Couch 82: If you're happy and you know it, be a number!

[Bipolar Artist private communication 2014]

It is nice to have you back, Chris!. I hope you will stick around.

Aren't you the very model of a modern major general?

Nice to have you back Chris!!!

I am glad the outing has occurred.

Dealing with the medical system in relation to my person once again affirms my personal decision to never ever deal with those western medicine yahoos for myself. I would rather be dead than trapped in their clutches.

To me, evil are who justify their trapping because they say they care and beaurocracy.

So, the downfall of knowing T's kids and wife: Small school, I have worked with each of his kids. They are great, respectful, fun kids. I care for many of the students elementary and high school including T's kids. T's daughter and my daughter danced a performance together over the fall and got to talk with T's wife a lot. She knows that her husband is my T (that was an understanding between, me T, and his wife.. I wanted her to know because we talked a lot at dance stuff). Anyways, their oldest son I have mentioned has a chronic disease.. That disease is type 1 diabetes. Tonight, when I went to my session, T was running late, he apologized and explained his son is sick hopefully just a stomach bug, but that makes his condition worse. We went on and right near the end of the session his wife calls, and asked him to come home that his son wasn't getting better. We confirmed my next appointment and I wished his son well, and left.

However, I am worried. Now, I would be worried if this was JUST another high school student at our school, or T's wife was just an acquaintance that I talked to every once in awhile at a dance things are kids are at. Or even, just my T's son. That is not the case, the relationships are all very muddled up now. If one of my acquaintance's sons was sick and in the hospital I would shoot them a quick text, saying I hope all is well, do you need something. Or if it was just another high school student I would inquire at school, or something. I just don't know what to do about this worry, and concern I have for T's son.

just wanted to get this all out there.. I will probably delete this in awhile.. a lot of personal details about T that I try to keep out of my posts. In this case however, I don't have a lot of people to talk to about this.

Is that APA referencing or Harvard referencing or, maybe, CE referencing

I believe the Pirates of Penzance was written by the March King, John Phillip Sousa. This is commonly but mistakenly attributed to G & S. This is the one thing i know. I saw P o P in NYC where the cute guy from WKRP played the pirate

No. Just No.

What? What?? I just googled it. Im wrong! Then what did sousa write that everybody gets wrong??

Eta - i cant find it. What am i thinking about? I am pretty sure its not something i just dreamed.

Healed...r u out of school for Christmas break? If not, you would be able to find out on Monday at school if he's better.

My niece has this chronic disease too. When she gets a regular illness it makes it hard to manage the chronic disease (spikes and lows) so medication needs to be adjusted... It's probably more of a need to deal with it now issue then a really long term dangerous situation...

Just think about your sons issue...sometimes it's bad but trip to urgent care for a nebulizer treatment and it's a big improvement...immediate care needed but easily resolved...

Does it help to think of it like that? Easier to sit with the concern?

Sousa, it seems, wrote a piece of music based on some of G and S music from the mikado

I sent T a stupid text which is against her rules...but I was so trying to avoid the reenactment of the Thanksgiving Eve reschedule dilemma. Check what I heard to not mind read etc... But I get too anxious on the phone so I texted.

She won't reply until Monday...if at all. Oh well. Live and repeat stupid mistakes while sane people live and learn.

Yeah i dont think thats it. Idk. Maybe it was just the operetta el capitaine. Altho i dont remember seeing that.

It's been over a decade since I published a paper.

Some more Queen Drowse

morning peeps all my Christmas stuff is done!!! so i am hoping that today I will be able to just hang out in my home and hide for a bit crafting and so on. it is quite a relief. I am not liking Christmas much this year

Yep, we are out of school. I am doing better with it now, and it does help to think of immediate care needed, but easily resolved. I have to call the office on Monday, I may just inquire about T's son then. Though, T has been posting to his office's fb and twitter pages since last night, so I am assuming if it were anything more serious then he wouldn't be.

I think it will be worth talking about at our next session...

Thanks, RTS.

Morning all. I have a long weekend. This is the last weekend of Christmas concerts with the symphony. I had concerts Thursday night and last night, two today, and one Sunday night (but then I'm finally through). My call time today for the first concert is at 1PM and the last one will be over about 9:40 tonight, so I'll get home about 10:30 tonight. Long day, but kind of fun in a way. We spend our time between the two concerts watching White Christmas on a big screen, singing along with Bing and Rosemary.

It's been a long December with 13 concerts, but I'm not nearly has worn out as I was this time last year. I'm in a much better place now than I was then. It's nice to be healthy.

She texted back last night. She said she realized after I left that what she was saying to me wasn't clear to me from my response and that it wasn't about the appointment and she was glad I checked.

Last night was probably the first time I actually shared with her true feelings... Not only did she listen and validate those feelings...she had a skill that I could use. (Ironically she said I was sort of doing it but in the wrong way).... Turtling...going into your shell to protect yourself... My problem is of course is that you don't stay in there forever..or at least not from November 20th to January 4

I'm so glad you decided to come back. Its so good that you are taking the time for yourself to enjoy/use your talents/hobby. You were missed.

RTS- I am glad that your T got back to you.

The downfalls of depression during the holiday seasons: procrastination. I haven't felt like doing much at all the last couple of months. So, our Christmas tree just got put up last weekend, the stockings still need be hung, still need to find our tree skirt. AND today I have to finish Christmas shopping and start wrapping. Ugh! Talk about stressful.

I have some wonderful friends at work. I didn't know just how blessed I am with them until yesterday. Some might remember my dad passed away a year ago yesterday. Well 3 of my friends at work gave me a card expressing their caring for me, they knew it would be a tough day for me, and my supervisor gave it to me on my way out. I'm glad I waited to read it until I got home, so I didn't have to start bawling at the office. I felt so touched and cared for that they would remember and write in a card for me! I felt held in the same way that I feel in therapy.

healed - pretend you are Swedish. We don't put our trees up until the 23rd, traditionally. (Some people put theirs up earlier, but in most places they don't start selling them until today.)

I was going to start wrapping presents today but I realised I've forgotten to get sealing wax.

artemis - that's very sweet of your friends. I'm glad you have people like that around.