part iii:

not only was yesterday our "goodbye" session before her leave, but it was also a pivotal one for me in that i shared the last little bit of myself that she didn't yet know. now there's officially nothing she doesn't know about me. it's an interesting place to be in my therapy, and i'm not sure what to make of it. when we were hugging goodbye yesterday, she thanked me for "trusting in our relationship" enough to tell her (i think she said that twice) and she was very sweet about it.

just prior to this however (when we were still sitting), she reminded me she'd be out next week. she kind of gave me the standard "i'll be gone from this date to this date, but will be checking voicemail" type of thing, as i'm sure she said to all of her clients. i was sitting there thinking "um, did you forget that we talked about this before and that i know why you're going to be away?" but i just sort of brushed it off, as that's kind of the way she is. then i said, "well, i know you don't need it, but you have my support" and later, "i'll be thinking about you." she didn't really acknowledge either statement. for some reason, then i asked if she'd be driving (i guess i just sort of blurted it out), and she told me that she was.