Oooh, I like the pictures, Cashmere.
Happy (belated) birthday, Teppy! I know I said it to you in LJ, but I don't remember if I posted it here.
Sooo, could I have lots and LOTS of calm~ma sent my way in half an hour? I have a meeting with my boss to Talk About Things. I'm pretty sure it will be an okay talk, and that it's just her following up with me about some stuff, but last week was my Worst Work Week Ever. Apparently all my coping skills and ability to keep my fears and paranoia in check went away that week.
So, yeah. Calm~ma would be really REALLY helpful.
Cutiehead indeed.
Calming ma for you Jilli.
Cash is gorgeous! And Lori looks so much like you! I'm so glad you had a good time.
Sparkly pink PopTarts:
All kinds of calming ~ma for Jilli.
Much calm to you, Jilli (and an extra gentle reminder that you have expressed somewhat similar feelings before meeting with your boss; don't let the work image demons eat your brain).
Tons of calm~ma and meeting~ma, Jilli.
Cashmere, you look gorgeous in those pictures!
Mmmmmm, cantaloupes. Um. Yes.
Pretty pictures, Cash! Your eyes continue to floor me, and I love that dress.
People go batfuck insane during divorces and separations.
This is very true.
Calm~ma and hairpats for Jilli.
Calm~ma and meeting~ma for Jilli.
calm ma~~ Jilli.
lovely , Cass.
My parents had some of their worst fights ever when building their retirement house. As in at one point my dad decicde that all the counters should be wheelchair height - so my mom could cook him dinner. to my mom's indigent question " where will you be" , his answer was " lost in the hall" . Of course the best one was when they were going to build a deck like thing at the top of the stairs down to water. Just before my dad bought the lumber they realized that neither one of them wanted the deck.
Thank you for all the ~ma, folks. It worked. I did not get upset or stressed during the meeting. It was mostly my boss checking in on me because of various things that happened last week which undermined any confidence I had in my work. My boss reassured me that I'm doing a good job, and that she is going to try and be around to be a manager more often. (For the past six months, she has Not Been Here, because she's been in meetings all day, every day. There hasn't been a lot of managerial support, feedback, or information lately.)
We talked about some training and classes I might want to look into, and I said that I am planning on talking to my doctor about ways to deal with stress, because spending most of a week on the verge of a panic attack was not something I wanted to repeat.
Which leads me to a kinda-odd question: what do people do when they're in the middle of deadlines at work and feel overwhelmed enough to snap? I really did spend most of last week trying to fend off panic attacks, and I want to figure out how to not have it happen again.
