Couch 129: The Semiprime Couch

I wonder why the first lady is awol. The whole scene creeps me out.

I guess shes lucky she got a seat at the inauguration! Wouldnt our ts get a seat?? My gp ive been seeing for 30 years? I wouldnt be alive if not for him!

Eta - dr phil just said on the view that ts are getting more business, so trump is at least creating more jobs for them end quote

My boss texted me. He put my raise in!! And it's more than he initially said it would be =))

Hi, couch...just had lunch, but it is still the period that math teachers have planning, so no kiddos for me till lunch period is over.

I WAS fine this morning, but about 10:30 this morning, S H I T hit the fan. I got a text from my mom that my step dad took all of the money out of their joint bank account except 100 which he texted her was for food for the month. Jerk. She is gathering up stuff for her lawyer now, so her lawyer can try to take action. No date set with the mediator yet, my mom is waiting for her lawyer to decide when it is time. This may be it, but my mom doesn't want to jump to it before her lawyer says it is time.

Her next SS will not go in for another 4 weeks, so she has to live off 100 bucks for the whole month. Argh. Her last month SS went in not long ago, but she had to spend that on a new hot water heater that my stepdad refused to buy because you can live without hot water.

I am in no position to help her out with expenses, I have my own expenses (and more added on than usual due to all the multiple dr and t appts this month).

I am a nervous wreck. P i s s e d at my stepdad, worried about my mom, trying to deal with my own recovery from psychosis. I wish I had an Ativan with me. I am only supposed to take it twice a day, but I have extras from when I wasn't taking it like I was supposed to. Though, I don't know if even that would calm me down right now. I only live 2 miles from the school, maybe I could sign out and run home and take one. I think I may do that. Or maybe I should text pdoc first to ask if that would be okay. I just want my brain to slow down.

I'd get my pdoc a seat if I could.

Congratz!

(((Squirrel))) your mom has her lawyer. If anything can legally be done, he will see to it.

If your mom truly needs help, there are services that can help her. You dont have to do it. That is pretty much word for word what my previous female t told me, about 11 years ago. I was like, but you dont understand! She was just, you have to take care of YOU; your mother can take care of herself; she goes, I will get her help if i have to. Im like, but she just wants it from me. The t is like, thats too bad, isnt it? Other people can help her, period.

That t saved my life. Let her save yours too.

(((squirrel)))

That's awesome, congrats!

That's awful. Your mom should also contact Social Services, they could probably help her out with something, like food stamps, other assistance. And maybe contact your pdoc too.

Day 4 of taper off Wellbutrin: Terrible headache.

DBC just sent me an email starting "Hey ATAT" as though we were buds and she hadn't last seen me leaving a session early in tears caused by her.

ETA: I just realized DBC could also stand for Darn Bad Counselor.

She's got balls. As if nothing happened. You can use my move and send her a sarcastic termination letter.

That's awesome!!

I made chicken, cheese, mushroom, and onion chimichungas topped with lettucr, onion, and avocado. They were SO GOOD

I made mini chicken Parmesan out of frozen chicken nuggets. Craptastic!! Actually they weren't bad.

They can be alarmingly clueless.

Just had ginger beer -- I'm a convert.

I loooove ginger beer !! Ginger anything!!

Ugh but don't let me read the news for awhile. I'm gonna be sick. Wtf with Steve bannon? I wouldn't hire him to mow my lawn if I had one. It's like one of Karl roves' butt growths popped off and bloated in the sun into a semi sentient being. Don't let me read the news.

Scored an appointment with Cactus Woman. You know, I only called three potential Nos. 5 and got 3 appointments - that's a much higher success rate than I usually have.

Genius idea!

I tried it for the first time a week or so ago and i liked it too!

That's interesting. I've been sporadically taking my Wellbutrin and have been having headaches bad enough to wake me in the middle of the night. I suppose I should pay more attention.