Saturday

 I had a hard time getting started this morning, possibly because of cutting down on my afternoon caffeine. I should set up my tea machine for tomorrow morning. I've been doing a little better at keeping in touch with friends and family this week, at least in part because a lot of us are circling the wagons.

There's some stuff going on in social media I'm not quite clear on - angry liberals and defensive conservatives, as far as I can tell, but I'm only catching the edges of the arguments/discussion so I don't think I'm following. I've been spending my time thinking about arguing in good faith, honoring the office of the President, and what Trump's agenda is likely to literally be, given that his word cannot be trusted. 

My brother and my mother's ongoing conflict about his girlfriend continues. He seems to be under pressure to commit early, hard, and fast, and mom's a convenient scapegoat given that she's happy to say that's stupid. 

I've met with a second therapist this week and I don't know what I thought of him. He seemed to be giving me answers by rote, so it felt rather impersonal. The other therapist I talked to was a little wishy-washy, but I felt like she successfully got inside my head. He seemed more focused on the mechanics - am I drinking too much tea, etc. 

How are y'all? 

We all put our socks on one at a time

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