MM, sorry to hear about the need for job~ma. Definitely sending some out for you.

Hil, that tech does sound creepy. I do think his supervisor(s) should be communicated with.

Hil made my head go BOING with her talk of a house somewhere with Andy Dick and Rodney King inside it, and called Sober House to boot. And it's a real show, really on tv? What is wrong with people? Do we have no dignity or sense of shame?!

I watched an episode of this. Didn't really want to, but it happened at work, in a situation in which I really had very little control over the remote. I was baffled, professionally, by it, and said so out loud. The work that people in that situation must do in order to beat their addictions is so difficult already WITHOUT being surrounded by television cameras, that I do not see how the professionals running that place can be party to it, ethically. My opinion of that Dr. Drew person is not the highest to begin with, and this kind of crap does not inspire respect for his judgment. As for the staff of the house itself, I wondered aloud how the house manager could believe this was any form of therapeutic environment. The coworker who had turned it on agreed with me. And kept right on watching. Next week I need to make sure to have a book to read in another room while the show is on. I should say that I kinda get the train-wreck-ishness of it. But I generally shy away from the kind of drama this show represents. It just does not work for me.

AAAAAAGH. Had kind of a breakdown tonight. Drama. Hate. Also hate brain chemistry, because I suspect some of this is just post-migraine neurochemicals. BAH.

Can't deal. Hope things will feel better in morning after good night's sleep. Ack. But if it doesn't....BAH. And meanwhile, ACK.

ARGH.

Meanwhile, hugs to Aimee and MM. Been there, so much. Have recently been fearing being there again, so I sympathize, evermuch, oh yes. Big big hugs.

Sits with Meara.

I had one of those late afternoons where I completely lost confidence in what I was doing, and whether it would take me where I wanted it to go. Nod to the power of the migraine. But also cautionary tale as to the results of burning the candle at both ends. Which is my other superpower.

We'll see. I'm going to be hopeful a bit longer.

but hugs to the bitches because we needs them.

Hill - that is a freaky hospital visit.

...it's morning. And no one is posting. Eeeeerie.

Well, I'm...up. My throat hurts. I'm going to go get some coffee, and hope things look brighter. Right now my brain is still pretty much running in the same loop from last night, though at least I'm not crying like I was.

I hope things improve with food, meara.

yes, you should have something other than coffee.

despite breakfast coffee and a walk I am still having problems with basic things, like typing.

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{{{meara}}} Feel better. You're right; it is much too quiet in here.

I'm awake, but I don't really have anything interesting to say. My body clock has gotten all messed up the past few nights. So, now it thinks that 4 AM is bedtime, and noon is a good time to get up. This is dangerous because it was my default setting when I lived alone, so it can be very tempting for me.

so far :

had coffee and breakfast

walked home

did dishes ( but still need to turn on dishwasher)

swept floor

read the internets.

now I need to figure out what is next ....

Oddly, I've gotten the same "What kind of name is that? Are you from Germany?" questions at least twice before from nurses and techs at this hospital. I'm not sure what's up with that. Really don't feel like discussing my ethnic background with random people, and "German" isn't really the correct answer, but it's the closest that I want to give to some random person asking.

I'd take it as procedure-time-killing small talk. Your last name is a little unusual and seems reasonable enough to chat about. Then when you say "German" (when people have taken you as half-black, Indian, Philipina...) it's easy to continue the conversation along those lines.

I get a similar reaction to my Spanish last name and my not-Latina appearance.

My sister makes "where is your name from?" conversation with just about everyone with a little different name. I tried to explain people may find it intrusive, but she doesn't care.