Doctor says, yes i probably have an infection, but it's viral (thus exhaustion), and the cough is mostly the asthma.
Third EAP therapist is available and uses email and ... is Different. "I have been doing this for N years so i think i'll be able to help you." This just registers as an odd "look at me" signal from my experience of working with "we can work on that" folks. So, back of my mind is going, "If this therapist is so available, maybe they aren't any good!" Ah well, we'll see.
I have a day at Meeting that i will probably cut short like i've been cutting my work days. I'm sick, therefore i will rest, but this event at Meeting is about the community coming together and thinking about its identity and whether it will share outward more actively. Thus, i'll be there.
Maybe i'll just not attend Meeting and Meeting for Business tomorrow.
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Lovely dinner out at a fine restaurant called Flea St Cafe with a friend last night. Christine didn't indulge in the cocktails, Diane had a "Fig and Thyme" brandy & cointreau drink that was wonderfully round with the earthy wonder of fresh fig, i had the "Sage Press" which was the most delightful gin and ginger ale drink in a tall cooler glass, filled with fresh sage.
We started with the cheese tray, then DP & i both had the special heirloom tomato salad sprinkled with huckleberries: an odd sounding combination that worked wonderfully. I had the Vegetarian sampler with a wonderful selection of small servings of separate dishes: a squash ravioli, glazed carrots (that were happily more like parsnips), some fried mushroom thing with an earth savory quality, brocollini, and cranberry beans.
DP & i split the raisin brioche bread pudding (which was more like a fine textured scone) while Christine sipped an espresso.
Just divine!
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It was the first time i'd been out of the house since Tuesday, and we've had a bit of weather come through. The clouds in the afternoon were wonderfully sculpted cumulus with a long dark line over the coastal range. It's brisk! Monday's high was 83; yesterday was 58. I've assembled a space heater we bought on sale in the summer and we are using it for the first time. I felt a little guilt at the power use (it's not *really* could, is it?) but used the remote to turn it on before i got up and then found the kitchen thermometer is reading 60 degrees.
I guess it's reasonable to be heating and not bundling up.
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