Couch 117: Come On In and Set-tee A While

So how do you guys handle something like this: something happened at work today where all's I saw was the end result, and I had no idea what happened to cause what I saw, and when I got called in to answer questions about it by managers, all I said was "This is what I saw and I don't know what happened before that." I have a pretty good guess what happened, but I don't KNOW, so I did not share any guesses. They would only be speculation and I don't want to get anybody in worse trouble than they probably already are in by sharing my guesses. I hate this whole situation, I don't know how many people they questioned, I hope this doesn't somehow come back on me negatively. I was not involved at all in whatever it was that happened, all I saw like I said was the end result and that is all I told to the managers - what I actually knew was fact, what I saw with my own two eyes. I'm probably worrying too much about this but geez. It was so ridiculous.

I studied Jungian depth psychology in undergrad (which led me off into comparative mythologies) and then saw an analyst for as long as I could tolerate it, which wasn't long. But yeah, what artemis says is a good way to put it--you have archetypes and some universal themes, but a lot is what holds meaning to the individual. Another element is a cultural norms, which vary.

But my favorite thing about dreams is the playfulness of the psyche. I had a boss who was mystified about a test taking dream she had. All she could remember was that she didn't know how to answer questions about a book. I asked what the book was about and she said she didn't know, but it had the name Jack on the cover. I started howling and told her that her psyche was telling her she didn't know Jack. haha. It fit a real life situation she was also struggling with. She needed to let this other thing go and this was a good message from her psyche to drop it. We had a good laugh and I loved being able to tell her she didn't know Jack ____.

When i was a freshman in college, i was in an honors english class. For some reason i dont remember, before class started i would be telling people my weird dreams from the night before. The class gave me a dream dictionary at the end of the year. Boy i wish i had written them down.

Artemis-within, I think you handled it the best way possible.what you saw is what you are obligated to report, and what happened or what others infer is up to them.

thanks skeksi. as mentally-good as I've been feeling in the last month or so, this one has my stomach in knots. I felt like I was the one in trouble today when I got called in to talk to the 2 managers.

Feeling where you are. I read your original post and felt it too, but didn't have words. Still don't have words, but hope that you encouraged that you are not alone in your feelings.

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Here we go... For whoever wants to hear it. Hope it blesses someone's heart as it does mine.

Night couch.



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Sinking couch! Must raise it back up.

Has all the insomnia gone away?

I'm stressed out about finding a job. I feel bad for mooching off my mom. Anyone have ideas for stores that I can apply to?

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T cancelled for today he has to put his dog down. So, I get why he cancelled just bummed out. Still hanging on to hope that these meds will start working soon.

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I know! We were kinda depending on you like you were the day maid for quite a while there! Thats not right. The job doesnt pay enough!

I thought it came with free booze and all the smoked meat one could want...

But then people start calling you "hey pastrami breath!"

The couch always puts a grin on my face.

Cool Whip!!!!

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We had a long going joke between my wife and I that she broke my golden retriever's heart repeatedly by never buying him.pastrami.
So one day she finally did after 9 years of me singing loudly after grocery shopping "Katie mommy! Why didn't you buy me some pastrami? Now I'm all broken-hearty, Katie mommy!"
He wouldn't eat it. I'm still not sure why since he loves all food . but he wouldn't eat it. Weeks of my wife grumping " Katie mommy, I won't eat your damn pastrami. "

I read that as "hey pastrami britches" the first time.

Don't ask.

Mommy pastrami has to be the best rhyming couplet evah! Surely Shakespeare used it? Or Francis Bacon?

Well we're still not sure what's going on with that drama yesterday at work. The gal at the center of it was there this morning, but then she didn't come back after lunch. So who knows.

Anyway we're done with our training now, we took calls all day today, and Tuesday when we go back after the holiday, we'll be at our own desks taking calls and all of us will be in a chat since we're so spread out. It's a pretty good system, I like parts of it a whole lot, and it's easy to use, very menu-driven, etc. So I expect I'll do fine with it, just a little bit of a learning curve....

Or possibly Hamuel Taylor Coleridge?

I seem to remember there's a scene with a lot of meat jokes in "The Taming of the Shrew." And yes, I think they might have meant meat in that way.

That was sheer genius.

Speaking of bacon, my son made this monstrosity for dinner last night:

You mean meatrosity?? tee hee.

My arteries clogged up just looking at that, btw...