My therapist's been away for two weeks and the first session back is tomorrow morning--anyone else a little fascinated by thinking about what the first session back after a vacation or break will be like?

I feel like I both have a lot to say and very little. Six missed sessions worth of pent up material, but also the feelings we were looking at before the break seem very deeply buried and covered up now. When I think about it, it seems like part of me can feel something bubbling up, but possibly something too incoherent to talk about.

The whole therapy process kind of seems like a mystery all over again.

I'm looking forward to getting back into it and also not. Two weeks didn't feel like a long time, except when it did. And it didn't seem like a significant change until I realized that was why I suddenly felt like I had so much more free time than usual. I don't usually feel like therapy takes up a tremendous amount of time because it's just built into my whole routine, but obviously three sessions a week plus travel time plus emotional hangover time really adds up!

I suppose whatever happens, it will probably be interesting. And because of my work schedule we're meeting two days in a row, so it's nice to know that whatever comes up, there will be plenty of time and plenty of room for it.