Santa Claus is coming to couch 68!!!!!

Wiki- I am not sure what your deal is with me. I admitted I yelled at my kid.. I am not sure how that could being boarding on abuse.. Like, if I told my therapist, and gave an example of what I did.. HE would not take my kids away from me. I yelled at my kid.. I did not swear at him, I did not grab him, I did not push him, I did not hit him. Of course there was a better way to handle the situation, but it happened. I blew up at my kid.. That is not abuse. I HAVE BEEN ABUSED, BY MY PARENTS I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. I am sick of having to defend myself to you.. People came to my defense because they feel like 1. They have been there, and have broken down and blown up on their kid. 2. They feel like they "know" me enough to know, I am not an abusive parent.. I think Lola can speak to that the most than anyone here..

I get that you are sensitive to kids being abused, that is a good quality to have as am I.. and one of the reasons why I work with kids.. but you can't go crying abuse, when there are no facts to back it up.

Guys, since i don't know if I'll be allowed on here while at the facility, I'm going to say goodbye, so goodbye, I'll see ya all on the flip side!

I think it was partly my post to rts about the xmas present. Im sorry, it wasnt my intent to be mean. Its just that there is such a big disconnect between the two sides - but he knew about the bill in collection. You cant fix what you dont acknowledge. Maybe i should have put a trigger warning. I didnt think i was saying anything bad to say, its not you, rts - its him. Something seems off there. Like his forgetting rts for church that time. Maybe he really forgets.

Good Luck Daeva...I will be thinking of you...sending positive thoughts!

Hankster...this isnt about you...besides that would be between me and you. I didnt take any offense to what you said so no one else would either.

I like that idea, RTS (handling between the two of you) .. I would have felt better respected had the issue been brought to me in private.. but instead it was outed on the couch, not once, but twice. I refuse to cower and hide.. I am not a child abuser and will not run from that accusation.

Sometimes it is not the most wonderful time of the year. Reactions from old things surface.

On a different note, i was trying to learn to steam milk better in order to make pretty cappuccinos, and turned while steaming to do something and spewed hot milk all over the kitchen. It is times like these I really love having pets because they all pitched in to lick it up.

Wiki: I know I haven't really gotten to know you but the majority of the time I see the value in what you have to say. You are allowed your opinion at least in my book. I don't have to agree with everything but that doesn't necessarily have any bearing on how right or wrong you are. I hope at some point you find it safe to come back.

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So Christmas is only 2 days away and for some reason I really couldn't care less (but I think I feel that way all the time now).

Christmas is a hot bed of emotions and unsettled turmoil.... I hope everyone makes it through the holiday season safe and emotionally sound. My Christmas wish is that we all could just learn that disagreements happen especially with a group this close and get back to buisness as usual. Much love to all and I do mean ALL.

Holiday expectations, family interactions, and no sunlight do not a happy time make.
It is not by accident I don't go see any family or have them to my house over holidays.

I have a bunch of things to smoke these next two weeks. Then I will run around handing out packages of smoked meats to friends because it won't all fit back in my freezer.

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. Only a hippopotamus will do. Don't want a doll no dinky tinker toy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy...

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

I was with you up til the last sentence!!

Eta: i like the part where she puts the hippopotamus in her garage to give him his massage - of course it rhymes - sheer poetry!!

I am like the smoked meat fairy. It is possible my friends will start locking their cars and not answering when I come by like when a super zucchini harvest comes in and gardeners try to get rid of all of it.

I know what you meant. I was funnin ya. Remembering the olden days. When i could smell a cigarette and not end up with bronchitis.

Picture with a hippopotamus that reads "reincarnation disappointment" and the hippo saying "I said hippie."

I thought stopdog meant hippie things to smoke.

I know - I was funning back.
I am teased a lot about the smoked meat products and their names, but so far it all disappears whenever I take it to parties.

I keep my hippie smoking separate from my meat fairy smoking.

Please send me smoked meats and unsmoked hippie stuff... address to follow in a PM

Yeah but the hippo/hippie is REALLY in for a shock when she follows stopdog into the smoke shack / garage!

The ARNP at the urgent care (walk-in) clinic pissed me off. I have been using this walk-in clinic for a while as on my insurance it is a "preferred health care center" so it is only a $15 copay. A PCP is $25, so I've always just found it easier to use the urgent care center. Every other time I have gone a doctor as been there, today only an ARNP was. She was a little over-reactive about things.

So, they make me pee in a cup to test for UTI. It comes back positive, but the test also showed some keytones and protien in my urine. She freaks out and tells me that means I am diabetic. She asks if I am takin any medications, I tell her what I am taking. She tells me they all cause diabetes, so I should come off of them immediately. She asked when the last time I had bloodwork done was. I say 2008. She tells me that I have a horrible PCP if they are not doing yearly blood tests. I tell her I don't have a PCP because it is a higher copay than urgent care, she lectures me that I need one and then asks how I am getting prescribed medication if I don't have a PCP. I tell her a psychiatrist. She then says that he must me an idiot for not monitoring my levels while prescribing me medication because if you are taking medication long term, you should be having blood tests done every 6 months.

WTF?!? This is why I would rather see a doctor. Of the 10 times I have gone there since 2009, none of the doctors freaked about me not having a PCP or that a psychiatrist was managing my meds or that my meds were "bad".

I also refuse to see women for this reason...they freak out too much.

FWIW...not that its worth much but:

1 - I never called anyone a child abuser.
2 - When someone "screams" at a preschooler who is already "crying for no reason" then hides in their room, I think that borders on abuse, and I stand by that. Especially when for weeks the woman was saying how her T was ready to force her into the hospital (meaning she was a danger to herself or others).
3 - I CARED enough to say something, but caring gets me called judgmental.
4 - no one told you to "cower in a corner while being called a child abuser" somehow the drama just kicked in on that one.

Later...you can respond, or not, but I'm done.

So sorry Squirrel... I was going to respond earlier when you said you were having some problems in that area... I have been poked and prodded a fair amount and if you're ever worried about it do feel free to PM . I may or may not be able to help, but I don't mind discussing those matters -- my TMI bar is pretty high.

And also sorry you've got a UTI. Ugh . I get them more frequently than most people, they are very painful for me. If you can, get some pyridium/phenazopyridine/Uristat (all the same thing -- you can get Uristat at a regular drugstore, but if you're still at the doctor's see if they'll just give you some pyridium). Turns your pee bright orange but it does help with the pain, a great deal, and I have had a shocking number of doctors and nurses not even offer it to me. I hope the antibiotics help!

Really don't like it when medical providers get to scold-y or freakout-y about how often you visit. They of all people ought to know why it can be a real difficulty for a lot of people.

Wiki and granite, check your PMs.