Look! On the couch! It's a dog! It's a doll! NO! It' a doped up toddler.

t bangs head on wall

She's sick again.

Sometimes, I wonder if we should just have Joe be a SAHD. Maybe one day.

Nora, you are nowhere near eye-rolly. You are buttgrabby. Which, I do with aplomb. t grabs Nora's butt

Seriously, if you want/need to complain, you do so. We love you and want to hold you up when you'd rather just flop to the ground. Cause with the loving you.

Awww, what she said, Nora. Particularly the buttgrabby part!

There's an Aimee on my ass! whee!

Work email is down (but not the internets thank jebus) and I am entertaining myself by reading the last 3 VM recaps up on TWOP, because Tom and I finally caught up with the show yesterday!

I'm trying not to complain here because I'm afraid that I make people eye-rolly

I took too long to catch up and didn't get to be even the third to say Nora is not eye-rolly. The only posts I roll my eyes at are my own, and then I run away and don't post again for a few days.

I'm supposed to be talking to a client right this minute. I don't want to. Maybe I'll call him after lunch.

The only posts I roll my eyes at are my own, and then I run away and don't post again for a few days.

Heh, yeah, this is how I feel about myself as well.

Deena! Play with us and not your smelly client!

I support Nora's non-complainy mode.

Not that I want it rattling around in her head, but because sometimes it snowballs and it's sort of a negative affirmation that makes things seem worse.

I know that when I was depressed every little thing seemed like a personal insult from the Fates trying to make my life harder. And that's a very dangerous mindset, I think.

I support Nora's non-complainy mode.

HA! I *knew* you would! (ETA: I say this with much affection and actual laughter.)

I know that when I was depressed every little thing seemed like a personal insult from the Fates trying to make my life harder. And that's a very dangerous mindset, I think.

Yes, that's where I am right now, and I agree with your assessment. I don't know how to change it, but I'm trying to at least remember it.

I am not sure if I do or do not support the anti-complainy. On the one hand, I want no one I love to have something to complain about. On the other, if they do, I want to be able to give hairpats and snuggles.

So, I think that Nora's brain and her medications should just start working together to make there be no reason to complain, and then we don't have to worry about it.

I love it when I can solve a problem.

Now I'm going to be a grown up and call the smelly client.

I support Nora's non-complainy mode.

Not that I've ever eye-rolled at your complaints or anything but I support it too. I think just being aware and thinking before you complain will help you narrow down what are actual problems and what are irritants that you perceive as problems because you're generally not feeling well. And that will maybe help you focus on how to make positive changes in your life.

Not complaining is something I have to recommit to (at work mostly) all the time. Mostly because I get sick of hearing myself complain. My boss is remarkably tolerant.