In front of the mirror.
Um.
Yes.
But before that I have a lot of moving and shaking to do.
Holy shit do I have a lot of stuff to do.
I preempted it by doing some of the work today.
I mean I got busy already.
I brought reading in with me to work and for the second day I was able to do reading while the boys were on their quiet time I kicked out some reading.
I also just finished doing another hour of reading.
That’s right.
Because this is how I have to roll to get it all in.
Actually.
I did an hour of reading then I took another twenty minutes or so and organized the material that I will be using for my big Psychopathology paper.
It has to be 12-15 pages long, in APA style and it will be an in-depth analysis of two different diagnosis with emphasis on using the DSM V and as well as a psychoanalytic approach.
I will be addressing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
And.
Alcohol Use Disorder.
Ahem.
I may have a little experience with the two.
Hahahaha.
Fuck I amuse myself.
But.
Hey when writing I have found that the best things to write about are things that I have experience with.
I have experience with both in spades.
Thank you very much.
So after I did another two chapters of reading for my Family Therapy class (this is after working a full day at work, and yes, it was full, though lovely, so lovely especially, getting out to the park in the sunshine) after I got back from doing the deal tonight, I sat down and organized the reading and the materials.
I did not start the writing.
But I have started the thinking.
It sits and stews a little up there in my head.
I don’t know exactly how that works, but I do know from a great deal of experience that it does.
I have done the reading, which is a huge part of the battle.
I have the beginnings of where I need to go in my mind.
I have reviewed the directions for the paper a number of times.
I have started sticking post it notes in the places I need to go back to and integrate into the paper.
I will devote seven pages to each diagnosis.
I will break them down, do an assessment, how it presents in the client, what the diagnosis looks like in the DSM V, what it could be, and how to address it psychodynamically.
I have FIVE books I am working with.
One of them is the full size DSM V and the other is the desk reference.
One book on psychodynamic psychiatry and another on psychoanalytic case formulation.
Plus one book of personal experiences.
I actually won’t be using that one so much, I have, ahem, plenty of my own first person accounts to draw from.
I really won’t have any problem sketching out what the presenting problem looks like in the client.
Anyway.
So yeah.
That.
That will be taking up a big part of my weekend.
But it won’t be all my weekend.
I meet with my person tomorrow.
I plan on getting up and doing yoga, I need some exercise, before I meet her as well.
I need a mani/pedi and some eyebrow waxing and I need to do grocery shopping and cooking for the next work week.
I will also do the deal tomorrow.
And I will meet with two ladies on Sunday.
I plan on doing the bulk of the writing tomorrow after I get back from doing my errands in the Inner Sunset.
I am not sure how long this paper is going to take, it’s a big fucking paper, but having started to delve into it and having organized my materials is a big step forward.
I estimate three to four hours.
That sounds like not that much, but for me three hours of straight writing is a fuck of a lot.
I wrote my Family Therapy paper last weekend in two hours, but that was not with as much referencing and was seven pages.
This paper will be double that.
So I figure four hours of writing.
My hope is to get the majority of it written tomorrow before I head out to my 7 p.m. commitment.
And I will work on it more after ward.
I had originally planned on doing the bulk of the writing on Sunday.
But.
Um.
Ha.
Something came up.
I have a date.
What?
Totally out of the blue.
Once it was all set up I messaged my friend, what do I wear?
I laughed to myself, the quintessential question.
Not whether I can appropriately show differential diagnosis in a co-morbid presenting psychological disease, but what dress to wear, and heels, should I wear heels?
I mean he is 6’4″.
6’4″!
Yes.
Thank you God.
And doesn’t drink.
Yes.
Lives in Oakland.
And happens to be a friend of a friend.
This was not the message I was expecting to get today as I was reading my text books at work while the boys were down in their rooms.
A message pops up.
A friend doing some match making!
OMG.
Blush.
Flattered.
So, so unexpected.
Would I be interested in?
Check out…
And yes?
Ok?
What’s your schedule look like?
How about these days?
And this time.
And.
BOOM.
Date with guy set up for this Sunday at Samovar Tea Lounge.
Holy shit.
I mean.
My friend did all the leg work, said to both parties, hey go check out so and so on my page and if you like I arrange.
She did it all.
Professional like.
Damn Gina.
I feel hella looked out for.
By the time guy had checked me out and I had checked guy out she’d verified times and dates for both of us and had gone ahead and made a freaking reservation for us!
Holy Toledo.
And like that.
I have a date for a cuppa tea and a new friend on Sunday.
So.
Yeah.
Um.
Writing that fucking paper tomorrow like a house a fire.
Heh.
Oh.
And side note.
I GOT THE ASK FOR MY NEW JOB!
I got it.
I got the money I asked for.
They responded today and said, absolutely, totally reasonable, no problem, we can do that and we can’t wait to start working with you.
Quote, “can’t wait’ end quote.
Fuck yes.
I was so freaking busy after lunch with the boys, then doing the deal, then homework that I totally forget to check my e-mail.
The response had sat for seven hours in my box.
Hahahahaha.
“I’m sure you’re going to be taken care of,” a friend of mine told me when I bumped into her after my get right with God.
“I always am,” I said, “I’m sure they’re just figuring out the contract.”
And they were.
The family will have the contract to me by next week to sign.
Huge sigh of relief.
So what am I wearing to my date on Sunday?
When I jokingly asked my friend.
She was like, girl you don’t have to worry about that!
And I liked her rule of thumb.
Wear whatever makes you stand in front of the mirror and do a little shimmy.
Yes.
I know exactly what to wear.
Hello weekend.
Let’s get cracking.
I got places to go and things to do.
So.
I get to get my shimmy on.
Shimmy, shimmy.
Coco pop.
Shimmy, shimmy.
Pow!
Oh.
Yes.
Yes, please.
Auntiebubba 