Couch 43 ... 1 year !! Thanks for the memories

lola how was the wife when she got home?? i hope your traves are safe

Good morning couch...
Looooong weekend and no internet access while I was at my sister's house Saturday followed by a looong day of work Sunday = don't know what's going on... and now back to work and no PC access to speak of... I suspect big brother is monitoring our internet usage at work... so I am trying to be good... see you all later.

Hey Granite... Wife was kinda a jerk all day yesterday (she knew I would clean the house) ... But at 4 am this morning she was hit by the swamp bug. She says its not that bad, of course she has my meds from when I went to the dr.

Good morning Granite, Sconnie, and Lola.

Granite...happy anniversary to you too!

Sconnie...I've been trying to be good at work also. Have you seen your steady date lately?

Lola...sorry W has the bug. Coming down sick might be the reason she acted like a jerk yesterday. Are you traveling today?

Morning ... Hey sconnie and Granite, yea im traveling... Gotta get packed and ready... Have a good day ... Party tonight? Happy Anniversary!

you also lola travel safe. check in with us tonight

morning chopin and sconnie. good luck with work today. being good isn't always easy.

OK Mondays suck to begin with but i swear i am trying to be OK but now my nail lady just canceled on me this morning ,i have a craft thing i was going to tomorrow and she just called and canceled .and just once i wish my T would respond to e- mails.... i know that she doesn't and that i am not suppose to e-mail at all .but things were just so hard this week. i am so angry at her and all the distracting things that i had planned are being canceled. i just want her to make things better

Well I think I'll create a prom area, since I never got to go to one!

Ill come and do your nails. I'm a perfessional.

If itz prom, ill d o everybody's nails!

Morning all. Just got up a little bit ago. Kids are on spring break and our son came and crawled in bed with us and cuddled this morning. Kinda weird when your 'baby' is 6 feet and 175 pounds of muscle, but still very sweet.

A horseback riding group I belong to had the yearly convention on Friday evening and Saturday this last weekend and that was fun. Even though it was something fun and cool, I am still have huge amounts of trouble sleeping and difficulties with weird waves of panic and sorrow (not at the same time usually). I thought the Wellbutrin was maybe making the panic thing worse so I stopped taking it. The panic got better, but the sorrow got worse -- unsurprisingly, I suppose.

On a foodie note, I have a question for stopdog and Wikid, if you're reading. I tried making quinoa for the first time. I soaked it and rinsed it three times, but it still had a bitter aftertaste (though we all loved the kind of nutty initial taste of it). Also, I used the amount of liquid the recipes said, but it was really soggy. Any tricks to this that I am missing?

morning MKAC glad you were able to have a fun time with your riding group. it is great when your external world can sometimes give you a small distraction from that internal world that can create so much chaos. for the sleeping have you tried hot showers and so on to relax before bed. it may also be the abrupt stop of the wellbutrin

MKAC - with quinoa I usually do not soak it but put it in a mesh strainer and rinse it for about 2-3 minutes while swirling/stirring around. I have not had a bitter taste after doing that. You might also try another brand. And for cooking water - try adjusting by taking out 1/4 C (or using 1/4 C less) and then cooking with lid off during the last few minutes. Check it in case you need that 1/4 c back in-so during the last few minutes I would not walk away from the stove lest it burn.

Good morning, everyone.

granite, are things canceled because another storm is coming your way? Can you believe it's supposed to be spring in a few days????? Here it's snow/rain/ yuk and I've got a dentist appointment in an hour!!

Have a good and safe trip, lola!

I never went to a prom either, and have only gotten a manicure a couple times in my life. Can you come over and do mine, hankster?

I see T tomorrow. I feel like there is poison inside of me! I know that sound yucky, but I think T can help me get it out. It's just a part of me. I'll be okay.

Morning couchkateers! And happy monday. I have t this morning in about an hour (had to reschedule from tomorrow cuz my training starts tomorrow for the new thing at work). From our mini session on Friday, there were some things that t was going to look up and have ready to share with me today, I hope she remembered! It sounded like some fascinating stuff, we were talking about Jung's research on ancient alchemy and spiritual transformation and I wished we'd had more time to go into it more then.

artemis, good luck with T! I'm you joined adel's group. We're almost up to a forum! If anyone else is interested, the creative arts/alternative T social group has 20 members already. It's not just creative arts: see adel's post for more info.

Dear couch,
Remind me next year when I am asked to be in charge of spring jubilee at work to say no!!!! Busy busy busy!!!

Hey there all of you. I just scheduled my next T appt with new T on the 26th of March at 2. I'm kinda nervous about it...we are trying to break through my suppressing emotions so I can let 'em out. Ugh!!! This could be a long road as I have been suppressing emotions for a LONG time. I'm ready to try though. See how it goes. I'm trying really hard to trust new T but it's hard after last session and all the CRAP that came up that I NEVER talk about. Stuff my parents don't even know about. I have settled some since the last session...finally.

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well. Things seem to ok here for now.

Hey couch peeps.....I'm home at the moment. We still haven't officially moved back. *sigh*

Slight compromise, though, that I'm ok with at the moment (not a verbally negotiated compromise, lol - just one that I came to terms with on my own)....during the day, I'm at home. In the evenings and overnight, at my moms....only for a couple more days. It allows me my freedom during the day while my daughter is at school.

I forced myself to get back into making jewelry....made a really nice picture jasper fan necklace and earring set for myself. I'm going to try to make some more things today while I'm home. Ordered some DVDs for my daughter for her Easter basket.

Feeling icky about my last T session....the stuff that T said - about my family not being able to accept me for me because I "hide who I am".....I am not willing to accept that my PAST is WHO I AM. GRR.

((( granite ))) - Sorry you're having a rough time at the moment. I wish T would email you back too. It's hard.

((( Lola ))) - Have a safe trip! Keep us posted on how you're doing, if you can!

((( HUGS ))) to all my couch peeps....

Happy Anniversary!!!

Just hung up from t. A light, feel-good, chatty-type session, we discussed all of the positive changes that have been happening in me and she expressed what a joy it is for her to experience them with me. I thanked her again and told her how much I appreciate her helping me get to this point, and she again tried to say that I did all the work, ha I told her stop being so modest I know there was work on your end too, I mean if nothing else you've had to put up with me! she laughed and said "Ok, ok, I facilitate." I told her about the incident with h over the weekend how i handled his temper tantrum without a single tear and she said that was huge. It was, I told her now if I can just figure out how to do that with my FOO, I'll be in good shape.

I love having a session like that before I go to work. It makes the whole day a good one! The Jungian alchemy/spiritual transformation stuff is some deep @#$% so that will be for another time. This morning was perfect just as it was. Every now & then a light, chatty, feel-good session is just the ticket!

OH! And Happy Anniversary couch!!!!

Hi Rainbow!

MUE, I hope it works out for you. It sounds like a good compromise.

Negotiating with yourself is sometimes very difficult!