Horoscope:
Even if novels aren't quite your cup of tea, flipping through some books
on the bestseller shelf or looking through a short story collection
could give you a brand new idea about how to handle a real life problem.
There is a lot of inspiration in creative expressions, especially those
that encapsulate one special idea and convey it in a way you have never
considered before. Often, mysterious feelings can be better understood
if you can see them from a more dramatic point of view.
From Wikipedia:
Celery is among a small group of foods (headed by
peanuts)
that appear to provoke the most severe allergic reactions; for people
with celery allergy, exposure can cause potentially fatal
anaphylactic shock.
[17] The
allergen does not appear to be destroyed at cooking temperatures. Celery root—commonly eaten as
celeriac, or put into drinks—is known to contain more allergen than the stalk. Seeds contain the highest levels of allergen content.
Exercise-induced anaphylaxis
may be exacerbated. An allergic reaction also may be triggered by
eating foods that have been processed with machines that have previously
processed celery, making avoiding such foods difficult. In contrast
with peanut allergy being most prevalent in the US, celery allergy is
most prevalent in
Central Europe.
[18] In the
European Union, foods that contain or may contain celery, even in trace amounts, must be clearly marked as such.
From Livestrong.com:
Along with allergies to peanuts, celery allergies affect Americans more
frequently than adverse reactions to other foods. Some people only have
problems with celery at certain times of the year. This type of allergic
reaction is due to cross-reactivity to birch trees or wormwood plants,
which share a particular cell structure with celery. Oral syndromes
occur most often during birch or wormwood pollination seasons. Other
patients may experience allergy symptoms from eating cooked or uncooked
celery anytime. Consequences range from simple itching to
life-threatening metabolic collapse.
Luckily, seems that I have the seasonal mouth itching kind, instead of the dead kind. Realizing this made breakfast weird, though.
Thoughts:
Yesterday went pretty much to plan. Great work day until weird (and
time consumptive) tour, great dress pick up, and surprisingly great
meeting. There was some talking after it that lead to a bit of meh, but I
did manage to get dinner accomplished. Didn't get my 10000 steps in, but
today will make up for it.
Odd moment:
So yesterday, I was extra surprisingly good, and did call a person to try to
make a first appointment. I called right before "business
hours" started, thinking I'd leave voicemail and she'd call me back at her
convenience. She answered, I told her why I was calling, and she asked me
to call her right back to leave voicemail, as she didn't actually have time to
talk. Her actual words were, "I don't know why I answered the phone,
I can't possibly talk right now. Please call back and leave a message."
So I did. And I waited for a return call. Now, I don't know about anyone
else, but the idea of cold calling a therapist to ask them for their time is
already a little nerve wracking. So, going about my day, I extra didn't
think about it, and had a day. Then, at 5pm, I get another call.
"Hi, I'm looking for Toni."
"Yes, this is she. May I help you?"
"Oh ,yes, um, this is Dr. [name]. What are you looking for?"
"Um, I called to start a relationship with a therapist to discuss my
anxiety and stress issues."
"Great. What's your schedule?"
"Do you mean my schedule for appointments or my timeline for
completetion or-"
"When can you make appointments?"
"Oh, I'd be available [info about my flexibility]."
"Great, and [insurance question. Major focuses question. Primary
goals question. Previous therapy experiences question.] I answer them all.
LONGEST PAUSE EVER (probably measuring all of 2 seconds).
"I've got a few clients finishing up I think, and a few returning, so I
don't think I've got time for you right now. I want you to get the support that
you need, so look for someone else."
"...Okay, at what point should I call you back if I don't find anyone
else that is suitable?"
"Oh, um, in two weeks I should have a better idea?"
"Okay, thank you."
DIALTONE.
Seriously, weirdest moment. Like, have a better bedside (or phone) manner
than that if you're a therapist. This feels like my last person, who fell
asleep in our last session after her painkillers from her plastic surgery (her
very very obvious plastic surgery) caused too much drowsiness. So, back to
square "find people to call".
More thoughts:
Dizzy and itchy, with a side of need to be out of the office. Called out of
rehearsal due to dizziness, so headed home to craft/clean/sleep off this
dizzy.
Weird day.
