Couch 83: In a world where...

Had a mandoline a few years ago (it didn't make the cut during a move), which I used to make the fries for this: Cuban Fritas (Seasoned Cheeseburgers with Shoestring Potatoes and Spicy Sauce). It was outrageously good!

The problem with this is that first I have to get over the belief that people who tell me nice things about myself are lying and people who insult me are telling the truth...

I'm pretty meh about Christmas itself - too darn stressful, but I do love Christmas decorating

I'm just now getting in the Christmas spirit, wondering how I missed so much of it. Must have been watching too much netflix. Oh well...still have lots of cookies to eat.

Mmmm cookies. I could really go for some cookies. I think all we have is oreos.

Kids are back at school on Monday. I can't wait. Though I'm a little afraid I'll slide into a funk from trying to hold it together for two weeks straight.

I rarely use the website, but I am loving this hugs button LOL I don't see it on the app on my phone so I can't do that.

I can't wait until my kids are old enough for school. I have to wait 3 and 5 years for that LOL It will be a long wait.

I can't wait for my husband to go back to work. He has been home for two weeks and I need my space. I feel suffocated half the time. Like I can't be spaced out or ignore what he says or else I am being rude and inconsiderate...

I decided I needed to torture myself more and I homeschool. :P Usually I like it. But my depression has been kicking my butt lately We still get the school work done, it just feels laborious.

Someone help! The vegetables are revolting!!

Yikes! I am not sure I could do that. Good on you for doing it. My kids will end up in the public school system.

I get it... My depression gets in the way of everything. I don't even feel like doing anything. Even showering seems like too much. I haven't showered in two days now.

Lol - they certainly are!

1983 is also the year fish tacos came to the United States.

The STBX was like that too - lookit dude, from the 7 year old I can understand it, and just about handle it, but from a grown man... Forget it. He would expect me to answer his phone calls on the first ring too, no matter where I was or what I was doing. Ugh, as if I don't have enough issues with anxiety already!

And I miss the hugs button too when I use tapatalk, which is pretty much all the time now since I don't have my own internet.

Kudos to you. I considered it at one point - I'd like for my kids to have the freedom and variety that it's possible to provide with homeschooling. Too much going on with me though... And I love my work too, if I ever get back to it... And now I'm a single mom so, yeah... Maybe I could clone myself?

I would be a horrible homeschool parent (and I'm a teacher). I just don't have the self-discipline at home. I'm a great teacher in the classroom, but at home I get lazy, and too much sitting around the house feeds my depression. I have to work to keep my juices flowing. We live in a fantastic public school system though, so I never had any qualms about using it to its fullest. I might would feel differently if I was in a school system that was questionable.

Homeschooling isn't for everyone. I didn't have a career I cared about before we had kids and my husband and I knew we wanted to homeschool before we'd ever met each other. So when we did meet, we were on the same page. Plus, my H works from home 75% of the time and can set a lot of his own hours, so I'm not entirely alone on that front. I do the bulk of it, but H helps out.

It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but I was miserable and depressed working and we're not at a place where I can go to grad school yet (nor do I feel like I'm up for the rigors of grad school yet - my T wants me aiming there and so maybe in a year or so I might start taking the occasional class and see how it goes).

I also live in a rural area. And I hated going to school growing up. Loved learning. Hated the classroom. I get a small bit of pleasure at tailoring his education to his learning style. Plus, I want to do some classical stuff too - we're planning Latin when he gets into the 4th grade. I <3 languages.

Very cool. You sound like a great homeschooling parent.

Yeah... I'm probably part of the problem. I just want to be left alone all the time.



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Our system is terrible. Huge class sizes... Have to bus to the school far away because the close ones are full. It's lame.

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I dunno Cat. Usually we have good reason to want to be left alone...

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Something happened and Tapatalk updated itself on my phone. I hate the new layout. Grrrr...

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Yeah. Depression. Among other things I'm sure.

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I haven't updated yet... I see an update in my list. Now I'm hesitant to update it.

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I made some chinese braised pork belly and garlic green beans. There was a party in my mouth. I can now ward off vampires.

And everyone else.

Sounds good... I'd probably eat that. I had pizza out of the fridge.

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Some people, I swear. Sometimes I read a thread comment and I want to unleash all the snark on someone. Particularly when they're sounding self-righteous while butchering grammar.