Thanks, Christina

My new psychiatrist's English is quite good. He lived and practiced for a while in the UK. The main reasons for him wanting my husband to join me were more to get a second hand perspective of my "baseline" mood and discuss issues relating to my insurance set up. With that done, I think he'll now be fine seeing me alone. My upcoming new therapist's English may actually be slightly less fluent, but it's OK. I have a lot of experience communicating with people who speak the language as a "second language".

I did spend most of yesterday in another room. It was helpful. I'll take your suggestion regarding easy meals. As much as I like to cook, it is tough having to make and serve three more formal meals per day. Sometimes I do want him to fend for himself. The trouble is that when I try to do that he usually starts lurking around when I'm preparing my own meal. I guess I need to truly pick something he won't eat. Even then, he asks me what he should have. I wish I didn't always have to come up with ideas. I tell him that and he states that he doesn't want to eat anything I have planned for some other meal. Valid point, but still...I need to just buy him some stinky cheeses or liver pate, which I dislike.

I'm glad you got that extra time with your tdoc. And I could go for a cupcake, too. Cakey stuff is my weakness. Hopefully there won't be a new covid variant. It would be beyond awful if a new one came that the vaccine couldn't handle. At least it does still provide good protection against Delta.

It's interesting. Therapists in Czech Republic still require masks, but my psychiatrist insists I not wear one, when I am in his office (I must in the waiting rokm). I'm not sure if it is his own rule (he is vaccinated) or allowed. It is unclear sometimes. I've seen other workers without (like in the Honda dealership), in cases where there is a glass shield. When required, it is strict in CZ that the masks be N95 type respirators. Cloth ones aren't good enough.