In stark contrast to last week's heavy session, this week was a lot lighter, but no less insightful. I talked about going to see friends, and how I'd inadvertently let the mask slip. (I'd spent a full day managing stuff, and when my friend asked how I was, they got an 'OK....' followed by a long pause.)

'No judgement here, but if I may say, that doesn't sound very convincing.'

That was what my friends seemed to think as well. We then began to talk about the possibility of my submitting some of my poetry to a magazine. I'm thankful we had that conversation, because I decided that I had nothing to lose. I've sent the poems, and we will revisit January 2011 next week, so that I can process what needs to be processed.