Just got home from my last session before T's first break. Stopdog, I should have listened to you! You'd said you usually cancel the last session before T goes on break....I should have! I thought about it.... and didn't. Then the urge was real strong last night and this morning, but she requires 24 hours notice to cancel. (unless it's an emergency, but I'm not one to lie).

I thought of you, Stopdog, during my session even. You said you don't feel the need to go to that last session only to be reminded that T is leaving. She hasn't talked about it at all. Today she talked about it a lot. How she understands feeling abandoned (I'm not), how I'm not going to see her for TEN days (I didn't count), and actually, this is her first break where she told me she wouldn't be around on Email while she's gone. Usually she's nagging me to Email her to check in. But it sounds like this time, there's no contact. That's the way it should be! (although I wonder if it's because she's doing that for herself, as she should, or if her boundaries with me have changed further). I learned my lesson. Next time, I'm canceling the last session so I don't have to sit through that. It's really kind of pointless to me. You can't really get started on something just to have to let it sit while you miss a couple sessions....