Couch 144: The contact-miked cactus couch

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I thought ice cream was a necessity...

favorite ice cream flavor? mine's either peppermint stick or that girl scout cookie one with samoas in it.

Baskin-Robbins chocolate & peanut butter.

Good vanilla or dulce de leche. But if made correctly-vanilla

Baskin-Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip.

My former favorite was haagen dazs Midnight Cookies and Cream. It was a temporary flavor. My new favorite, also a temp H-D, is called Espresso Chocolate Cookie Flake or stg like that? Basically i like i coffee-cocoa. Ja mocha me crazy!

I'm a fan of just about any flavor, but around Christmas last year there was egg nog ice cream, I could eat that all year.

ooh i forgot about egg nog ice cream. i love that too!

Same, except Haagen-Dazs. I have a pint in the freezer I'm saving for a special occasion, like my burthday or getting divorced at last.

blue bell's pistachio and almond!!!!

So November felt pretty far away at first. But it's really not, when I look at my calendar and space out my remaining sessions by 3 weeks then monthly, that means t and I have only about 6 sessions remaining. Oh my goodness. I don't think it's really hit me yet that we're actually doing this. Ending. Wrapping it up. Terminating. It's sad, exciting, scary, and exhilarating all at the same time. I have grown SO much throughout my time with her. I think especially in the last 3 months!! I feel like I am finally really growing up. Accepting responsibility for who and what I am now, no longer blaming anyone else or the past or whatever. I'm done with that. Maybe who I was before this process, was up to other people. But who I am now, is up to ME. And as soon as I realized that, I started making decisions and setting goals, and I could clearly see that my next step into being grown up finally and actually is to leave the security of this therapy relationship, and step into feeling that security within myself. I am going to miss her, yes. And I know that she will miss me. As she said "we've known each other for a long time now!" We both agreed on November, because that's when we'll get to 6 years. I told her I'm weird like that I like even numbers haha. I may start a separate thread about this. I just don't really like posting anywhere but here.... so maybe I won't.... ok I'll stop talking about it now at least for the rest of the day...

Pistachio, either Ben and Jerry's or Talenti Gelato. But recently I had a new B&J flavor called Urban Bourbon which was also pretty wonderful

On hour 12 of 20hr day.
Thinking happy thoughts about the contingency bourbon in my instrument case

I got wine and cupcakes today for free.. I am feeling a little less sad right now.

Evening couch.

I am home from CVS. I ate at Carrabba's for dinner. I got an email for a free spaghetti and meatballs to take home if I ordered one of 3 certain dishes, so I went with that. I had Chicken Marsala with garlic mashed potatoes. Then I got the spaghetti and meatballs to take home for tomorrow. Heh.

I survived the inventory tasks. Then they were really swamped, so I stayed to help out afterwards. No phone calls got done today, so lead tech asked pharm manager if I should come in for a couple hours tomorrow to make them. So, I am working 10-12 tomorrow, just to work on phone calls, nothing else. Lol. I am way too agreeable. It keeps me busy though. I like staying busy. Which is why I am not looking forward to the 2 weeks in July with nothing but my class to do. T will be happy I took time off, but I believe that it is going to "kill" me.

Squirrel - will you have a class those weeks in July? Maybe you could take two classes?

I will have my online class those 2 weeks in July. It would not be possible to take 2 classes though as each course in the program is a prereq for the following class, so it is one 6-week class at a time. I wish I could take 2 those weeks in July, but alas, I can't .

When I traveled for business a couple years ago I ate at Carrabba's - man was it good!! I got this eggplant dish, I forgot what it was called, I think it was maybe chicken and eggplant? With garlic mashed potatoes. It was sooo yummy.

Oh well this was a routine blood draw for my yearly physical, and they want me to go in and i guess do this blood glucose test (she just said to call and make an appointment for a fasting blood draw). I don't plan on doing it anytime soon bc I know the problem: my diet and lack of exercise.

Family history for blood pressure? Maternal grandfather's has always been high, both sets of grandfather's had heart attacks. I was diagnosed with white coat syndrome as a kid. I had to go to the hospital and get tests done and such.

I need to take my evening meds, but it may be a little early. I normally take them about 9 or 10...but I am thinking about them now and may forget later. Decisions, decisions.

I need to go do a few discussion posts in my online classroom, but I have until might Phoenix time (3am my time) to make it for crediting to today. I can't stay up that late though as I am now working at 10am tomorrow. Silly Squirrel. I want the hours though, so I don't mind.

I need to buy a microphone to use with my computer for next week's assignment in my online class. We have to do a narrated presentation. I tried a test recording with my computers built-in internal mic, but it picks up the humming of the drive, so I need an external mic to record with. I looked at Walmart today after my morning CVS, but they had none, so I guess I will try Best Buy or Radio Shack tomorrow after CVS.

I am just not dealing well right now. My wife is going to the ren faire with some friends tomorrow and I am not feeling great about being alone. But its a 2 hr drive away and that's too far out of the practice area when I'm on emergency call.

I hope you find something nice to do with yourself, Bay. I'm often at loose ends in the rare event I find myself alone, until I remember I can monopolize the television and eat ice cream without judgement.

Headsets with an external mic work well. I think I found one for about $30 at Best Buy.

I'll probably try to ride my horse. How well that will go depends on his mood.
Just usually not great to be alone when I'm depressed

I understand. The couch is always open if you need e-company.