That's good news that your girlfriend is back home. Hope she is doing okay.

Love that description about assaulting wildlife. Yep, that's accurate. DD calls the early part if the game "pickin' up sticks and apples."

My preference these days is to do most things earlier in the day too. I totally feel you there! It's no problem if I need to go out later, but at this point it really more suits my personality to work the day that way. Is it possible that just getting things out of the way and freeforming the rest of the day suits your personality better? (As opposed to something that's potentially about anxiety)

It sounds like you were glad that you went to the concert. You definitely didn't let the anxiety take the wheel, so that's great! Exactly what you should do.

Well, I'll stay tuned to see how your CBD oil experience goes.

Yeah, you know the visitors I'm talking about . It's an interesting way to look at feelings though. Once you really see how true it is, it can make them more tolerable. You can know that you'll get to the better feeling part of your day at some point. As part of my CBT, I also use to say "what is, not what if," to remind myself to deal with problems that actually existed, and not ones that were only potential, or based on some ambiguous feelings.

Thanks for asking about me. Another week. I manage as best I can. Dh had some interesting problems at work this week and who knows where the truth lies? Today he's been about five different personalities - from so depressed that he won't talk, to so excited he looks manic, to angry at the world. He seems not real self aware of how weird and big the fluctuations are. Anyhow, it feels like June/July in our house. I'm doing much better this year just focusing on me and not getting sucked into the drama (at least so far). Just keep on keeping on....

Glad to hear that you have been doing well! Hope the weekend is great for you!