My cafeteria is serving Fish and Chips. And it is potato chips!

Of course it is!

I hate calling places and dealing with potentially complicated stuff I feel ignorant about.

Well, sure. Because that's the worst! The WORST.

I wish they would let me just set the next appointment when I am done with the current one, but last time they didn't want to do that for some reason. Maybe I will ask again.

Oh yeah, that's annoying.

Looks like something was just mislabeled which led to a misfiling and a permanent purgatory status until I called. Approx 12 weeks and I should have my refund.

While on hold I paid off my vacation expenses on my credit card, so at least I did something fiscally responsible. I am on a big push through summer to get the plastic paid off (again). Thank god it is not anywhere as bad as it was 10 years ago. I should maybe look for 0% balance transfer offers though, that could save me some $$ while I pay this one down.

My last meeting of the afternoon finished early, and since I was halfway to home anyway, I just came home. It's delightful.

Are there psychiatrists that do therapy as well as medication management? Because I would love to find me one of those.

What I've heard is that there's so much more money in managing medications that psychiatrists end up doing exclusively that.

All the psychiatrists I've ever met only do meds, really. Therapists do therapy.

Gud, I think you've gotten good advice here: get some therapy, better if both of you do, but definitely you need some tools to keep from catastrophizing quite so much, and from internalizing criticism. You are not a terrible person, you are not a failure at your life. You are allowed to make occasional mistakes, because everyone does. And you don't have to take on responsibility for other people's choices.

Today's my day off, and it's a self-care day. Took a long run, got a cute haircut, now I need to make some calls (this part isn't fun), and then I'm going to visit Dad and get a nice long massage. MMMMMMmmmmm.

My analyst is a psychiatrist who mostly doesn't prescribe drugs.

We are expecting another snow storm this weekend, possibly of the same level as the one that had me stuck in Salt Lake City. I'm due in Loveland (about 2 hours from home) tomorrow morning early for the Colorado Democratic Convention. I got a hotel room and will be heading up there tonight. I'm kinda concerned about the drive home Saturday evening. K-Bug is spending Sat night at her boyfriend's and leaving the dog at home, so I feel like I need to fight my way home so he isn't alone (he has never spent the night alone before). Though I'd rather stay up there if the roads are dicey. The Mustang is not the best car during a storm. Plus other drivers are stupid.

CJ won't be around until early the next morning as he is GOING TO PROM and then after-prom lock in. That is, if Prom isn't cancelled due to the weather.

Bad tax preparer (in case you wondered).

What I've heard is that there's so much more money in managing medications that psychiatrists end up doing exclusively that.

Oh, really? I thought it was a peculiarity of Kaiser (Kaiser has so many peculiarities, I do tend to assume that). My doc has encouraged me to go to support groups and classes that Kaiser sponsors or runs or whatever, I guess that is the more cost effective delivery system for therapy from their POV. She's my first psychiatry specialist, I used to get my meds from my GP.

Yay day off, Consuela!

Weather~ma, Suzi. I can't believe CJ is going to Prom!

-t, he graduated last year and never went while he was in school. But his girlfriend is a junior and she talked him into it. I hate that I won't be there to take pictures. KCD's wife will be there instead so who knows if I'll ever get pictures. I haven't talked with her since the whole K-Bug debacle 2 years ago.