NICE!!!

I'm hinking about buying an abaya for when I need to run to my car

In the Middle East, some women wear their night clothes under their abaya while running their errands. You can see it longer than the hem.

Such is de rigueur at my apt complex.



I am also thinking about whether I can start work on Friday or Saturday.
I have appointments set for Thursday and Friday.

maybe embarrassed for needing help

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"When we stop distracting ourselves, and courageously dive into the heart of any feeling, positive or negative, light or dark, right or wrong, we rediscover the vast ocean of who we are. For every feeling is made of unspeakable intelligence, and no feeling is a mistake. And we are vast enough to hold it all."

~ Jeff Foster (art by Freydoon Rassouli)

>>> Oh, and for men too, despite picture




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If you are having a rough day, science says a hug can help you feel better
~ Monica Torres October 5, 2018


“Our study suggests that consensual hugs might be useful for showing support to somebody enduring relationship conflict.”

When you spend a day arguing with your boss, the exhausting experience can put you in a rotten mood by the end of the day. If you want to feel better, you may want to ask for more hugs from your support network. A new study published in PLOS One found that hugs can provide the stress buffer your mood needs to stay uplifted.

How hugs help us after a fight

For the study, the researchers interviewed 404 adults every night for two straight weeks about the conflicts they had, the hugs they received, and their general positive and negative effect throughout the day. They found that participants who had conflicts with another person showed a smaller decrease in positive emotions and a smaller increase in negative emotions when they also got a hug, compared with participants who did not get a hug. Both men and women benefited equally from the power of a hug.

The participants were not asked from whom and from where they got their hugs, so there are still questions about the logistics behind how to give the most supportive hug.

“We still have questions about when, how, and for whom hugs are most helpful,” Michael Murphy, one of the study’s authors, said in a statement. “However, our study suggests that consensual hugs might be useful for showing support to somebody enduring relationship conflict.”

If you are in distress, a friendly touch, when given consensually, can be a simple yet effective way to help your shaky body remember that you are cared for and loved. Other studies have found that hugging can lower the stress hormone cortisol. “Just somebody simply touching our arm and holding it, buffers the physiological consequences of this stressful response,” Matt Hertenstein, an experimental psychologist, said. Before a high-stakes event, the comfort of a hug can even calm your nerves. One study found that 20-second hug from a partner lowered the heart rates of participants who had to give a public speech.

Ultimately, when you remember that there is a supportive, loving world outside of your stressed brain, the everyday struggles of combative clients and difficult bosses become easier to bear.



https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/if-you-are-having-a-rough-day-science-says-a-hug-can-help-you-feel-better

headache

changed pharmacies, can't get bio-hormones until Monday. LOL

I can see that ~ the clotting factor.

hormones

Armour thyroid

and bio-identical hormone replacement.

then there's "all hat, no horse"

I prefer younger men

I like music beyond the 70s-80s
I like energetic minds
And then there's the keeping up with me

Was she IN the coffin?

"Crazy" had been normalized.

Normal is now considered "crazy"

Nice

2 conflicting games again tonight.

WS + Longhorns game

Another two screen viewing. Or my local sports bar.


OH, and I just bought a new mattress. A rolled up one.



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You might check the brightness button on your keyboard.
also
Preferences>>Display

they have night mode too, which filters out the blue that makes it so bright.

Watching the WS

Messing around with a psycho emailer

Texas has the second most Miss Americas/Miss USAs, following California.

define "layover" lol

whew! Passed my background check. I was doubtful for a while.