We just cut HPF's hair for the first time in five years. She's sitting in the chair, delighted. I'm a little sniffly.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
hippocampus - Sep 04, 2012 9:49:12 am PDT #19768 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Laura - Sep 04, 2012 10:16:00 am PDT #19769 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I used to go years between cuts. It is such a wild and free feeling when you lose the locks!
DavidS - Sep 04, 2012 11:32:39 am PDT #19770 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
HPF looks pretty excited in the FB pictures.
Cass - Sep 04, 2012 2:05:14 pm PDT #19771 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I hope it goes well, Laura. Sounds difficult but also like she might be willing to listen.
Well, from now on, for any trip longer than 24 hours I will get a petsitter to reassure Percy he hasn't been entirely abandoned. He's the calmest cat ever when I'm home. When I'm gone I suspect he just hides.
Yeah, it was a definite change for me but it is what works with Puppycat so I just need to accept it.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 04, 2012 2:10:08 pm PDT #19772 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Laura, my mother is not a hoarder, but she has had huge difficulties over the last 10 years or so cleaning and keeping up with the accumulation of crap. It's like a perpetual shame cycle, the worse it gets, the less able she is to deal with it, and the less able she can manage it, the worse it gets.
I spent some time telling her that what is going on is not something she needs to be ashamed of, that there are professionals that can help and no one will judge her. I got her hooked up with a professional organizer (found through the Professional Society of Professional Organizers or some such) and they've spent some time building a trusting relationship and it's a process that takes some time, but it's happening. This is her site, it gives you an idea of the scope of professional attributes to deal with these kinds of issues. [link]
askye - Sep 04, 2012 2:36:43 pm PDT #19773 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
So about 1 1/2 hours before my pdoc appointment I got really anxious and worried and kept rehearsing justifications for why I think I need what I need.
Of course that wasn't needed. Dr W is a really nice doctor and we talked about different things. Although I didn't really get to bring up my concerns about SAD because time got away and I was so nervous about other stuff.
Anyway, he wants to see if my anxiety is fueling the depression. So I've got a prescription for .5 mg of Klonopin to take every night. I'm staying on Seroquel and I have an appointment to see him in a month. If things don't get better or if they get worse I'm supposed to call him and he's going to start me on Celexa.
I'm also going tomorrow to get full blood panel and tests for my thyroid, Vitamin D and B12 levels and I think iron levels.
So, I have a game plan and I feel better.
Zenkitty - Sep 04, 2012 2:48:54 pm PDT #19774 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So, I have a game plan and I feel better.
askye, Good! I'm so glad you've gotten a good doctor.
omnis_audis - Sep 04, 2012 2:54:36 pm PDT #19775 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Askye, glad to hear!!!
le nubian - Sep 04, 2012 3:22:46 pm PDT #19776 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sounds like you have a good doctor who is thinking about attacking your depression through some creative means. I'm glad.
Laura - Sep 04, 2012 3:29:39 pm PDT #19777 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
So, I have a game plan and I feel better.
It is good to hear things went well. It sounds like you have a good doctor.
So I walked to my sister's house to be there when she got home from work. And she worked late! So I got a ride home from my step-dad because it started raining and I didn't want to hang at her house for a couple hours waiting. Tomorrow is another day.