Couch 171: Scams R Us

I am sitting in my hammock drinking a glass of surprisingly good wine and looking at my sunflowers. My biggest problem right now (that I’m admitting to) is that the hammock has no cup holders.

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Looks so peaceful WFS

Beautiful sunflowers, WFS!

Couch party in the back yard. You can set up a virtual hammock next to mine.

Bonus: Since it is an imaginary hammock, you can have a cup holder.

Thanks y'all I'm calmed down now the panic is over. I don't know where it came from out of the blue today. I decided to apply what I've learned the past almost 7 years and accepted the feelings first off instead of trying to fight them. Along with taking some deep breaths as suggested (thank you!) and saying out loud to myself the things y'all said mainly the part about surely they'd have called me by now if they didn't have the car back. As I sat here allowing myself to feel what I felt I also envisioned my feelings as a river running through me and let the panic feelings flow right on through and away. As I felt them subside I realized something. The fact that I was 1200 miles from home and driving a rental car in the first place means that I'm getting out and living my life. Right? When I first started seeing ex-t I was working at home for a different company and rarely leaving my house for anything. I was pretty much a hermit hiding from the world.

And you know what else? Stuff's gonna happen when you're living your life. Including stressful things and panic attacks. And since I refuse to go back to hiding from the world, I'm going to choose to be grateful for the good parts of the whole experience: no one was hurt, the other driver admitted fault to the cop, and the cop and the tow truck driver were both really kind. The rest is just details and money and I am stronger than I used to be and I got this.

It'll be awhile before I'm ready to rent a car again though...

oh and i (mindfully) ate ice cream for dinner. that helped too.

Trust me, the rental companies keep track of their cars, and they will track you down if they need to. Dont ask me how i know.

What if he had a bald head? And...oil?

ETA: Speaking of cops, I’m watching a show on Amazon Prime 2ex mocked me for trying, so I never went past the first episode. Okay, it’s a stereotypical troubled-cop show (Bosch). But I liked it, so I’ve started watching it again, 2+ years later.

So there. *blows a raspberry*

I'm in!

That's in my watchlist. You are not alone.

Do they track them with Moon Pies?

We seem to have similar tastes in TV shows.

Is the baldness supposed to turn me on? Or not? With the oil? Or without?

Coz the last time I checked, I couldn’t quite get to the point of deciding between bald vs non-bald men — some fundamentally insurmountable technical difficulties arose very quickly, shall we say?

But, am I to do a PSA for you straight folks that bald equals virile or something (per Google, replete with a photo of Bruce Willis)? And, then if he were to oil it well, it could be a veritable work of art to admire?

Youre confussing me.

Yeah, he seems to miss the mark majorly at times. I'm sorry.

High praise indeed.

I'm still at my mom's in Texas. Her lung tumor shrank by 75 percent after 3 rounds of chemo. We're very grateful and optimistic at this point. She has two more rounds of chemo to go.

I'm seeing a T here but missing my home T in some ways. In other ways, I'm doing okay without her.

You almost always confuss me

They now have ice cream moon pies. Like a moon pie ice cream sandwich

Have you watched Hemlock Grove? What about Lost Girl? Those are two of my favorites.

Nope. Where can I find them?

ETA: Looked them up. Bisexual succubus? That’s worth a shot.

(((((Artie)))))

“Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now!”

I suspect it's got something to do with your Italian Godfather roots...

I'm glad you're feeling better Artie.