Dang, I need a nap. Also, boring shopping post.

It's a rainy yucky day here, just the best type of day to curl up with a good book and some cocoa. Or to take a nap. Or both.

I have been productive today, although not in any form of housework. This morning Mark discovered that he had exactly one collared shirt that still fits him. And he didn't like it. He needs to wear a collared shirt and a pair of not-jeans on game days, so this was a little disconcerting to discover. So he put on a short-sleeved plaid madras shirt that he wore for school pictures TWO YEARS AGO. It is a 10/12. (See my Freak Boy post about how Mark is currently in a 16.) Nothing I said convinced him to wear the shirt that actually fits him, that he apparently no longer likes, although he has worn it several times this year. I did prevail on the pants, since the ones he originally had on with the teeny shirt were tan jeans, and they have to be not-jeans. (and while he is gone today and tomorrow those tan jeans are going to disappear. Again with the too short.)

So I had shopping to do. Collared shirts and not-jeans. And I discovered that he is at a really annoying size, where a man's size small is too big, but a boys' XL is too small. And then if I *did* find something that looked like it might actually fit him, it was usually butt-ugly. Or out of budget. Or, often, both. I went to four stores and managed to find two pairs of not-jeans, and five shirts. (Local shopping options suck.) I hope to hell it all fits and meets with the approval of Mr. Mark, 'cause I do NOT want to be running all over the place doing returns.

The OTHER productive thing I did was FINALLY get my ass down to the clinic and set up an appointment with a therapist. I will meet with her on Tuesday. It would be reallyreallyreally great if we "clicked" and I could get on track with some therapy, as I have been out of it for I think three years and that is far too long. It was much easier to do than I had feared, I had gotten it built up into this huge mountain of an issue that was blocking me from getting it done.

NOW I am going to go find something to eat, as that hasn't happened yet today and the body is definitely protesting that oversight. I'm trying to avoid the nap that I am desperately craving, in hopes that I will then actually be able to sleep tonight, as I got about two and a half hours of really bad nightmare-ridden sleep last night.

Off. mk