to do with the fact that we almost always e-mail during the day (he doesn't have a computer set up at work yet) and he never calls. Plus, he was using his professional, phone voice. Still, I've been up for 4 hours after less than 6 hours sleep, so I think I am going to take a quick nap before picking up thessaly to cause trouble.

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Glad your dad is doing better, Tep.

ita, I thought I'd mentioned but hadn't, that I am sorry to hear about Marni. I remember hearing her name when my best friend first got involved with krav in LA. Such a loss.

Sean, all sorts of vibes to S.

So, if you have been diagnosed with depression, and have been on ADs for years, and you go to a doctor to get your prescription updated, and the doctor says, "I'm going to refer you to a psychologist, because there's no point in just taking medication and not trying to get over it," would you be inclined to hand him some of his own office's literature on depression?

(edit: Person in question was in therapy for a while, but her therapist terminated it because person was doing well enough with light meds and a toolset learned in therapy. Person, by my non-professional opinion, still seems to be doing well.)

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would you be inclined to hand him some of his own office's literature on depression?

For values of "hand him" = to "shove up his ass", yes.

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