June 24, 2015

After a morning of printing out High Sierra tickets and negotiating meeting/parking places at the Dead concert,  I showered and headed in a little earlier to work on my long day.  The group of therapists here amaze me.  Going to work means discussing topics I love.  What’s better than that?

Group supervision, then studying up on different theories which I like – ordering more books – and then racing off to get some food for group tonight before my client showed up.  Considering my love of food, my creativity skills in picking out snacks is getting worse every week.  Soon I’ll end up going with a sack of apples (it’s getting that bad).  I ran into someone who had recently retired from the high school and she asked me if I was still there - I told her I had submitted my resignation a few days ago.  Yep - I'm doing this therapist thing "fer reals."

I was near the AT&T store.  I've been getting texts recently on what seems to me to be almost an hourly basis.  75% data used, 90% data used, 100% data used and I knew it couldn’t be me, so they showed me how The Boy went over our data plan in the first 13 days AND how to shut his data off, which I did.  It’ll automatically turn on again after the next billing cycle.  Unless that kid decides to earn some money (like Maggie does) to pay for his data – this is how it’s going to be.

On that topic, however – he is miserable in San Diego and wants to come back.  Maggie is having a blast and doesn’t want to leave (yin/yang).  He talks to me and/or texts me, while Mags is too busy having fun to do so.  Ahhh – the sullen teen years.  Gotta love it.

Group went well – Dara and I co-facilitated while Jen is in Virginia.  It amazes me that I am on that side of the desk – giving, rather than attending.  I’m excited for my books to show up so I can start studying and learning again, on my own terms.  But FIRST – I NEED to get this house in order – what an elephant in the middle of the room.  When I’m back from vacation I may hire someone to help me clean/organize.  

Pictures:  Inuit Dude - he brings me joy; The El Dorado County mining records I saw as I picked up Maggie's birth certificate; My solar yard decoration tonigh as I got home from work;