Couch 200: The Bicentennial Couch.

I am having completely irrational concerns about running into the woman at the dmv. So much so that I am considering driving out of my area to renew my license rather than go to the office that is only a couple of miles from me and less than 1/2 mile from where the woman lives. I would ignore her of course and I really doubt if I would recognize her, but part of me still wants to try to get to her understand how badly I think she effed up and what a total wreck of a therapist she really was. I laugh when I read how clients (according to surveys) say they lie about being better because they don't want to hurt the therapist.
I never, ever considered lying to make the woman feel better about herself. I didn't lie that I can recall, but I certainly didn't want the woman feeling better about herself and how she did therapy. If anything, I wanted her to acknowledge how completely useless and ****ed up she was.

I go to a farther DMV just because it's faster than the one near me ...

They all suck here.

Oh....

8 char

I would go to the further one if it helped eased the anxiety.

Thank you LT.

I think I got to season 6- but I already know they kill off Mc dreamy and Lexi.

I decided not to be a giant idiotic wuss and went to the close one, and as far as I know, she was not there. Seeing as how she has lived in the neighborhood that she is still in for over 10 years (and probably a lot more) and I am frequently there because the university where I teach is in that area and I have many friends that live in that neighborhood and it is a hot spot for restaurants etc and I have never run into her or even seen her out - it was absolutely not a legitimate concern.

I'm not a parent yet, but I think it's perfectly normal to get upset with your children and there's nothing wrong with that.Your feelings are what they are and you can't or have to be superwoman all the time.

I'm glad you made the best decision for you, but i wouldn't think you were being a wuss if you decided otherwise.

Or your face blindness has saved you and she’s (mirabile dictu) actually been professional and not said “Yoo-hoo!”

If you want I can tell you how braaaave you were.

Maybe it would be helpful for your son to also have a weekly family chart on the fridge or planner where you could see everything visually and see which days are allocated to either you or H.

Wanting to work somewhere where your personal safety is not compromised would be must for anyone.

I am face blind too. I told T last week that there is a chance I might be starting to pick up hours/ work in the store closest to his home/office. He told me he doesn’t go there often but he does prefer them over the local competitors store. I think he thought I would be worried about running into him... he might get hugged depending on my mood but it certainly wouldn’t bother me... but I didn’t have the heart to tell him that unless I saw him get out of his truck I most likely would not know it was him in his every day clothes, not a chance if he had sun glasses on. He came into the office one day after I had already parked, he was in clothes I had seen him in before but he had a driving cap on and I totally didn’t recognize him. I only knew it was him because it was his truck in his parking spot... and he waved.

Ah, but I would have.

I doubt the woman wants to see me any more than I want to bump into her. And I think she may be even less likely to recognize me than I am her. I doubt she even remembers that I hired her. Memory was not her strong suit.

And no - there was no braaaavery involved. Just the usual sort of daily not being a weenie.

...at you, nekkid in the gym...

I think it woulda made the news by now!

There's a bunch of seasons in between their deaths, not to spoil anything for you! Lexi was always one of my favorite characters. I think it mainly goes downhill after McDreamy's death, and I looked up when he dies, so I think I was right in my assessment of when it went downhill.

Also, I'm really kinda weirded out now, because I was looking up what season Derek aka McDreamy died in, and this one pic they had of him, something about his expression resembled Dr. T. And they have similar eyes. Now I'm not going to be able to unsee it...

I have some degree of face blindness as well. Hm, maybe that's why it throws me off the times my T occasionally wears glasses. I only learned about face blindness from the Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten, who also has it. His article on it me feel like less of a weirdo. I have similar issues with movies.

I wasn’t the nekkid one!

I am sitting in my house wearing a sweatshirt because my dog is happy at the temp I have the house set at even though it is too cold for me. If I turn it up, he starts pawing at the floor registers and whining at me.
I might need to start going to coda meetings.

See thats why we need to teach more sentence diagramming! :clever!

Omg, there is a "Kitten Love" marathon on tv right now, until 9pm EDT, on the TBD channel? I dont even have to click next video.

They run 24/7/365 in my house
I *might* just qualify as a crazy cat lady

I have no clue why it loaded upside down... but oddly it seems appropriate today...

pretty eyes!

My therapist has tasked me with thinking of things that will help me deal with his upcoming vacation. I had an idea, but it might be a little weird to explain to him. There have been a couple of times he has mentioned a movie he liked so I would go watch it and it would feel like I was connected to him. I don't know how to explain it other than it felt kind of like we were sharing an experience even though it was separately. I thought I could ask him for a couple of movie recommendations that I could watch while he was away. But I feel really uncomfortable at the thought of telling him that watching a movie he's mentioned makes me feel connected to him. I've told him I've watched them, but not this part of it. Is this just pathetically bizarre? Do you think he would be weirded out by this? He seems to get my attachment and need without judgement.

Odd cosmic timing: I was trapped at the salon getting a haircut and color, so was stuck reading magazines I wouldn't normally see. One had an interview with Alan Alda--he has face blindness, too. I'd always thought it was an obscure condition, but apparently, it's not uncommon.