The Couch: 103 — The Non-Palindromic Couch

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Try not to think of it like that. It's "self care".

One of the first things my very first T did with me was a "body inventory" or some such. She gave me a generic body outline and got me to write on it how I felt about each part.

Aww, doing something nice for yourself isn't wasting money , though I've the same reluctance to spend on myself.

You deserve to feel good!

Hi, couch.

I am home and fed. I actually had a session with my homebound student. It went surprisingly well. We concentrated on shapes and little bit of money (counting pennies). He called the octagon a stop sign, hey at least he made that connection. He called the diamond a kite. He correctly identified squares, triangles, and rectangles though. And matched the blocks he owns with th shapes on my worksheet. I am pleased.

I go back on Friday to try to knock an hour and a half of his make-up time out of the way. Hopefully, he will be having another good day.

I have to leave school job early tomorrow to go to T. Then to find somewhere to hang until CVS. T is about 3 miles away from CVS. I was supposed to work 6-10 at night at CVS on Wednesday, but I got a call today from the pharm manager asking if I was off from my school job on Wednesday. When I said I was he asked if I could work 10-10 instead. One of my co-workers got mad at her wife and punched a wall and broke her hand and had to call out. I'm just wondering how hard she had to punch to break her hand. She must have been really mad.

I bought myself an early Christmas present today. I don't have a DVD player anymore as mine broke before I moved. I decided on a portable one with a screen (my old one hooked up to a TV). Now I can use redbox again.

Who are you and where did you come from?! Gah. /vent

*hugs* everyone here goes to professional hair places to get their hair straightened.

Bosses, colleagues, acquaintances all keep commenting on how I should straighten my hair lol. It isn't even curly, just wavy.

If people stopped making disgusted faces,I'd like my hair's natural waves even more.

What I bolded - probably. Likely. Yes, by someone I respect as much as I respect her, especially. Interesting. I shall think on this.

Ever have one of those days where everything goes full on until you curl up on the couch? 9pm, everything can leave me alone until 6am tomorrow now.

All that AND prednisone withdrawal? I'm lucky to be breathing today!

Thats going on my to do list.

Question for couchies:
Am I a bad person for dropping a friendship until the other person makes the effort to get together?
Am I a bad person for hoping they dont make the effort because of all the drama the person continually has in their life?

Just put this on my to-do list too!!

Nope, you're not.

Not at all.

Celebrate! I finally finished the floor! All that's left is free-handing something in the too large spaces between the real tiles, and going over any slops where there should be coral. I'll be done by Thanksgiving!

It's cold here and I never can decide what's worse, our summers or this bone chilling arthritis aggravating skin drying miserable stiff condition. I'm such a whiner!!!

Good night Couchies see you on the flip side.

I was kinda wondering kinda the same thing. It felt like i had to jump when she called. And if i called, the answer was gonna be no. When i mentioned this, she got mad. But then theres the drama. I thought about calling, but i just dont have the energy right now. Its not about being bad or good or right or wrong, but accepting the consequences of your actions.

(((Stressed mess))) congrats!!!

Stopdog - bad news - a new moving emoji called swimming -

No, and No. You can only help yourself, and if this person is draining you, the best thing you can do for yourself is put up boundaries.

Again today I tried to log in twice as Biologicalartist Maybe I need a name change...

DD No definitely not.

for all

Well, I just spent forever looking for songs and/or videos on shapes and money that are free for my homebound student. I found quite a few that were free on teacherspayteachers.com

Now to plan lessons that will actually benefit him and he is capable of learning. When I was first told high school geometry by the county, I planned angles, radius, etc. as the first lesson, but once I met him, I had to change that. He can barely name basic shapes, so I should probably start there. And money, he can barely count pennies, nevermind telling you how much each coin is worth. So, I should do that as well, especially since money is part of his education plan goals.

I need to get shape blocks too, so I can have him match shapes.

Well it is almost midnight, so I need to get to bed. Later couch. I will shower in the morning, since I did not tonight. Whew.

Thanks for the input everyone!! It is helpful and consistent with rl input as well which makes things even easier. Kinda felt like I was being mean but I truly just don't have the energy for this friend much less the time come January. However, time will be a luxury for anyone with me come January...if everything pans out.

A swimming emoji? How cool is that!

and look what I did...

Hugs to those who want or need them. Holidays can be a tinderbox of family issues.

I have a family member in town so at least I'm not alone on Thanksgiving although I may be on Christmas.

The possibility of massive change is starting to scare me.

I've been searching T's online and most profiles are downright scary.
Worried if changes come down on me quickly, finding a new T will be the toughest thing to do.

PS If I were slimmer I'd love short spiky hair! Maybe even platinum

What emotion does that indicate?

More blinky things? Why? AndI don't understand what the fish is supposed to mean. Who needs a fish blinky thing? Ever?