Couch 155: The International Operator

I appreciate that, Munie... Bit scared to get on a plane right now though!

You can walk here :P

Merci beaucoup! - from the Macrons

Eta - that sky - is that from Ophelia?

Eta2 - you captured the macrons perfectly!

It reminds me of when I was in Portland in September during the big fire there... it was raining ash and looked just like that, the weird yellow-grey-orange color. It's the creepiest thing.

Actually I take it back, from a previous time in my life in the midwest the creepiest thing is pre-tornado sky, when you just know you're ****ed

My sky...

Hahaha, yes, I thought it was a pretty impressive portrait

Yes apparently it's Sahara dust kicked up by Ophelia, mixed with ashes from fires in Spain...

It's just about 1130, thinking of you Luco, we are all in your pocket, good luck!

Thanks so much, SC. I'm going in...!

I just ran into a male T that I know from a community group that I belong to. He told me that he's going to be taking a leave of absence for personal reasons. I said is everything okay, he replied no not really and burst into tears! He ended up walking away and I told him to take care. Oh my God I feel horribly!

The T who I see actually is in his practice... But when I. found out she offered to see me privately not related to his practice. So I doubt he even knows that I see her... Anyhow again I feel horribly!

I'm still trying to decide if I want to see my T tomorrow or take a break this week... I need to decide very soon!

It is not your fault about the crying therapist.

How poetic

Dactylic.... tetr... never mind

I've never been good at counting feet

Good luck, Luc! Excellent picture

All I know is that I have two

Sadly, it was one of her more helpful responses. And she even used punctuation. Albeit a triple exclamation point.

Where are we on the therapist voodoo dolls? I could use one right now, not for Info, but No. 3.

I’m going with octameter, unless the line is meant to be broken somewhere.

And very nice, matching the caesura with the comma.

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Thanks Luco. I’m in Devon & not had a pretty sky at all.

Fudgsicle sticks!

I think i'm way too late now. It's 6:43 Pm- just got back from the library. Hope things went the way you wanted them to.

Yes, we're in the same time zone!

Thank you. It went as well as it could have, I suppose.

I think the sky was making me anxious! I felt jittery all afternoon. It's like being under a giant streetlight.

I've spent the afternoon writing to people begging for work... mainly because I know M will ask tomorrow morning if I managed to do it, and I'm sure not going to feel like it when I get back from my evening teaching.

I think the worst of the depression has lifted but I still feel like I'm toeing the edge of complete and utter worthlessness. Which makes my dependence on these random favors from barely-known colleagues based on other peoples' schedules and networks even more horrible.

And then there are the ones who think if they book me for concert, then it results in a date. It scares me every time.

So how to make a cold call without sounding like the mess that I am?

You smile on the phone.

Eta - man that word looks weird!