Couch 225: 2+2=5, Sheeple!

A cautionary tale on edibles - go low and slow - it can take up to an hour or so to kick in -so don't take more until you have waited awhile and start with a low dose. Most of the edibles at dispensaries around here are not all that strong but if you don't know how will react - go low dose and slow. A friend of mine hunted around my house and ate two cookies (I was not home and she did not know they were canna-cookies). She panicked when the effects started and went to the ER because she thought she was having a heart attack. It won't hurt you but it doesn't feel good if you over do it.
I have a medical card for it that I got the approval for from an md on line (perfectly legit in my state)

I was just thinking about this this morning! At my last job, they had me "help" a regular longtime employee who was unable in 40 hrs to complete a simple task i did in 8 hrs. So wtf. He gets a pension and i get fired. Thats why things blow up in america.

Interesting point. My brother is big on jargon and i have often suspected him of using it to deflect.

I believe jargon is used by therapists to deflect all the time. But they get all wigged out and defensive when clients use it back at them. Therapists may feel like imposters because for their whole profession it is true. They are.

I think of early on when I referenced something (I forget what now--I think it had to do with the guy who invented humanistic therapy whose name I can't pull right now), and Dr. T said I might know more about therapy than he does. I joked at one point that maybe I could get an honorary PhD in it. Also, for other stuff, that he should be paying me for continuing ed.

Carl Rogers?

Carl Rogers sounds right to me. Abraham Maslow did the human hierarchy of needs and then his fellow therapist Rogers started the humanistic movement. For some reason we studied this in business classes. I think it had to do with motivation. Like what motivates employees.

Ooh...didn't know there was a connection between Maslow and Rogers. Thank you!

First covid vaccine, successful! H took me and we also ran some errands while we were out, just got home. It hurt a tich more than the flu shot, but still no big deal and I feel fine so far (it was about 2 hours ago). I got the Pfizer one.

In other news I saw a little blurb on facebook how to air fry bacon. I just did some - game changer! So much less messy than on the stove. H said it came out perfect (I always manage to burn it on the stove).

That was it, thanks! He was referencing something about his work (though Dr. T is very much *not* a humanist) but couldn't think of his name, and I was like, "Rogers?"

Congrats on getting the first shot! Dr. T had Pfizer and didn't really have much of a reaction to either one (I was convinced he'd have to cancel our session that was the day after his second one, but he was fine). I think my parents had the Moderna, and same for them, just some arm soreness.

My parents had moderna and same thing....just some arm soreness on both shots.

I'm so ready for lunch but it's too early to take it at work. Bah.

Thanks LT!


I think now that some (not all, but some) of my anxiety/insomnia of the past few nights has been over the vaccine and I just didn't realize it. After I got it, and after waiting around the store for 15 minutes as instructed, I felt a big sense of relief.

So that was a pretty heavy session for a Friday afternoon...may post in In Session Today later (I know, it's been a while!) After I shared a few things about my reaction to something he said last session, he took it in a rather unexpected direction, but an insightful one, with stuff about my mom. It was funny, he said, "I had a thought, but I'm hesitating on whether to share it. I suppose I have to share it now that I've said that, just like you would say." I think I'm rubbing off on him.


At the end, he said he hoped it wouldn't be a "grenade session," where I was fine now, but it would go off in 7 hours. I said if that happened, I knew how to reach him, and he agreed. Then he said, "grenade session--I like that, I should use that again." Got a "take care" before I signed off.

Haven't been around for a while and my bookmark didn't work anymore. Something changed I guess , I thought you guys had disappeared ! Oh no ! No more LT , no more Art , no more ATAT or Stopdog. But you're all still here.

They changed the name and URL of the site, so maybe that's what happened? Welcome back!

Yes , had to look for you.

Geek alert: when I can’t sleep I start listing all the US presidents in my head, administration dates, and major accomplishment.

I’m usually asleep by Martin van Buren.

Wow, I am thoroughly impressed, like usual when you write. I am unable to even list all the US presidents. I can probably name 10 or 12 and not necessarily in order.

Still here! Welcome back! I'm glad you found the new URL, it changed not too awful long ago.

I can name the ones who've been in office since I was born, and a few of the more famous ones of course, but also not necessarily in order!

Artie, have you been crocheting anything lately?

I finally found camo yarn. I'm going to make a scarf. Maybe for my friend's hubby who is a Colonel in the Air Force!

This makes me think of when I was on my high school team for a local televised quiz show competition (unsure if name is specific to my area, so leaving it out). We had this agreement that if there was a question about a president and we didn't know, we'd just say Millard Fillmore. Guess what the answer actually was one time (and we got it right!)?