Right.
I’m awake.
Today I’m doing all the party shopping. Tomorrow I’ll bake cake and maybe the cookies. Friday I’ll do the main dishes and make icing. Saturday I’ll pretend to tidy a little and then we’ll have the parties.
Yawn. Really sleepy. Baby had a pretty awful night. On the bright side we’re going to my parents’ for the day and I get to be coddled and have adoring grandparents to watch the kids.
Sneakin’ in a post from good ol’ East Albeeeeeeny Medical Center. I sit a while then I walk around a while introducin’ myself and handin’ out little brochures and stuff. I’m so excited I can hardly contain myself. To my credit I have yet to do any cartwheels in the waitin’ room. I think that could be a sign of maturity. 
The teevee is on. There’s an info commercial for sump’n called a chef’s basket. It steams, it boils, it fries and comes with a knife! Two for only 14.99! Call to learn about free shipping! Call now! I didn’t. I resisted the temptation.
LiLi does bein’ coddled mean you get to lie on the sofa eatin’ bonbons while the grandparents dote upon the precious rugrats? Or do you just nap?
Actually, no. Then she told me that because I had originally been diagnosed as depressed and had been given antidepressants that they would have triggered a manic episode either way. This has been common knowledge in the psych field for years. It’s something that everybody knows. Antidepressants trigger rapid switching and mania.
*Except that they don’t. *
This claim has been researched and there has been little, if any, empirical evidence to back it up. Unfortunately, though, at this point in the discussion, I was so upset and overwhelmed that I wasn’t in a position to argue anymore with her. I did, however, send a long email to my therapist describing in summary what happened and linking to several journal articles from researchers who have proven this to be false. My therapist actually responded to my email via a phone call just now. We had a very nice conversation in which he diplomatically told me that I was right and suggested that I go another route and see the nurse practitioner frequently (a particular one who has been helpful to me in the past) and the psychiatrist very infrequently.
There are many things at play here. Not the least of which is that this is a public agency that is completely overwhelmed due to the number of people currently without mental health coverage. This is almost exclusively the only place to turn to in my area. Frankly speaking, I am not their average consumer. I know how to advocate for myself (even if it takes me a day or two to get myself together and go back and fight the battle again). Imagine, though, what it must be like to have serious problems and just fall through the cracks because you don’t understand what is wrong with you or with the system and you feel powerless to change it all. It frustrates and saddens me.
Off my soapbox now and back to work on fork tree, the third. 
we got about 8 inches of snow - and WBT and his snowblower made short work of it. But I donwanna go anywhere today - I might order in some chinese takeout, now that the walk and stoop are cleared, but I’m having a comfy pj’s kind of day
Woo-hoo, I’m #85!!!
ETA: Which means nothing more than that I had nothing else to say…
Howdy Y’all! Irk is over and da cave smells taco soupilicious! Can’t wait to slurp me some soup!
StickyBuns good for you for stickin’ up for yourself. That’s what it takes to get things done right. Maybe the Psych will get a clue by four.
Rosie don’t blame ya. Sounds like a stay in jammies and order Chinese foodstuffs kinda day to me!
Congrats on bein’ post #85 BusDude. I am proud of your accomplishment.
Got home a little late today - I had a meeting that kept me almost half an hour over. Most of it was a waste of time for me, but the meeting after the meeting was actually interesting. There’s a very slim but real chance that I’ll get to work on a real-world tasker involving helping people. I say slim because as it was described to me “If this guy does this and this group does that and this government does the other and you do the hokey-pokey and turn yourself around…” - but still, it involves a part of the world where things could happen quickly and it’s a region where I did some contingency planning a few years ago, so I’m kinda excited!
Meanwhile, I have the last of a chicken carcass boiling away on the stove. I’m about to cut up some carrots and get the last of the meat off the bones so we can have chickie noodle soup for supper. It smells good in here already.
So off to the kitchen with me. Back later. Hugs and pinches to all!
Good for ya, sticks! Tell them doctors what for!
Yay for your maybe project, mom!
Swampy of the Hive Mind™ - please post your recipe for taco soup. It intrigues me.
Rosie, yay for snow days and jammies and Chinese delivery!
I’ve been a [del]dizzy[/del] bizzy girl today! I haven’t accomplished much, but I sure feel tired! 
Actually, I succeeded in getting my amount of drawings cut down by half, so that’s good.
Workout was good. I wish I had more time, because 30 minutes is starting to be pretty easy for me. I upped the settings, though, and that made it a little harder.
Dinner tonight will be jambalaya. So say I, and so I say.
Laterzzzzzzzzz…
It was actually sunny here today. I sat in front of the window with the cat while I ate lunch today and soaked up just a little bit of sunshine.
