The Couch 150: Ceci n'est pas un couch

Well, there is fake peanut butter creme made from petroleum and anything but peanuts...but only on one side.

Quick couch poll: you are broke, have very little time, and are carrying a ton of stuff on public transit-- and you absolutely cannot allow yourself to go empty-handed to a nice dinner party. What do you pick up on the way?

Bottle of wine? Some sort of packaged dessert? Baguette?

I'm going IP. t is helping me go

Hugs...hope it helps you. Glad you're taking care of yourself and that your T is helping.

Heck...there is even a chapter on hugs (76) that I think SD would like.

I always planned for the Couch book club to start with Moby ****.

I'm glad you're taking the time to get some support. I hope it helps. Post when you get the chance.

Try a cheap bunch of flowers and ask if they have a piece of tissue to wrap them in? It can make it look fancier.

JunkDNA, I hope you are doing better soon.

jDNA I hope you are better soon, take care of you.

I would expect a T to get to know you before "calling crap".

Just wear the other one. One earring is so cool.

"I must have the name of your plastic surgeon."

"May not contain nuts."

Yeah. You're probably right. Didn't think off that. Sorry

The world has gone batshit crazy. That is not an oreo.
It is an abomination.

Cheap flowers

(((Jdna))) serenity prayer.

Eta - i took a shower. Now i feel weird.

I want to go swim but I'm still coughing and congested so I guess I better not.

Instead made bowtie pasta in Alfredo sauce.

I'm nervously checking my professional e-mail to see if the third professor I requested a recommendation from for grad school will respond. It's summer, she's probably checking e-mail less often (though she usually teaches summer session). The other two responded quickly and enthusiastically, so it's like I just need this third one...We've been in touch fairly recently through an organization we're both in, and she's always happy to see me. So I'm sure she'll write me one...I think I'm just nervous about so many other aspects of applying that every little step is this huge deal.

I haven't told many people I'm applying, and apparently H told his mom, because she asked me about it at dinner last night. SHe thought it was great, but I was like, "Ack, I thought I told him not to tell people." I just want fewer people to have to tell if I don't get accepted to any of them, or if I can't get any kind of funding so can't afford to go. Or I'm scared I *will* get in and get funding, then won't be able to handle it. Can you tell I have self-confidence issues?

That sounded good, so i made a bowl of thai kitchen rice noodle lemongrass chili soup.

I think that you are SO awesome for going for it!!!! Seriously.

I just printed up a bunch of pages of notes I've been writing since my last session. Including one page titled "if I get brave enough".

I think that is the page I really need to start with on Wednesday.

Aw, thanks, Art! I think it's helping to give me something to focus on and work toward for the next few months. Like more of a sense of purpose, kind of. If nothing else, I'm relearning algebra and a bunch of vocabulary words (for GRE), you know, just in case that might come in handy at some point!

I think it's awesome that you're taking classes, too!

I think you're right!