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relapse98

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  1. Big & Bright got back to me - its all ages. So game on.
  2. So, I can't figure out this Big & Bright Festival. Its being put on by Kissing Tree and Texas Monthly. Kissing Tree is a 55+ community outside of San Marcos. And the website and tickets really don't say anything about ages other than in the FAQ there is a question about 'Can Children Attend' and the answer is that grandkids and grandpups are welcome. So I think its open to everyone, but I emailed them to make sure. Anyways, on Saturday September 15th from 12-2pm, they are going to have BBQ Shop Talk with Daniel Vaughn Looks pretty interesting, and I am a fan of Hays County. I already signed the wife and I up and am awaiting the age answer. They also have a (non bbq) Starry Sky Campfire & Concert that night with some good sounding campfire foods, chats with The Texanist and some music.
  3. In college (yall know where) I was pretty conservative. Attended some College Republican meetings, cheered for Phil Gramm when he announced his run for the presidency, that sort of thing. Met my wife, left school and we've only drifted further liberal and I'm pretty sure that isn't going to reverse course. (Just another data point against the old 'everyone becomes conservative as they get older' line).
  4. The wind blew a different direction. The Cuban Canadian changed his rhetoric to go with the wind. Same old Rafael Edward Cruz as always.
  5. I didn't ship it, but bought a frozen brisket at Franklin and heated and sliced it before, it was delicious. I'd order from Snow's and get it delivered to him, no intervention needed by you, just cold hard cash.
  6. No shit. I don't know about the franchised DC one, but the original in South Beach, holey crap. Its a little pricey, which explains the #2 ranking there, but well worth it. Pro tip when visiting the South Beach location: The wait for a table can sometimes be 3 hours. But the bar, inside and out, is open seating and you can order from the smaller bar menu. Basically the bar has the lunch combo (few stone crab claws, hashbrowns, creamed spinach) available all the time. You can also go to Joe's Take Away right next door which is more casual and might have seating available. (After writing this, I looked at their website. Apparently Joes SB closed July 29th for the season and will reopen in October. Joe's Take Away opened August 1st - so maybe they aren't always open at the same time? *shrug*) And now I can't wait to go back. (that's conch fritters on the left and their delicious bread by the umbrella pole).
  7. She's slow, right? It looks like now she's trying to walk it back. I mean, yeah, she's right, its publicly traded, but it's still a private company and not government owned. I think her first problem was posting some sort of gotcha that people already knew. "Dear people, venison is deer meat"
  8. ok? http://www.chewoutloud.com/2018/05/01/grapefruit-paloma-cocktail-recipe/
  9. Had my weekly visit with my therapist yesterday. I was a little hesitant to opening up when I first started seeing her, but man does she get to hear all (well most) of it now. I thought I had an ok week. It was definitely better than the week before where I just fell apart but not near 100%. After seeing me for ~2 months now, she talked my case over with her supervisor and they think what I'm lacking is some maternal caring in my relationships with either my mother or wife. My mom.. yeah, she's my mom. She's a nitpicker, never been the lovey dovey kind. My wife.. her parents got divorced when she was like 6. She saw her dad off and on until she was about 10 or 11 and then that was it. No more child support, no more visits, no cards, no calls, no nothing. Her maternal grandfather was the only close male relative she had growing up. He could be a hard man - loved you but quite demanding. They've joked over the years that she married her grandfather. I don't see myself as hard as him (100% honest, I'm just not) but I can see some of his traits. Therapist and I have decided that I have this hyperfocus thing going on. I'll move on from a problem and then start scanning closely for another one. And then hyperfocus on it until something happens, still not sure what. I think eventually I say f it, its not really a problem, it might be a slight issue but nothing major - or I could just find something else that takes its top spot. So she thinks a lot of it is because I do most of everything in our family - I'm the breadwinner, cook, clean, whatever. And the wife, she's the wife. We had some good chats last weekend between the 2 of us. The wife had already sort of noticed this and is doing much better in taking stuff on. So maybe less stress from that will help me not be so GD hyperfocused and anxiety ridden.
  10. Please kick out Gorka and Dinesh and I can go along with this plan.
  11. Yeah, Ted keeping his cool was pretty amazing. That guy in the glasses has to be inbred, right? As much as I hate Raphael Edward Cruz, he was by far the most civil person in that discussion.
