3 Positive Things Part 7

[gooblax]

Should be fixed now

Thanks, all working now.

there are two posts from you yesterday.

But only one of them could accurately be described as a "giant mess of a post"

 

[Daniel E.]

1. Very good Mexican food the last couple of days (while on break from Taco Bell).

2. Chickens are doing well. No one has gotten sick in a long time.

3. "Cowboy" cookies at the donut shop.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

What are cowboy cookies?

 

[Daniel E.]

It's like a big chocolate chip cookie with a bunch of stuff added like oats and pecan pieces. One cookie is like a full meal, at least sugar wise, haha.

The Untold Truth Of Cowboy Cookies - Mashed

Few things are more gratifying than a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie, expect maybe a cowboy cookie. This is the untold truth of cowboy cookies.

www.mashed.com

Similarly:

Oatmeal Chocolate Coconut Chewy

Irresistible oatmeal coconut cookies full of chocolate chips, shredded coconut, and chopped nuts. Easy to make for a tasty twist on classic treats.

www.allrecipes.com

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Wow. That sounds delicious! 🍪

 

[gooblax]

1. Psych finally sent the receipt from last session (only takes him 2 weeks without a receptionist!).

2. Good bike ride this morning.

3. Although I didn't find the bubble tea ice cream I wanted to buy, I did get a peanut butter chocolate flavoured milk which hopefully will be good. I'll have to try a bigger store for the ice cream.

 

[Daniel E.]

(only takes him 2 weeks without a receptionist!).

It's already in my list of pet peeves For insurance purposes, I need more than a receipt -- more like a superbill. Most therapists here seem to prefer to to send out superbills/invoices only monthly, unless requested otherwise -- even though they charge during/after each session.

A lot of therapy administration-related stuff seems like stuff from 200 years ago, before the invention of the telephone and computer.

 

[gooblax]

I'm thinking that they probably don't get much or any training in how to run businesses, so the moment they go out on their own it all falls into disarray.

As a private pay client it doesn't matter too much, but I'd hate to introduce any sort of 3rd party into it knowing how badly it's managed. When I used to go through Australia's medicare, psych-10years-ago forgot to send the paperwork to my GP one time after saying he would (and because of social anxiety I didn't call the GP to confirm that he'd sent it before going back to the GP for a review for extra sessions, so that was a cluster**** of a doctors appointment). Then in 2015 I had the different GP who didn't bother to send the referral to the psychologist before I went to see her. Hardly worth the stress of dealing with that garbage, even if I could.

 

[Daniel E.]

I am honestly thinking of writing a book for therapists about my pet peeves. And mailing it to a select few, hahahaha.

 

[gooblax]

I am honestly thinking of writing a book for therapists about my pet peeves. And mailing it to a select few, hahahaha.

I might need to forward a copy on

 

[gooblax]

1. My book order arrived yesterday as expected. Reasonable condition although one corner was dog-eared and there was a sticky patch on the back. I got off the sticky patch but also got off the orange ink and some of the black ink. At least it's a personalised copy now.

2. My work task is going OK despite me forgetting to extract certain results and then having to wait til the afternoon when no one's using the software to be able to rerun the model.

3. Microwaved banana with milo is a good way to eat a banana when it's overripe and has been squashed in a backpack.

 

[gooblax]

1. Not every country is as bad at making chocolate peanut-butter snacks as Australia is. The choc PB flavoured milk that I bought had a fore-taste of burnt peanut shells, but otherwise didn't taste much like peanut butter at all. Why is it so hard for us as a nation to get this right? USA has their choc PB candy nailed down. Is that why @David Baxter 's user flag is American rather than Canadian?
2. Decided to relax today rather than making a trip to the "big shops" via bus, since I hadn't narrowed down exactly what I wanted to get (and I hate wasting a trip there and forgetting something, because it's such a pest getting home from there when the bus only runs every hour, unless I want to double my walking distance and get a different bus that runs hourly on the half hour... whichever is less waiting time, but still getting home at almost the same time). During my planning I realised I wanted to get a new pot for my plant if I'm going to try and revive it.
3. Just about finished writing my therapy notes from last session, since I procrastinated doing it.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Is that why @David Baxter 's user flag is American rather than Canadian?

No the answer is much simpler than that. In my work, I frequently need to use a VPN in order to access client's websites or servers, both for privacy and security reasons and sometimes for other reasons, and often those are in the US.

For example, I am currently working on designing and customizing a site in Chicago, and for some reason I cannot access the site at all (i.e., I can't even load the home page) unless I access it via a VPN that places me in Chicago.

The flag displayed is the one for the last geolocation I posted from, so if that happens to be when my VPN is active it will probably show my location as in the US somewhere. I have just turned off the VPN so I can access my own online banking so this post should display the Canadian flag.

Mystery solved.

 

[Daniel E.]

so I can access my own online banking

Oh wow, they finally caught up to the US

 

[gooblax]

If only getting good choc PB snacks was as easy as changing the VPN setting.

 

[gooblax]

1. Last night I went and got the noodles I'd been wanting to get all week.
2. Decided not to go to the 'big shops' today after I found the bubble tea ice cream in the small store - after I'd left the small store I realised that sometimes they inexplicably put items into a smaller freezer right by the meat section, and I hadn't checked it. After getting the noodles I stopped by to check, and hiding amongst the frozen fish etc. (never mind that there's a frozen fish section in the main freezer) was the bubble tea ice cream (never mind that there's an ice cream section in the main freezer).
3. Took me 30 minutes to decide what I want to make for dinner but at least I finally decided and can go get the stuff.

 

[gooblax]

1. Tried to get to work early so I could start running my model before the others got to work and took the software licenses, before having my shower... So I'm standing at my desk in my cycling gear, and my computer is impossibly slow to boot up! Plus one guy is already here and I dunno how long I have until he uses it while I've restarted the computer because of how long it's taking. Another one for my comedy of errors.
2. Today is meant to be the only sunny day this week so it was good for bike riding.
3. Umm... Struggling to find a 3rd... There's a nice soothing sound of 3 hedge trimmers at the moment, so it'll be good when they stop?

Edit: got fed up and went for my shower, came back and the colleague was running the software so I thought it wouldn't work based on last week (although previously I swear it used to work). But I tried anyway and it seems to be running, albeit very slowly. The whole computer seems sluggish today.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Just walk over to that coworker's desk and, without saying a word, just smack him across the back of his head. When he does the inevitable turn around with that pained "What did you do that for?" look, just gruffly state, "Oh you know what you did!", and stomp off.

Your computer will still run slowly but a warm feeling of satisfaction will start to course through your veins.

 

[Daniel E.]

That reminds me of what a therapist used to tell me: "You have to smack to forgive." 👼

 

[gooblax]

1. Organised for the electrical work to be sorted out.
2. AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in Australia.
3. Finally sent an email I'd been putting off for awhile.