Couch 55...And on it goes....

Hey Chickie...how are you feeling today? Any better?

i am feeling a bit better i seem to be on an upswing . i so wanted to go to the beach today but it says rain so i think i am heading out for some retail T

great...buy something really cool for yourself.

gonna hit teavana and some craft stores

busy after hectic weekend, but about to get outside, which is good, with dog and in garden, with lull in the rain.

hi anneo

Granite, I'm glad you're feeling better. Retail therapy sounds like just the ticket.

It's been a rough couple of days. Another online community in which I participate lost a long-time member this weekend. We're trying to process it - it's so difficult with virtual communities. We lack ritual. And the people who are physically close to us and can comfort us don't always understand how we can be close to people we've never met.

I'm glad I had T this morning. I cried the whole session, but it helped me process the loss.

Love this list:

20 Random Acts of Kindness

1) Tell someone how much you appreciate them.

2) In the office, at the bank, on an elevator or a train, hold the door open for someone else.

3) Pick up a piece of trash lying on the street and put it in a trash can.

4) Greet the doorman a good day.

5) Give your seat to another person.

6) Compliment a co-worker for his or her good performance.

7) Drop some snacks off at a retirement home or senior center.

8) Cook delicious foods to share with your classmates or co-workers.

9) Help your neighbor take out the trash.

10) Write little notes of thanks or support to your friends.

11) Give a homeless person a cup of hot coffee.

12) Put some money in one of those donation boxes for charity.

13) Write to someone you haven't seen or talked to in a long time.

14) Address your server or waiter by name and leave a generous tip.

15) Motivate someone to achieve their dreams and let them know you'll always be there for them.

16) Let someone cut in front of you in a line, especially when he or she is in a rush.

17) Give your parking spot to another driver.

18) Give someone a present for no reason. Better yet, send it anonymously.

19) Volunteer to do someone else's task.

20) A random acts of kindness list won't be complete without the reminder to always smile. Smile at strangers, smile at people who aren't nice to you, even to people you don't like. Smile - it's infectious

Trigger warning for discussion of domestic and child abuse.



Having trouble buckling down and working. In addition to the court decision I mentioned before, over the weekend a 14 year old boy shot and killed his father (fairly locally). The dad had been abusing the mother, and the mother finally divorced the dad, but the dad continued abusing the mom. The mom got a restraining order finally, but refused to call the cops on the dad when the abuse continued. The dad supposedly never abused the kids, so he had visitation. The boy shot and killed the dad during a visit with him and said it was to stop the dad from abusing his mom ever again. Then it came out that the dad was forcing the 14 year old boy to sleep in the same bed with him and the dad's new girlfriend. Girlfriend insists nothing happened; there was just no other bed for the kid to sleep in and they didn't want to make him sleep on the floor.

I should not be so reactive, but I get jittery and it's hard for me to concentrate when these kinds of cases come up.

Just needing to say it out loud to the great void of the internet .... cause it hurts and I have no one else to say it to...

I just cancelled all my future appts with my T. We left it that I will call and make an appt when I can afford it again. I didn't tell my T but its not likely to be for a year or more.... I survived for years without a T, I'm sure I can survive without one again...

Well its time to focus on real life now....

(((((RTS)))))
I'm so sorry to hear this.

wow ready i am so sorry i hope you will hang here and talk with us about things going on. i know we are not Ts but we love you

critterlady, I am sorry for your loss. It can be hard to explain the closeness of online friends to people in RL.
mkac, it must be so hard to have to deal with those cases.

i was in a good mood today.surprising for a monday but i really was. my farther calls and askes me to come over because he needed to talk to me .i go over there and asked me if my son has put in his papers to resighn up again.i had not asked him so i said i dont know .last i asked he had not .so my farther gose off saying how stupid he is if he dont and so on and saying all these mean things .my son is not stupid neither am i .i have listened to this crap all my life from him and that side of the family.he is the only one i talk to .i am sick of being called stupid from them all and i am tired of them saying my son is stupid.my son has done very well for himself and he isnt stupid at all.i hate that they all treat him that way just because he is my son

Afternoon couch.

I am home after a full day of work. But it was pleasant. I really enjoy watching TV with K and working with C in the afternoon.

Granite, I'm sorry your father acted like youn and your son were stupid. Try not to dwell on it and remember that some people are a s s holes.

RTS, it must hurt that you can't afford T anymore. Be strong and you will get through it.

To anyone else having a hard time that I missed...I hope things turn around soon.

Off to make supper and eat.

I do 9 of these on a regular basis. I feel better about myself right now thanks wiki.

To all that need them.

edit: never mind

whats going on velcro???

Hi everyone...

(((RTS))) I hate that. I hope that things work out for you quickly.
(((Granite))) Your father is the stupid one.
(((MKAC))) those things set me off as well. What makes me even more crazy is people know about it and say nothing. "Innocent" bystanders who don't know what to do so they do nothing. It happens all the time. There is no way that my teachers didn't know about me. NO way. They chose to look away, like people still do.

I've had a decent day. Swam for almost 2 hours, I am a little burnt on my face an shoulders even though I was wearing waterproof spf 50 too. Tomorrow I will wear a t-shirt and hat. It felt so good to be able to swim without anyone watching.

BPA - that's why I posted it...sometimes we don't realize how many kind things we do.

Squirrel...cool you've had a good day.

Hey wik. I swim with a hat and I wear spf 100. People usually burst out laughing at spf 100 - they're like, I didnt even know they made 100. It sounds ridiculous. It means you can stay out 100 times longer!

nothing--i think i was crossing the line and asking too personal of a question!

oh ok have a good night

Well...I have chicken, brocolli, and noodles for dinner.

Just saw on FB that one of the teachers at my school is leaving to work in another county closer to her mom. It's a position I wouldn't mind having. Now to wait for it to post and hope there isn't a transfer veteran teacher who needs placed due to being laid off at the end of last school year due to budget cuts. I would need to add 3 more subjects to my certificate as the state did away with middle grades integrated curriculum as a valid certification (which use to let you teach any academic subject in middle school) and now requires you have separate certification in all the subjects (as well as special education) to teach a self-contained unit. I have math and spec. ed. but I would need English, social studies, and science. Luckily my state has certification for middle school only in those subjects, so it would be easier to pass a test on one of those than a middle/high school level certification test.

I'd be dealing with emotional/behavioral students if I was hired for the position. It would be a challenge, but I was a TA in the unit 2 years ago, so nothing would really shock me...I know what to expect. As well...it's never a dull day in a behavioral unit. Most that end up in the unit around here have "oppositional defiant disorder". But, they just need someone to be understanding with them.