Couch 225: 2+2=5, Sheeple!

Lemoncake · 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Thanks Lemon.

I can go home in 3.5 hours. I texted two of my support people and they both texted me back right away. So it's helpful to know I'm not alone in this. Yeah, I will call my parents on my lunch break which is coming up in a few minutes and let them know I'm feeling unwell. If the weather holds I will plan to take a walk with my Mom when I get home. Being out in nature might be soothing.

I'm glad they got back to you quickly. Do you still think you'll contact T as well?

Good idea with the walk- it's important not to physically be alone.

What else have you found helpful in the past?

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemoncake

I'm glad they got back to you quickly. Do you still think you'll contact T a well

Good idea with the walk- it's important not to physically be alone.

What else have you found helpful in the past?

I don't know yet if I will contact T. I'm going to give it a few hours and see if the feelings subside.

I'm going to look at pictures of my cats. They remind me that I'm needed (and wanted). Then I might read some scripture and maybe send a couple emails to friends. Depends what I have to do for work. When I get home I need to get my taxes ready to be prepared so that will give me something to focus on and I might watch a Vera episode. I like those. Get my blanket and curl up in the LazyBoy and let my mind be distracted.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:10 PM

Almost off of work. 0.5 hours left. Still feeling bad. Planning on going on a walk though.

ArtieTheSequal · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:14 PM

Cooking dinner today - tilapia filets and rice pilaf, gotta figure out a veggie too. Smells good already. Yum!

LonesomeTonight · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:14 PM

Hugs, Kit. I hope the walk helps. If you're still feeling bad, definitely reach out to your T.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

Cooking dinner today - tilapia filets and rice pilaf, gotta figure out a veggie too. Smells good already. Yum!

Broccoli or asparagus?

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Hugs, Kit. I hope the walk helps. If you're still feeling bad, definitely reach out to your T.

Thanks, I will.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

Cooking dinner today - tilapia filets and rice pilaf, gotta figure out a veggie too. Smells good already. Yum!

Lately I've been really into cauliflower rice.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

Cooking dinner today - tilapia filets and rice pilaf, gotta figure out a veggie too. Smells good already. Yum!

Or squash and zucchini? You're making me hungry!

ArtieTheSequal · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Broccoli or asparagus?

Yes, broccoli! Perfectly yum. Thanks!

ArtieTheSequal · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:25 PM

I hope the walk helps too, Kit.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:26 PM

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Yes, broccoli! Perfectly yum. Thanks!

NP. I've been eating a lot of broccoli with my cauliflower rice!

It's one of my go to vegetables. Plus Emma (my Mom's dog) loves it! So I give her some too. Her vet says it is perfectly fine for her to have fresh vegetables along with her dog food. She eats peas and carrots daily.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:27 PM

Sometimes we make Emma some chicken too. She loves that. Just like boiled chicken. Works out great because we can give Esther the broth. She is hungry all the time due to her diabetes but she can't eat all the time. But the vet said she can have as much (unsalted) chicken broth as she wants.

ElectricManatee · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:29 PM

ToddlerManatee asked for more broccoli at dinner and would only be lured out of her high chair with promises of helping run the vacuum. She's darn cute when she isn't completely infuriating.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

I hope the walk helps too, Kit.

Thanks, Artie. It will do me good to be outside and I can talk with my Mom better if we are both doing something else. I told her at lunchtime that I wasn't doing well at all and so I'll have to tell her that I am still not doing well.

SlumberKitty · Mar 08, 2021 at 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ElectricManatee

ToddlerManatee asked for more broccoli at dinner and would only be lured out of her high chair with promises of helping run the vacuum. She's darn cute when she isn't completely infuriating.

That's adorable. I used to detest green beans (though I like them now). And my parents would take one green bean and cut it into four or five pieces and have me eat that (although why IDK, because five is worse than one!) and one time when I was early elementary aged, I asked for four more green beans. And my parents were like, wait, do you want four whole ones or one cut in fours? I was like 4 big ones! And from then on I ate green beans just fine.

ElectricManatee · Mar 08, 2021 at 07:10 PM

As a rule, I don't make her eat (or even try) anything she doesn't want to. She eats a wide variety of foods to begin with, and knowing her personality, if I turned it into a power struggle, she would eat way fewer things. We make this green bean stew that we sprinkle feta cheese on at the end, and she liked the stew but not the cheese, so she now shouts "no feta cheese!" whenever we mention feta cheese. Except she has eaten feta in several other dishes without complaint before and since. We just don't mention the name.

atisketatasket · Mar 08, 2021 at 07:50 PM

I am with TM on feta cheese. Despite being Greek, it makes me throw up whenever I eat it.

A dush of raisins, feta cheese, and gluten would probably kill me.

Info appointment tomorrow. She is also darn cute when she’s not completely infuriating.

LonesomeTonight · Mar 08, 2021 at 07:55 PM

I like feta, but despise goat cheese, bleu cheese, and gorgonzola. Thankfully, restaurants seem to have moved past trend where it was goat cheese on everything. But it's still there too often.

atisketatasket · Mar 08, 2021 at 08:02 PM

My campus bookstore put overstock on 50% clearance, so I now have an Apple Watch series 3. I mostly wanted to replace my Fitbit with it. I’m still trying to figure it out.

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SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 06:10 PM #243 Almost off of work. 0.5 hours left. Still feeling bad. Planning on going on a walk though. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,276 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,785 hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 06:14 PM #244 Cooking dinner today - tilapia filets and rice pilaf, gotta figure out a veggie too. Smells good already. Yum!

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,810 (SuperPoster!) 9 75k hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 06:14 PM #245 Hugs, Kit. I hope the walk helps. If you're still feeling bad, definitely reach out to your T.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,276 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,785 hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 06:25 PM #251 I hope the walk helps too, Kit.

SlumberKitty Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jul 2018 Location: CA Posts: 27,329 (SuperPoster!) 5 117.7k hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 06:27 PM #253 Sometimes we make Emma some chicken too. She loves that. Just like boiled chicken. Works out great because we can give Esther the broth. She is hungry all the time due to her diabetes but she can't eat all the time. But the vet said she can have as much (unsalted) chicken broth as she wants. __________________ Dum Spiro Spero IC XC NIKA

ElectricManatee Magnate Member Since May 2017 Location: Earth Posts: 2,515 6 4,704 hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 06:29 PM #254 ToddlerManatee asked for more broccoli at dinner and would only be lured out of her high chair with promises of helping run the vacuum. She's darn cute when she isn't completely infuriating.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,159 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 07:50 PM #258 I am with TM on feta cheese. Despite being Greek, it makes me throw up whenever I eat it. A dush of raisins, feta cheese, and gluten would probably kill me. Info appointment tomorrow. She is also darn cute when she’s not completely infuriating.

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,810 (SuperPoster!) 9 75k hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 07:55 PM #259 I like feta, but despise goat cheese, bleu cheese, and gorgonzola. Thankfully, restaurants seem to have moved past trend where it was goat cheese on everything. But it's still there too often.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,159 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Mar 08, 2021 at 08:02 PM #260 My campus bookstore put overstock on 50% clearance, so I now have an Apple Watch series 3. I mostly wanted to replace my Fitbit with it. I’m still trying to figure it out.