It helped because I had to do my self review today. Ugh. I just found out that it’s weird the way we do them. (I’ve never been at a company that did self reviews before so I didn’t know what to think.) I hear from friends that most companies have the employee do their review, the manager does theirs, and then they compare. Here, we do ours and then give it to our manager, who adds comments. It does sometimes feel like we’re doing the manager’s job. Does it sound that way to anyone else since the manager doesn’t have to independently write up their review? I don’t know… as I said, I haven’t done this anywhere else.
Fish tacos for dinner tonight. That’ll be yum.
Bonomo Turkish Taffy Is Back!!!:D:D:D:D:D
Soup was good. And we just finished counting sweet tarts, marshmallows, and m&ms for daughter’s science class activity next week. They’re going to make molecules with the candies. Is my girl a cool teacher or what??
**taxi **- we have to do self-assessments which we pass to our bosses. I can’t speak for others, but my boss takes my input and puts it in the right words to get me the best rating. The way I look at it - he knows in general what I do, but I need to let him know/remind him about the specifics of my projects. He knows better than I how my work fits into the big picture, hence his use of the right words. He’ll also let me see what he intends to submit up the line to be sure it’s accurate and I don’t have any issues with what he says.
Have I mentioned that I love my boss??
Have I also mentioned that I’m ready for Firday? At least I’ve got a 3-day weekend ahead.
Sorry about the doc issues, Sticky. It really is scary to think how many people go untreated or are incorrectly treated because of the lack of mental health resources.
That sounds like a fun exercise, FCM. Good on your daughter for being a creative teacher! Hope the project works out; sounds like fun.
Being coddled sounds like just what you need, LiLi. Hope you had a great day.
I had meetings continuously from 10:30-5. There was a 15-minute gap in there where I was able to run to get chocolate milk and a 10-minute break where I ran to the kitchenette to pop some popcorn. I got a fair amount done, at least.
Just ran out to get season 3 of Psych and season 2 of Burn Notice because Target had them on sale for $14.99 each. It’s starting to snow again. At least we only have a few inches and aren’t supposed to get much more.
Am watching* Julie and Julia*. Fun.
Back later.
Hugs.
GT
It was nice being at my parents’ house. Unfortunately Nat was what my Mom called ‘ornery’ and I call ‘freaking psycho’ all day. On the bright side I have a near-military plan for prepping everything for the parties. I’m trying to decide if we want to decorate cookies before or after lunch.
I’m thinking after lunch but before the birthday cake? Maybe? Other parents who had three year olds, advice? Because if they do it beforehand they’ll just eat sprinkles, and if it’s after they may have accidentally ingested a vegetable or two?
That’s terrible Sticks. Good for you for standing up for yourself (I wouldn’t be able to.)
I have a job! It starts next Wednesday and it’s for two to three weeks. The drive’s a bit long and they have a funky schedule where they work for 9 hours and then 4 on Friday, but I have a job! does the able-to-pay-bills dance
Haven’t read anything today.
I’s sitting in a hotel room in Charleston, WV, en route to Indyanner for a shock visit.
The good news is 2 dogs will be staying when we head back Sunday.
Monday we will be in Mooooooooooomland looking for a place to live.
Life is a thrill a minute right now…
Good morning all - partially (and only partially!) caffeinated here. Rosie’s .sig as appropriate, and apologies for that. I’m still half asleep but trying to get up and out of here to get to work on time this morning. There’s still snow on the ground and it’s still very chilly, so it’ll hang around a couple of more days, I guess. Not happy about that, believe me!
At least it’s Thursday, which means that tomorrow is Firday and that is definitely a good thing.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN It’s 23 Amurrkin outside. BRRRRR!
Rebo I shall post the recipe for taco soup later today when I root through recipes for it. Shouldn’t be too hard to find bein’ as I just made it. It’s pretty simple too which is my main criteria for any recipe.
BBBobbio a shock visit? You gonna sneak up on relatives and tazer ‘em?
Good luck with house huntin’.
Yay for the job ShinyCat!
LiLi I say after lunch and before cake. That way the little crumbsnatchers actually eat lunch probably. I am not nor ever have been a parent but that seems like your best shot at gettin’ 'em to eat lunch.
Ok, time for more caffiene and feedin’ of rumbly tummy then purtification for irk.
Happy Firday Eve Y’all!
Also not a parent, but after lunch/before cake sounds right to me too.
Up, getting ready to get out of here…
Hugs all.
GT
Right.
Who made it morning? Can I shoot them?
Yay for Day-Before-Firday! It’s my Friday off, too. It will be doctor day for Dad. Dentist in the morning, and doctor in the afternoon.
I have a presentation to give at our 3:00 meeting today. I feel good about this one - I know the content and it will be easy, but long.
Rosie’s sig to all…