- An artist friend of mine (Megan Lynn Kott) was doing a fundraiser giveaway for dental surgery for one of her foster cats, and we were one of the winners! We won this watercolor of Khaleesi! (Please don’t tell the other cats I picked her, ha.) I absolutely love it!
- Courtney sent use some rosebud jelly and it’s delish! Did you know you could make jelly from rosebud flowers? It was news to us! I’m super impressed she made this. It seems like a lot of work to me.
- It was so easy to call my EAP program at work and get a recommendation for a local counselor. They’ll cover up to 6 sessions, and recommend me to someone on my insurance plan if I need more sessions. They recommended a therapist and I called them but they no longer do EAP, so I called another and left a message (they had an out of office and said they’d get back to folks by tomorrow).
- Last week when I asked my hair stylist why I have so many flyaways she told me my hair is really dry. I showed her the products I use and told her how we have hard water and she said that’s probably it – the hard water. I remembered talking to a coworker about this last year and she told me how much nicer her hair felt once they got a water softener. The coworker suggested that if we couldn’t install a softener, to rinse my hair with a bottle of water. I didn’t do it then… but after talking to my stylist last week I tried it once and it did feel like it made a difference. It’s super wasteful, but if it helps, I think I will keep doing it (I try to only wash my hair 2-3 times a week, but eek).
- I get so annoyed when I am on the quiet car (on the train on the way to work), trying to read, and someone is blasting music so loud I can hear it through their headphones. Ugh. Deep breaths, Kim.
- Do you ever just want people to quit asking you for things? Like, just a break, from requests? Some days I get so overwhelmed with it, then find myself getting annoyed if I am getting contacted at all, for any reason.
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I’m glad the EAP will cover so many sessions! I hope you hear back from the therapist you called.
Your last bullet is most days for me at work! It happens the most when I’m on a deadline – it’s like people somehow know to ping me with (often dumb) requests ONLY when I’m working toward an urgent deadline. It is really overwhelming! Sometimes I’ll go on DND, so if something is truly urgent they have to contact someone else on my team, otherwise they just have to wait.
My house has hard water too, but I didn’t really notice a huge change to my hair after installing a water softener a couple years ago. I use shampoo & conditioner that’s custom-made and takes the hard water into account and that does help (but it’s not cheap!)
Me too! I am surprised it was 6!
Of course that is when it happens! Gah. Typical! I am glad you go on DND and let them figure it out! This week I had a bunch of non-work requests one evening after a day of work ones and I totally shut down. I am still working on being less responsive 🙂
Oh that’s cool! So it’s tailored for your hair specifically?
Do I ever get annoyed if I am contacted for any reason? WHY YES I DO THANKS FOR ASKING!!!!! No seriously I want to help and I’m glad that people feel that they can ask for me for things but sometimes it’s just too much.
I hope you find a match through your EAP. Is your copay very high if they don’t come through?
Ha ha ha! You get me! And yes! It just builds up and it’s like AHHHH LEAVE ME ALONE!!! *cry*
It’s not too high!
Ugh, you should talk to my mom about your last bullet. She deals with this all day every day at work and it’s so frustrating for her. I’m sorry you’re dealing with it, too!
That picture of Khali is so pretty!
Ugh! Is that part of her job and it just stinks, or is it like… more than her job, and people just won’t stop bugging her? Either way, UGH UGH UGH!!!!
Right? I feel so lucky we won!
Oh, that’s so interesting about the hard water… but it makes sense. I always feel a difference in my hair when I am in a new place with “different” water.
I hope you find a therapist soon. So cool they cover so many session
Right! I really feel like it IS making a difference! You know, since I wear my hair in a bun most days that’s really important. Ha.
I did! I like her a lot so far!