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

Hi Hows things? Thats right you guys have holiday don't you?
These stupid T dreams keep coming and disturbing my sleep, can't wait til next week to discuss them.

Rural roads look the same to me the world over.
I thought Alberta was South Africa. It blooked like an African name on the sign.

I never realized how lonely I would be in a house full of men.... its only 8:30pm but I'm going to bed.

I thought South Africa was North Dakota based on the topography.

I imagine thats how my ex h used to feel n a house full of girls.

I am not good at geography. Mostly I never understood the point of it in a vacuum. I need it linked to something else before I care. My sibling took pride in having memorized all the state capitols. I never understood what motivated him.

I'm sorry, stopdog, I didn't see mention of this up-thread. I'm sure the support from you and your friends provided comfort, maybe in ways unseen.

Well...my A/C just started leaking again. It did Saturday night...they came and fixed it Sunday morning. It started again Sunday afternoon...they fixed it Monday afternoon. It was fine Monday night and all day today until now. So frustrating. My poor kitties are going to have to be locked up again while I am at work, so the repairman can drain the A/C again. I wonder why it keeps backing up?

Going home from B-pest today. Finally. And H is going abroad again tomorrow. I can't wait.

stopdog, I am sorry to hear about your friend.

Not sleeping wells these days..

I have been just hanging out with my kiddos enjoying being lazy! Tomorrow afternoon I have a job interview for a summer job. We'll see how it goes, not excited about it, but I need to stop whining about it now

I hope you all are well!

@Stopdog
The sequence is this:
1. I tell Madame T her hair is a non-performing asset.
2. I post that here.
3. Madame T's non-performing hair becomes a running gag on PC.
4. When I start with Mr T, I tell him Madame T's true name.
5. He googles her and sees her photo.
6. I tell Chopin Madame T's true name.
7. She googles Madame T and sees her photo.
8. Chopin agrees that Madame T has non-performing hair.
9. I tell Mr T what Chopin said.
10. Mr T agrees that Madame T has non-performing hair.

So it's my words, but two other reliable sources back me up.

QED

Stopdog...sorry for your loss.

CE...I think you should post a pic of Madame T here, with a poll and let us all vote on the performance level of her hair. I really must see what non-performing hail looks like.

Off to the wildlife clinic today. It's actually bright and sunny out! yay. Then picking up the little one for a fun filled afternoon followed by fireworks at the beach this evening. The tiny baby has turned around, and is doing much better. She's a mini fighter.

Morning couch.

Well...long day ahead of me. I have the senior place from 9-2. Then C 2:15-5:00ish.

Hopefully, they will figure out what is wrong with my AC today. I wonder why it keeps leaking?

No plans for tomorrow...maybe I can just relax and enjoy a day off.

Well...I pop in again before I have to leave for work. Then it will be no Squirrel here until I get home tonight.

I hope everyone has a good day.

Well...I am off to eat beakfast and get dressed before leaving for work.

I'll check in when I get home.

Hopefully, I will get paid for C today as I have bills due soon.

Catch ya'll later.

CE - I was just teasing you in the other thread. I know about the running joke. I find the wording amusing and the idea of the therapist's hair mattering to be unusual, but what do I know. I could barely tell you for sure if the ones I see even have hair or not, let alone what talents their hair may or may not have.

Good morning.. Another gloomy day here! I have a job interview to prepare for!

SD, I am so sorry about the loss of your friend.

Good morning, couch peeps....

Can anyone recommend a certain type of bed or what to do about severe lower back pain (or tips on how to sleep when you have severe lower back pain)?

I woke up in tears this morning because I am in so much pain. I know my bed is awful - it's a nearly 20 year old adjustable bed that got stuck in a semi-upright position about 5 years ago and won't go down. The mattress is super thin and crushes against the solid metal frame box underneath.

I KNOW I need a new bed. I've known that for quite some time, but I haven't had the funds to invest in a new bed - and am afraid of making that investment and then finding out that the new bed causes the same problems.

I bought my daughter a nice thick mattress several years ago, and I recall using her bed a few times and waking up in agony as well. So I'm not sure the bed even matters (or maybe I needed to give my body time to readjust to a good mattress).

Stopdog, I'm sorry about your friend.

MUE, I think you need to talk to your doctor about the bed. My MIL has a temprapedic thing (I have no idea how you spell that). I hate it and made me feel like I was squishing down into something and I felt trapped. She has another bed with a "normal" mattress, although a good quality one and I love it. She has a blow up bed for the grandkids that I slept on when my father in law was ill so I could be a few feet away if he needed me and it was fine also. I tried a different blow up bed and it was agony. I had a waterbed that I loved and my H could not tolerate. We now have a futon which is a fairly thin mattress over a wooden frame. It hurt at first, and now I love it.

stop, I am very sorry about your friend.

Thanks, MKAC. I have an appt. with my neurologist on the 23rd, and I will definitely talk to him about this. I've tried sleeping on my couch recliner, on the couch, on my daughter's bed and my bed - and I wake up in pain no matter where I am. That's why I'm scared to invest money that I don't really have in a good quality mattress just to find that I'm still in pain.

I might try an air mattress, though. I have several that my mom gave me but with all the caps missing. So, I'm going to have to look into getting replacement caps (or just buy a new, low cost air mattress) and see what happens. Thanks!!

Trigger warning for discussion of child abuse:



Having a little trouble this morning. T yesterday was hard even though we didn't stay on topic all that long overall. We talked for a while about anger and then I started a conversation about the color of his shirt and whether his teenage son makes fun of him for wearing a kind of pinkish/orangish shirt. [he does] Then we talked about dissociation for a little while and then I started a discussion about T's upcoming trip and whether he had ever been to this location before. [he hasn't] T tried to say that I had still done 'good work' because these are really hard topics for me and there is 'nothing magical' about 50 minutes or talking about anything for that length of time.

Today, I read over our State supreme court decision on the child abuse case I've talked about before -- the one I withdrew from. The SC upheld the woman's involuntary murder conviction in the death of her child. She argued that her leaving the child alone with the man who killed him was not the proximate cause of the child's death nor grounds for a murder conviction. The SC ruled that she knew that the possibility existed that the man would harm the child: she knew the man abused her and his previous wife; she knew the man spanked the child hard enough to leave marks; she lied to police and division of family services and said the man did not abuse her; she had discussed by text the fear she had of the man taking his anger at her out on the child. There was also a lot of discussion of the various bruises the child had and the stupid excuses both she and the man had for those bruises. The police had warned her that they thought the man would kill her or the child at some point. Her family had warned her about the possibility of harm to the child. She assured everyone that the man did not hit the child.

So, I am glad that she is being held responsible, but am still haunted by what I read in the transcript of that trial and the transcripts of her lies at the child in need of care proceedings. I feel sick for the suffering and fear of that child. I am enraged about her deceit and her prioritizing her relationship with an abuser over the safety of her child. Just really shaky this morning.

As a follow up to my last post, when I get this way, can someone tell me to get off my *** and go work out? I went for a run and I just feel so dramatically, dramatically better. No more shaking, no more stomach ache or headache. Sorry to clog up the couch.