Dear Miss Tick...as to your story

Dear Miss Tick

I am beginning to get the picture here.   You are tangled up in rather a lot things.

No wonder you are feeling somewhat tick bitten and frantic.  

It seems to me that you have managed to recreate the very turmoil that you had hoped to escape from!

How are you handling this so far? 

Miss Tick replies...

"Well, Deb,  I have been journaling...a lot…letting all my anger and frustration flow onto paper! And I did get away on a family get together, which was wonderfully refreshing! I think I have mostly recovered from the trip.  

With the time change, intensity of family, & over indulgence in too much rich food and alcohol, it has taken me a bit of time to get back to my normal self.  

We had waaay too much fun! I must admit that I made the "top 3" disaster stories of the weekend... for drinking way more than I ever have (and ever should) and throwing up all over my sister, husband and my dad's rental car. Lordy!!  

It perhaps should be embarrassing, but I don't remember a thing…

and all at a FAMILY reunion.  They will be telling that story for decades. 

Did I mention that we also have 2 new housemates... and that has added a bit of chaos to my world and house.  M’s new boyfriend, J, moved in the day that we left. And currently P’s  new girlfriend, K, is here and trying to figure out if she can stay for the duration of our lease.  

It feels like a pretty huge adjustment... I hope it ends up being good for all parties involved.  I still cannot tell if it will be or not.

Now that I am home, I feel a bit lost as far as what I should be doing, both with my work and  my book binding charity….Bound for Freedom."

Dear Miss Tick,

Well!  I wonder what was behind that big blowout, throw-up, etc? 

Out with the old…violently, if need be?   And in with the new, I see…

What did your poor (very Christian) mom think of all that?!

Seeing as you managed to drink enough to obliterate (or at least try to) all your unpleasant memories of late and since you are about to tackle the problems connected to your charity and your work, my first advice to you would be to say that there is no further befuddlement allowed!  The medicine I would apply right now is to find your sneakers and pound pavement until you sweat out the rest of the alcohol and get your mind and body put back together…

You will need some clarity for what lies ahead.  

Give yourself some discipline…just to regain your balance…not to punish.  
No whining, please...

As for your new housemates…it would be better if you didn't enmesh yourself further.  

It is a waste of your energy, especially as you might prefer this new distraction 

to doing your own work of waking up!  

Let their chaos be their chaos. 

It is time to find some healthy boundaries, miss bound for freedom.   

Hmmm….another message lies in there, perhaps.

No befuddlement,

Deb