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hummingwolf) wrote2004-12-05 11:50 pm
hummingwolf) wrote2004-12-05 11:50 pm
Scattered update
Last week's big events were mostly doctor appointments, which weren't all that fascinating for the most part. Had a therapist appointment which, as was inevitable in the whole getting-to-know-you process, involved a discussion of two of the big events in my life--my parents' deaths. Yes, it was time for the fun memories. Is it wrong of me to derive some amusement from the therapist's expression as I described the time my father was in the hospital? She's surely heard about events which were far worse in other clients' lives, but that month sure did pile things on. Somehow she seemed surprised that I--or anyone--had gotten through it relatively intact. In addition to that little talk, our hour involved paperwork and discussion of dealing with bureaucratic junk.
Speaking of bureaucrap, one person last week thought they knew exactly how to help me get all the help I need--and then realized that I lived in an entirely different county and they really didn't know how to help me after all. Insert theatrical sigh here.
On the plus side, I was feeling unusually energetic yesterday and went for a good long walk. Looking at the map when I got back home, I thought I might have wandered through five or six different cities, though I think now that I was on the wrong side of the dividing lines and probably only was officially in half that many. Oh yes, it is possible to walk in six different cities in a day here, and it wouldn't have been so very impressive if I had. This is what happens when suburbs are mashed closely together. I did walk about five miles, though, which would have been a respectable distance even if I hadn't been recovering from a migraine of several days' duration.
Today has been spent relaxing, mostly reading in bed or listening to music online with a little TV viewing thrown in. I walked about four blocks total, which seemed about right. In a short while I'll be going to bed, hoping for visions of sugarplums but probably settling for dreams about sending e-mail and reading LiveJournal.
Speaking of bureaucrap, one person last week thought they knew exactly how to help me get all the help I need--and then realized that I lived in an entirely different county and they really didn't know how to help me after all. Insert theatrical sigh here.
On the plus side, I was feeling unusually energetic yesterday and went for a good long walk. Looking at the map when I got back home, I thought I might have wandered through five or six different cities, though I think now that I was on the wrong side of the dividing lines and probably only was officially in half that many. Oh yes, it is possible to walk in six different cities in a day here, and it wouldn't have been so very impressive if I had. This is what happens when suburbs are mashed closely together. I did walk about five miles, though, which would have been a respectable distance even if I hadn't been recovering from a migraine of several days' duration.
Today has been spent relaxing, mostly reading in bed or listening to music online with a little TV viewing thrown in. I walked about four blocks total, which seemed about right. In a short while I'll be going to bed, hoping for visions of sugarplums but probably settling for dreams about sending e-mail and reading LiveJournal.
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I *know* this one:
"She's surely heard about events which were far worse in other clients' lives, but that month sure did pile things on. Somehow she seemed surprised that I--or anyone--had gotten through it relatively intact."
I've been there. It amazes me how many times that I've read a post of your's and said to myself, "Oh gosh, I've heard that one". Maybe all experiences with "the system" are similar.