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avus

As my daddy says, "Female dog, female dog, female dog...."

Jun 21, 2007 12:11

Dear Friends --

Some times are better than others. And some days on the job, you takes your turn in the barrel. When the two meet, well, those are the days you just try to get by. From dear weymss, I learned that the Brits have a wonderful phrase: KBO, Keep Buggering On. Yanks, we just muddle through.

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oncelikeshari June 21 2007, 18:19:07 UTC

I hope the rest of the longest day is better for all.

Happy Summer Solstice to you and Jane!

avus June 21 2007, 23:06:41 UTC

Yes, so far it's better. And tomorrow Jane turns 80, though we're celebrating on the weekend. Took a nice walk when I came home for lunch, and listened to the mountain stream and the wind in the apsens & the pines. Nice.

Happy Summer Solstice to you & yours!

mrsquizzical June 21 2007, 20:33:45 UTC

i don't know why - but it made me quite happy to read more about your day and the trials of it. they way you are thinking 'and i think I have problems???'.

i think because it's a sign that your life is moving on - that your issues take screen time along with jane's.

i do hope that tomorrow is better for you though. truly.

*hugs*

avus June 21 2007, 23:12:59 UTC

i think because it's a sing that your life is moving on -- that your issues take screen time along with jane's.

That's a very nice & thoughtful way to put it! I think you may be right.

And today has been a better day, very much so, thank you.

Hope things go well w/ you & yours.

mrsquizzical June 21 2007, 23:22:44 UTC

yes thankyou. we are all having a good day, too.

sing = sign

(obviously - but i'm a bit mental about leaving spelling mistakes. which makes no sense considering the grammar and punctuation ... but there you go)

avus June 22 2007, 01:27:00 UTC

And I'm just plain mental, so that's all right with me. Probably some sort of Freudian slip from my old days as a conductor & musicologist -- speaking of mental.

sophierom June 22 2007, 00:03:31 UTC

Happy early birthday to Jane!

I hope you're back improves. You have an amazing capability to handle such an emotionally draining occupation. But I admit that I never would have guessed that your lower back was at risk! (Aren't you guys supposed to have couches? Oh, wait, that's for the patients, right? ;-D)

sophierom June 22 2007, 00:04:38 UTC

Er, I meant "I hope your back improves." :-D

avus June 22 2007, 01:30:57 UTC

Thanks for your early Happy Birthday, and for your good wishes for my back.

You have an amazing capacity to handle such an emotionally draining occupation.

Actually, raising children is much more draining most of the time. Parents, now, that's an emotionally draining job. And I fear that, with my training, couches aren't part of the furniture. Most family therapists definitely have couches -- and in many ways, I'm a family therapist -- but I've always preferred different types of chairs, particularly those that can move. It lets the family sculpt itself for me freshly, not only when they're in my office, but while they're in my office.

But I'm weird that way.

Actually, I'm weird in many ways, as my children & grandchildren will attest!

And good wishes returning to you, dear sophierom.

super_pan June 27 2007, 19:38:52 UTC

Hi Avus, it's so good to hear from you; I haven't been around as much lately so I think I have missed some of your posts.

I don't envy you your job, but I am thankful that you and others like you are out there doing it. And I hope that your clients find some peace and happiness.

Take care of that back, and wish Jane Happy Birthday!

super_pan June 27 2007, 19:39:39 UTC

Oh, and my daddy always would say "Keep on truckin!".