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.

sj, you have definitely earned several New Parent badges today! Sounds like a good day.

askye, I continue to be proud of the way you advocate for yourself and are proactive in finding what works for you. It takes a Herculean amount of effort.

Hi, my Bitches. Been reading along but quiet. Worked a lot this week which resulted in a screaming migraine so that my one night off is spent recovering from a muscle relaxant nap before going back to sleep. Tomorrow I have to do All The Things, including decide on a place to live. The best option in terms of layout and price and size has a location I don't really like and no yard, which means I'm going to have to walk Frankie every time he needs to go out. No more doing what I'm doing now, which is sitting in my pjs on the back porch while he does his business. I can't bring myself to pull the trigger on it, even though I doubt we'll find better and don't really have time to look. That is, if someone else hasn't grabbed it already.

Pretty down about it all and having trouble coming to terms with it. Blah.

I thought there was more but I guess not.