  12. Fucking shame he was allowed into the country. Damn immigrants.
  13. Its amazing how the thing that makes me so good at my job and most things - problem solving - is something that can really send me into a downward OCD spiral. If I can't fix a problem, real or perceived, then boy oh boy, annie bar the door because its gonna be a fun ride. I can't imagine what my wife is going through right now with me like this. She says she's here for the long haul - we'll see. Because if it wasn't for her and the kids and wanting them to have a roof etc. I'd be a fucking bum on the street that only had to worry about my next meal and not the bazillion other things in my messed up mind.
  14. I'm staying away from alcohol, even without meds, for now. It doesn't seem to lead to anything good with my OCDs and spiraling. Why would you not tell a therapist about your compulsions? Isn't that what they are there for? There are a couple of things I've not told mine, but we are talking much deeper secrets than checking some locks repeatedly. Hell, my obsessions are what got me to a therapist in the first place.
  15. I'm all for putting the pool back in that room.
  16. So, my friend the GP says he has no problem prescribing SSRIs. I've heard there are sometimes issues with generic SSRIs where they don't work as well as the brand name. In the interest of being nuts not also costing me a fortune, does anyone have experience with OCD and SSRIs and recommendations towards formulation, and if you found you did better on generic or name brand. I'll of course be asking him all of this, too.
  17. Bah. Had myself a good spiral this weekend. I thought I was doing good and then discovered something new to OCD and ruminate on. Went out with the wife Friday night, had a good time drinking and hanging out with friends and listening to music. Saturday was a little more ruminating. Sunday - oh boy! I went to the pool after lunch and got myself wasted. I had my therapist appointment yesterday and I told her that I don't really think I intended to drink to numb my mind, but here we are. Then leaving the pool, I somehow fell down and scratched the shit out of my prescription sunglasses and gave myself a pretty good shiner and cut myself with the large lense on the right side. To say the wife was disappointed is an understatement. When you open your email and see there is an amazon order for a breathalyzer, that's kind of a gut punch. So after getting back from the pool I went upstairs to sleep it off and hurl a little and piss her off. And then I've slept for shit Sunday Monday and Tuesday nights. I took a PTO day yesterday as I wasn't going to be any good at the office. My mind wasn't overfocused on anything, I just couldn't shut it down to sleep. Fitbit thinks I slept almost the entire time, but I think that's because I was just being still and breathing calmly. I really think the binge drinking sets my OCD off to new spiral levels. I might can handle a cider or 2, but getting wasted means I really spend the next few days ruminating, way worse than it would have been without alcohol. So that's fun. Therapist was happy that I was finally able to really open up and be emotional. I walked in and told her it was going to be a venting day, and it was. I brought up medication and she thinks that it would be a good idea to see if that could help me while I figure out some coping skills. Gave me the names of some people that prescribe and I also msged my GP to see if he wouldn't mind, because really that would be the easiest. All I can do is try and make myself better. It just kills me that I started seeing her, thought I was doing better, and then bam, backwards we go. And I feel like complete and utter shit for feeling like I can't hold it together for my family. And disappointing the wife is always a great one, that's a real moral booster.
  18. Man, I don't known what to tell you. I've never been through it, but know we are rooting for you.
  19. Nope. Gotta freak out over it, without actually reading the report. Its the way people are these days. Always looking for the sound bite without researching.
  20. Uh, no it didn't, at least I can't find it in the report linked in the article. Nowhere is it "suggested" that Austin be renamed. What the report did was identify as Medium priority the city name (that's page 21), which I'd agree it is. Do nothing with it, but know that there is some history behind it. And since its a 'Assets for Secondary Review' the recommendation was 'Get input from Council on the desire to address secondary assets that were identified' (pg 3). They kinda of misreported what the report actually said (I know, big suprise) and it did exactly what they wanted it to, get everybody all spun up.
  21. The Gattiland ones, I understand. You can let your kid go wild on a few bucks worth of quarters while you gorge yourself on a mediocre pizza buffet.
  22. I've said it all before on the other thread. I'm glad you had a great time, but remember it is a park almost completely operated by children. From the very top of the leadership structure on down. What the Henry's and Schlitterbahn need more than anything is a management company to be brought in and do a 360 review of the company and force them to implement the necessary changes. </debbie_downer>
  23. Yep. Evangelicals love a guy that admits watching pr0n to the entire world via twitter.
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