Posted by Kath on March 19, 2009, at 8:39:54
In reply to Re: Feeling sorta lonely today; gloomy out, posted by Phillipa on March 18, 2009, at 12:51:44
Hi Phillipa - sorry about your rain & the way you're feeling.
Does doc know you're changing meds?
I've been doing quite a bit of pottery. I've got things at all different stages. I have only 2 fully completed pieces yet, but there should be more within a few days. I'm pretty excited about them actually.
I think I got pretty bummed out yesterday morning when i read my email.
I'd contacted the by-law office regarding that situation months ago when my son was going to rent the appartment & the cat-pee smell wouldn't go & it turned out to be an 'illegal' apt. & the landlady gave him back $400 but wouldn't give him back his other $400 (first & last). He hadn't even LIVED there!!! She sort of tricked him into sending her an email saying that he'd rented it as storage space - he didn't think she'd give him back anything unless he did & she had told him she'd be giving him both cheques back.
So I learned yesterday that as the town has no power over storage space, they can't do anything. I feel very angry & helpless about it. My son had sort of written it off long ago. This is a 'me' thing. I hate to see people cheat others.
Anyway, went to our family counsellor through son's mental health program yesterday & filled out a CBT Thought REcord sheet & realized that this triggered OLD stuff about betrayal, of all things (re: the woman in ex-husband's affair) as well as a jarring difference in landlady's & my value-systems!!!
Feeling quite a bit better today. I'm going to send her a letter basically saying that I still have the hope that she will do the right thing...and that she'll know what the right thing is if she puts her son in my son's position & treats my son as she would wish to have her son treated!!!!!! She seemed to be DEVOTED to her son! I think I'll be able to 'let go of it' then.
I hope you soon feel better Phillipa.
hugs, Kath
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