Couch 179: Even-numbered days in a year

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Ya I suppose it is, I personally wouldn't care (ha!) but I wont ever have a partner to worry about that with anyway.

I had to laugh at the crime show reference and reasoning, I do alot of things because of that too, although I've stopped watching those shows. I suppose it also makes a difference if people actually have someone that cares, no one I know would care where I was or what happened etc. well, except my dog but he's usually with me anyway

I can't explain myself. Disregard.

I figure an adult can go do what they want. I don't look to my partner to affirm whether I can go to the grocery or out with friends or so on. It would annoy the bejeesus out of me for someone to expect me to say anything more than - okay or maybe have a good time. Are you asking permission or just giving an update. An update doesn't really require much of a response as far as I can see.

Hugs, Art--it will be OK. We all mess up at work sometimes. it's great that you were able to not cry. (I have cried at work before, including once during a performance evaluation--one advantage of working from home I guess!)

In my case, it was more because H was home with D, and I didn't want to just be abandoning my parenting duties and sticking him with them. If it was just me and H, or, say, D was staying at her grandparents? Then yeah, whatever. It would be more of a statement "I'm staying out for a bit" rather than a question.

Then I would think an "I am going out to do X - can you watch the child?" would be sufficient.
I have usually been with planners, so we would set our schedules for the week on sundays. My person in particular liked calendars so we had them hanging all over the house and we would mark down our events so we both would know where the other one was and when. This included the grocery shopping that I usually did because that way we would know the night by which to make the list so if either of us wanted something specific we knew when to mark it down.
The advantage to this was that it made a lot of the sorts of exchanges people here report finding annoying completely unnecessary.

I’m trying to fight the urge to order the unhealthy take out food I am craving. (Buffalo wings). I ate unhealthy this weekend on both Saturday and Sunday so today I am trying to stick with healthy choices, but no matter what I eat I still want to order what I am craving.

I have a job interview Wed. I'm not thrilled, I'm doing jobs I know I will hate but I've exhausted all my efforts trying what I want, so now I settle.

I guess it's extra money so that's good, I just hope I'll be able to manage my negative emotions that will come from it.

Trying to find the right job stinks. I hope you do well on the interview. It might not be what you want but hopefully like you said the money will make up for it.

Ya it does I've been miserable in my current job for years but I still need it, even with this job. I can't imagine it will help my mental health at all but at least I can have money for my bills and maybe to travel soon. I will see if I get it, I'm terrible at interviews

Thats one advantage of getting old - the prospect of heartburn will curtail me sometimes!

I'm craving egg rolls but its going to be spaghetti for dinner.

Maybe a popsicle for dessert.

It does curtail me sometimes, but the cravings do win out more often than I should let them! I’m not letting them win out tonight-although with all the stuff I ate trying to fight off the craving it probably added up to 60% or more of the calories that the wings have in them.

I have given up onion rings and french fries altogether because of this. I really like onion rings. French fries were no great sacrifice.

I love onion rings. May have to go get some for lunch.

My D is away for this week of the holidays and already her cat is behaving badly. Last night he got stuck on the window screens, he is picking more fights with my cats and is knocking everything to the floor. I am not sure what to do with him.

I love onion rings too. But I like french fries also.

Is the cat still a kitten? Maybe you could get a crate for him. I've tried shutting mine in the bathroom or something, but that results in the door getting all scratched up.

The Couch is making me hungry. All this talk of onion rings.

No he's fully grown. Usually i would put him in her bedroom, he has been asking to go in, but she recently got rats so....

D (21) is very pessimistic about the future. She seems to think she is too old and too inexperienced ever to get a proper job.

I got my nursing traineeship when i was 21. Before that i was a kitchen hand , cleaner and disability worker all casual. So never say never as they say.

Mine, too. So she just stagnates, because that's so helpful! At 21 I had a divorce, 2 crappy minimum wage jobs, and more bills than paychecks. I'd rather see her pursue her education and get a job doing something she really loves than follow my footsteps. Good luck to your daughter, CE!

I will probably have to talk about it a bit in T tomorrow, it's effecting me mentally more than I expected.

I love all the foods mentioned here. Onion rings, French fries, egg rollls and pasta. I love anything bad for you, but I also love lots of healthy food to.