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#226
Dec 04, 2024, 12:55 PM
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I think i alternated them for a while. Darn thing is like an alien in your body!
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#227
Dec 04, 2024, 02:15 PM
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NP I hope you're able to find some relief.
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#228
Dec 04, 2024, 03:51 PM
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If you want a heating pad you can use on your shoulders, I recommend this one. I use it when my neck is stiff/sore, and it helps. |
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#229
Dec 04, 2024, 03:58 PM
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You can also make a rice sock in a pinch, i have one i use all the time for eyeball headaches. just use a (clean of course) long gym sock, fill it like halfway full of uncooked rice, then tie a knot in the top and heat in the microwave. You have to experiment with how long. If I do 2 minutes in mine, that's too long.
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#230
Dec 04, 2024, 04:04 PM
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#231
Dec 04, 2024, 08:57 PM
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I'm off work for the next 3 days, so I'm well on my way to getting drunk tonight. Why the **** not? Write some drunken poetry. Woo ****ing hoo.
I was talking to my boss today about the upcoming changes at work and she said it will be happening before the end of the month. Egad. Jeez, I mean do we even get training? Or just thrown to the ****ing wolves? **** everything, anyway. Well at least I got a Christmas tree today. Maybe decorating that tomorrow will cheer me up. I'm in a piss-*** mood tonight. Sorry couchies. |
| LonesomeTonight, ScarletPimpernel, unaluna
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#232
Dec 05, 2024, 05:27 PM
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#233
Dec 05, 2024, 07:21 PM
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What kind of decorations are you thinking for your tree? Classic, chaotic, or whatever you grab from the box?
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#234
Dec 05, 2024, 08:43 PM
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#235
Dec 05, 2024, 08:52 PM
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And, I'd say classic. I have a few ornaments left from when I was a kid. Everything's shatterproof, of course, with a cat! haha. Here's a pic. I'm totally in love with it, it's the biggest tree I've ever had. We usually get smaller ones. Some years we've gotten table-top ones. It is really cheering me up this evening now that I'm done decorating it. |
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#236
Dec 05, 2024, 09:42 PM
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#237
Dec 05, 2024, 10:02 PM
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Call her and ask to schedule if you want her to call you back and offer an appointment. |
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#238
Dec 05, 2024, 10:44 PM
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But that is just my observation - it may or may not fit how you see it.
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| ArtieTheSequal, atisketatasket, unaluna
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#239
Dec 05, 2024, 11:06 PM
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I can't remember if I mentioned it here or not, but P and I are writing letters to each other. I need to write mine this weekend so we can exchange them Monday. To take some of the pressure off, he said we could consider these first drafts. He knows I'm worried I'm not going to get it right. Unless he offers to meet more often these last weeks, we only have about 6 sessions left. I feel sick to my stomach saying that.
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#240
Dec 05, 2024, 11:31 PM
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I'm sorry, NP!
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#241
Dec 06, 2024, 04:52 AM
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I love your tree, Artie!
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#242
Dec 06, 2024, 06:18 AM
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Hugs, NP. I'm so sorry he's moving. The letters sound like a really nice idea. |
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#243
Dec 06, 2024, 06:23 AM
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Artie, I agree you should just call or email and ask for a session. I don't think that's stalking at all. And I think it would be better for you to just talk it through with her.
Though I do think she should have responded to the apology in some way. Maybe she was waiting for you to ask for a session? I know therapists aren't supposed to "chase" clients, so she might have felt if she was offering, you'd feel obligated to do so. Especially if it was in response to you apologizing. So she's leaving it up to you to ask. |
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#244
Dec 06, 2024, 10:38 AM
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Hi Couch,
Today is one of those weird anniversaries that don't make sense to anyone else. Five months since I gained insight into the circumstances surrounding Steve's death. Being a Friday and so close to the festiveness, I didn't want to put myself through ringing the helpline and not getting to speak to someone. His birthday is the Thursday after next, and although I have a session with R that day, I have no idea what I want to do to mark the day. I seem to float between wanting to do something, and not wanting to do anything. The new understanding is the complicating factor here. Also, there are warnings for 70mph winds here tomorrow, so we have decided to move the last kids' writing workshop of the year online. It doesn't make sense to expect people to travel in those conditions...and I wasn't too keen on it anyway. I need space to fall apart, and I have no idea when I'm going to get it. Lost
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#245
Dec 09, 2024, 01:55 PM
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The letter I wrote P is about 1800 words/almost 3 pages. Does that seem excessive? What if he only wrote like two paragraphs?
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#246
Dec 09, 2024, 02:03 PM
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It doesn't seem excessive to me, though I tend to be rather verbose. When do you exchange them? Could you ask how long his is maybe? Also, I don't know that it would matter how long yours is compared to his--it's more about the sentiment expressed within. Though I'm sure I'd have the same worry. Another thing you could do is keep what you have, then paste it into a new file (assuming it's in an electronic format--just guessing that unless you have really tiny handwriting), try editing it, and see what you come up with. But keep the original in a separate file. |
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#247
Dec 09, 2024, 02:08 PM
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That doesn't seem excessive given the circumstances, at least to me. And it's okay if he doesn't write as much as you did. Doesn't mean your length is bad.
L and I can write long communications with each other. T calls them "novels". Sometimes I write novels, sometimes L writes novels, sometimes we both do. It's just however much we need to say. And responses vary, too. Sometimes we just can't do the original justice and so we respond with less. I just think it's best to write what you need to write.
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#248
Dec 09, 2024, 02:21 PM
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The plan was to exchange them today, but he told me in an email response where I was inquiring if we were going to read them together, that if I needed more time that's fine, which makes me think he needs more time.
Yes, it's electronic. I needed to be able to edit and it would take forever doing that by hand. I have no idea how writers edited their stuff before we had computers, but I imagine it was tedious. When thinking about if I should pare it down, I've come to the conclusion that I've said what I needed and wanted to say and I shouldn't remove things with the sole purpose of making it shorter. It does feel like a novel. In fact, I might have more to say and it may get longer before we're done. |
| LonesomeTonight, WarmFuzzySocks
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#249
Dec 09, 2024, 02:33 PM
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They had scriveners. Also - writing does take time and the physical writing out of thoughts/documents has a different effect on the brain than typing. Plus it was usual and everything took time and more effort.
Or one becomes quite concise. But generally, if one was raised in a culture of writing, I think it is possible to find satisfaction in handwriting out a personal letter even if it is not as quick as typing.
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Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. |
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#250
Dec 09, 2024, 11:42 PM
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Today I got offers for both jobs.
They both really want me, and they are both willing to give me time to decide and come on board when I am ready. Now I just need to figure out which one to go with.
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you. (St. Augustine) |
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