And now, pure good news

[ceri]

Counseling was really wonderful today. Cassie listened as carefully as ever, and had a lot of helpful pointers in the way identifying specific things grinding me down right now and going and ahead and dealing with them as genuinely serious, rather than brushing them off or trying to proceed just as if they weren't there. Long-time friends will know that I'm sometimes prone to a sort manic stoicism—when I first read Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series, I found some familiar things in the Casseline Brotherhood's approach to personal challenges. There were some other things of note in today's session that I want to write up after I've assimilated them a bit more, too, particularly about reinterpreting some of the mysteries in my past. Great stuff.

As I wrote last week, I've been feeling resentful about the dislocations imposed by diabetes on my eating and particularly on my cooking, just as I was getting underway with a genuinely good routine for more or less the first time ever. So what does buddy Mark have for me today? A link to a collection of diabetic-friendly crockpot recipes, and then a link to a second such collection! Happy me! I am plotting shopping and cooking e'en now.

Last week was damn rough. But this week is looking up a lot.
 

Comments

[sisyphus_rolling]

I'm glad you're doing better, and hope the trend continues.

Also, I LOVE that series and intend on buying whatever's available as soon as I have enough free cash.

[ceri]

Thanks, me too, obviously. :) I have some more points of progress coming up this week, too, and will comment on them as I go by them.

I've also got Naamah's Kiss, the new one from Carey, here to review for my day job. I'm indulging in listening to the previous ones in audiobook format. The reading is outstanding, from a British woman who gets the French pronunciations right.

[sisyphus_rolling]

Yay for progress! Can't wait to read them.

I haven't read Naamah's Kiss yet. I'm actually pretty mad at myself because I had a gift card that I wanted to use to buy those and one other book, and now I can't seem to find it. I wonder if they can somehow look it up in they're computer system.

[ceri]

Can't hurt to give the vendor a call - they often can look that kind of thing up.