Well, I wrote to the AARP Bulletin and expressed my anger at the article. Pointed out that since they followed the one about people overdosing on prescription medications with one on the dangers of OTC painkillers that it sounded almost like they were advocating people living in pain. Which, with their audience being people 50 and over, means a lot of them in constant pain. I believe I used the words "how dare you" in there ...

On the other hand, something to make you smile.

Thank you, Toddson, for both of those.

So I went by work today and talked to the assistant manager who is still in my chain of command and let him know I'd be leaving.

I'm not asking to transfer stores but I'm going to talk to the manager and let him know that I may apply after the new year and ask if he could tell me what that would be like.

I don't know how a new store manager would deal with my hours and I want to not work the holidays and just settle in and get ...well therapy-ized for a bit.

Looked for boxes at work but there weren't any I'm going to have to ask for box for my tv to be saved and also if they can save some good boxes from shipments for me to use for packing.

I found this and thought I would share it [link]

It's Fuck That Guided Meditation. I normally don't react well to guided meditation but this one is funny and (I guess) a parody of meditation but I think it's actually helpful.

When I'm not laughing.

That is brilliant, askye!

Love it!

That is great, askye!

Askye, I use it, too! I hate those things, but that one actually speaks to my inner voice and I find it really relaxing.

I hate the "put your thought on a cloud and watch it drift away" thing because I have lots of thoughts and putting them on clouds turns into Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory and I get stressed out.

I told one of the group leaders this and she was like "You don't think about the thought you just put it on the cloud" and I was like "Do you know how many things I think about in a minute? There was an excerise, let me find that and do it again for you."

We went to a garlic festival today. ltc slept the whole time. I fed her in public for the first time because we were too far from home to wait. And then TCG had to change her diaper in the car for the first time because the Dunkin Donuts we stopped at didn't have a changing table. I also bought her a super cute trick or treat bag decorated with recycled candy wrappers.