In middle of the night non sequiter news, EW used the portmanteau "Gizzie" in reference to Grey's Anatomy.

Super ick.

Yay for party success!

I slept for almost 12 hours last night. Craziness!

Hac--how are things with EM's psycho-ex situation? Things calmed down with that?

He's not stalking her anymore, but she's basically had a functional breakdown. She's still out on leave and I'm afraid she's going to lose her job. She's having a hard time keeping her shit together.

She had a very traumatic experience when she was fourteen and this whole episode seems to have triggered a post-traumatic stress reaction. She had a blackout about a month ago, which is one reason her therapist and boss are holding her out from work still.

She's taking anti-anxiety drugs and anti-depressants. She's seeing a therapist twice a week, and also going to group therapy. She's doing yoga. She's still kind of a wreck.

Still, able to keep it together enough to host a birthday party of 11 year old boys, so not like she's rocking and mumbling in a corner. But when she's stressed she just loses it, breaks down.

So not only do I look like an asshole for ignoring it and sending out a big "come have fun with me!" but half my friends can't come because they're doing that.

I don't think you look like an asshole, you can just send an email saying that you confused the dates. No big, ,people understand.

What Vortex said.

Hec--so sorry. I hope time and drugs and therapy help her get centered again.

Hec--so sorry. I hope time and drugs and therapy help her get centered again.

Yeah, I think she has gotten a bit better since the stalking went away, but she's not particularly good at pulling her shit together. She'll probably get better over time, but I'm not sure if that job (which is a good one for her) will still be there by then.

Damn, that's terrible. Sending good vibes her way.

BTW, were you able to check on the Avatar replay time? I tried using TV Guide but that site is worthless.

BTW, were you able to check on the Avatar replay time? I tried using TV Guide but that site is worthless.

I looked for it on TiVo, but I didn't see that episode, "The Awakening", coming up again before the next new episode on Friday. There are a few repeats though that don't have the episode title, and they might update those. I'll keep checking.

Without any spoilage, I'll note that it was an exposition heavy episode setting up the season but there were a lot of surprises.

I'm gonna have to catch up with Avatar, aren't I

Going back to lazy- One of the ways I caught /blocked the lazy demon - was to set only one goal per day, which is esp. important when you have a large block of time. This way you make sure that the important thing gets done -and doesn't get sidetracked by all the other things that might happen along the way. and some how I accomplish more that way. It was not laziness that was getting in the way of accomplishing things, but just the amount of stuff out there that could be or needed to be done.

Sitting on a lawn chair on my balcony. It's about 75 and sunny, though the sun is behind the building, so the balcony is nice and shaded. A slight breeze just wafted through. AIFG!!!!