I kinda got put in the middle because it was you can read askye a book or something. He picked the something and she took it back and made the only reading to me and then he wasn't happy with me.

And he has so much energy and I know Mom has trouble keeping up.

I got some healthy cookbooks from the library and I'm going to use those to make some menus. And I started the Buzz feed 28 day exercise challenge and she seemed interested. I'm going to see if she'll do a circuit of the upper body work out tomorrow.

askye I have sometimes had to extricate myself from being put in the middle as a caregiver between coworkers and the people we serve. It is so much easier when it's a coworker I am dealing with, than you having to deal with your mom. If one of my coworkers had offered a choice between two activities to someone then rescinded the choice, I would say something along the lines of, "I'm sorry, [coworker], you must have misheard. He chose option A." then pointedly begun to do option A with the person. If coworker attemped to insist on me being involved with option B against the person's wishes, I would take myself out if the equation. It's a heck of a lot harder to say, "Yeah, no. He won't reading to me because I am not available for that. I am available for playing cards with him like he said he wanted to do," to your own mother.

Have you ever disagreed with somebody online and erased your comments, as, you know, burying the hatchet? Because someone told me he did, and he wants me to now...is this a thing? I did it one time on Livejournal, I think, but that was because I thought the thing I said genuinely went beyond the pale and I didn't want either of us to be reminded of it scrolling past each other every day. I generally leave stuff up, come what may--is that weird? Because, I figure, if we were talking, I could only amend so much. ETA: After all that, Mr. "We Can Rebuild Them" did no such thing...his dumb comment about "almost like we're not disabled" is totally flapping in the breeze and I scrubbed my response.I mean, I thought that was...oddly paranoid before, considering nobody's security clearance was in the offing, but now I'm annoyed again, and after I sent him a friendly message...

Cereal: Can't tell you how much it bugs me to catch someone in a lie. Even if it's a stupid lie about something that didn't bug me that much(Although it is passive-aggressive to bring that up, and I guess, flounce away after I didn't immediately...correct the record or whatnot. blah. Don't care for that, either, especially.) In sum, "if you're going to lie to me, lie to me with respect."ETA: I am proud of myself for synthesizing a strong response about what bugged me about his technology comments. He may understand, or he may, as so many Amazon commenters have, decide that I am bitter and "just jealous" but I know I gave it the best I've got.

erika, I have no idea if that's a thing. Sorry.

It's so much easier to get things done when someone else is around to help with ltc. I mailed out a gift today, called about a bill, sorted through the mail, picked up chicken for dinner, and set it to marinate in the fridge. And I even was able to get myself a cappuccino.

It's okay...just something to add to my overflowing "Strangers=Irritating" folder Also, given that I'm not, like, swimming in disability pride, I'm actually a bit surprised at how frustrating I find the suggestion that there's some expensive gewgaw out there that could make me Okay(TM)(I will stop short of some of my compatriots by saying that if such a thing were out there, and had a proven track record, and wouldn't break if I dropped it/spilled stuff in it etc...I would try to use it. I'm not *that* attached to the Outsider Artist deal, right?)But, at 42, that feels like looking out my bedroom window saying "Someday my prince will come," or something else that I would never do.(Maybe if getting a new computer didn't make me sweat for a week, it would be different, also. Who knows?)

2016 is looking up.

I had coffee...well iced tea...with someone I met through another website. she was nice and it seemed to go okay. We talked about going to see a movie sometime.

Also my Best Buy Visa Gift Card saga is over. They refunded the points back to me which I used to get Best Buy Rewards Certificates. I should get confirmation in 24 hours that they are in my account. I used up the rewards certificates I did have (they were going to expire) but there is still a decent amount. I double checked the gift cards available but unless they had Amazon gift cards hidden there really wasn't much I wanted in terms of gift cards. But I'll look again.

AND I have an appointment on Tuesday to get help signing up for ACA healthcare. I just need to get some stuff printed out to take in and then I should be fine. That's a huge relief because trying to do it on my own was confusing me and freaking me out I'd make a mistake and get kicked off the program.

Also saw the new therapist. I kind of like her, I'll see.

Windy, I'm actually going to try a variation of what you said with Mom. It may work.

Oh and Dad got me croc slipper things for Xmas and they finally got here. I don't care how uncool crocs are these are really comfy.

I had an awesome pair of purple suede Crocs I used as slippers for years. They finally fell apart, and now I have a new pair with fake fur inside.

Mine are purple rubber on the outside and fake fur on the inside. Dad has a pair, my nephew has a pair, my brother has a pair. I think Dad is slowly converting. I love my LL Bean slippers but these are a nice alternative. And also my Bean slippers got stretched out from layering socks so they have a tendancy to slip off if I'm not wearing thick socks.

These are what I have [link] They are very very very purple

I have maybe 5 pair of Crocs. 4 are the sandal wedge variety. Like walking on foam. I wear them all the time. These are my favorite - [link] and I also have a couple pair in this style - [link] - I have tile floors in my house and spend a lot of time on my feet out training my customers and Crocs are my feet savers. I can't wear closed shoes, so happy toes.