Couch 188: Who needs those people, anyway?

Waiting for Info. Not many women could pull off neon lime green slacks.

Wow......

There's a spider who has been living in my office all week. I've decided to call her Charlotte, like Charlotte's Web. I find myself looking up in the corner to make sure she's still there. I wonder what she does all day besides hang upside down. Kit

Although she probably wonders what I do all day besides look at the computer! Kit

There’s a spider in the corner in the ceiling of our bathroom that has been there a week or so. I keep checking for him/her too!

argh spiders! in other places do you some spiders that are considered lucky? my mum used to say the little jumping spiders were called money spiders but i have not met anyone else in my country who thinks this. i am beginning to realise that maybe my mum was mentally ill too.

For the good of the Couch, you MUST go shopping with her.

Printed off tons of coloring pages, some I made from my own photos,, some are Disney and some just cute, some cuss words etc. Got a huge stack, hopefully it will inspire me to get into doing that more when I'm anxious and I never have company over but if some rare chance I do someday, they could always color as well.

Got an offer on Mom's house today; it was a little low but it was an offer so I took it. Done is better than perfect.

I've got surgery on February 4 and then, if I'm allowed to travel by that point, I'm going on a cruise to the Panama Canal on February 28. It's the same cruise Mom and I were supposed to do in December. Depending on the results of the surgery, it'll either be a cancer-free celebration or a hiatus where I have permission not to think about cancer for ten days.

@MobiusPsyche, I hope it's a cancer-free celebration.

I hope it's a celebration as well.

I'm sorry if I bother anyone with complaining about my H.

He's being controlling and selfish again. He wants to buy a new car today... I want to go see my new niece. They're both at the same time. I need to be there when he trades in his car because I'm part owner. So he wants me to rush when seeing my sister... there's more to the story but that's the main gist of it.

I'm looking forward to processing my relationship with my H with L. Maybe I'll leave him finally?

Mobius, also hoping will be cancer-free!

Jumping spiders??? Like that actually jump? Yeah, don't think I could deal with those!

Oh, the date is set. Saturday, March 9, will live in infamy. Except she thinks I need a makeup makeover first. Which kind of offends me, because while I don’t spend a lot of time on makeup I thought I was doing OK. And she has an orange face.

She’s raising her rates, too, which is fine because she’s the cheapest I’ve seen around here and the raise still keeps her on the low end. But she’s also offering 45-minute and 60-minute sessions. I signed up for 60 because neither of us has managed to throttle the other yet in 50 minutes, so...

And she said, “you delight me.” I stared blankly at her. I mean, what does one say to that? “I’m glad”?

yes they jump but they are only small and not aggressive but being smal just makes them more insidious in my arachnaphobic mind

I just read Info’s letter announcing her rate changes.

Second sentence, standard therapist boilerplate: “it has been an honor to be a part of this journey with you.”

Third sentence: “In my commitment to keep abreast...”

My gut response to a therapist saying such a thing would be "Have you gone mad?"

And what is it with those people and the word "honor"? good god.

As I left, Info and the rest of her floor (all therapists) were preparing to have a meeting.

What do you call a group of therapists? A gaggle, like geese? It looked scary.

I would definitely call a group of them "a murder of therapists" or "a skulk of therapists"

List of Names for Groups of Animals

My first impulse was to say troop, and it looks like my first impulse was right!

Or, a cete of t's - "Badgers? We dont need no stinkin' badgers!"

Or, of course, a wiliness of t's.

I was thinking “a trauma of therapists.” At least for me.

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My first impulse was to say troop, and it looks like my first impulse was right!

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I kind of like a pandemonium of them as well.

It went okay. I spent almost the entire time talking about sex with H and then regretted it because I got too triggered. By then it was the end of our session and it's now the weekend. Ugh. Just ughhh.

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Did i tell you guys my sweetie Tony Romo was the best?! I was telling t this LAST YEAR! I can pick 'em. Now if only i could pick one for myself!