I called my counselor, described what the note proving I went to the AA meeting looked like, asked if it would be sufficient, and she said it would be fine (thank God). I told her about the DRA meetings and she was very pleased. I guess she has to go to some meetings to keep her substance abuse license current, and said if I liked it she'd be interested in going with me.

Unfortunately, when I emailed the contact from the DRA meeting list, she said she had moved out of state. She told me to call the clubhouse where the meetings are/were held. There was a second contact email address on the DRA meeting list I can try in case the meetings have moved to a new location. I doubt that the meetings would just evaporate if there was enough demand in my area for them to be held four days a week.

I clipped all the cats' nails yesterday. I hate doing it, but Buddy's been reminding me it's time by hoisting himself up onto my lap by anchoring his nails into my thigh. He also likes to knead me and I have little scratch marks all over my thighs. Buddy and Dottie were surprisingly more badly behaved than usual. Usually you can do anything to Dottie and she doesn't care, but she actually growled at me! It's usually a knock down drag out fight with Rocky (I skipped him last time because it's such a struggle), but I picked him up off the bed where he was sleeping and was almost done by the time he realized what I was doing. They hate it, but I can tell they feel better afterwards. No back claws though… I've just given up on those.

That was my big day yesterday… kitty manicures. The ER alone was enough excitement for one week, but I jammed in a couple of appointments and an AA meeting which is a hell of a lot for me too. Aside from 2 loads of laundry on Monday, I didn't get anything done around here this week. I should feel guilty, but I don't. I needed a day off. I slept past seven, which is rare, and I woke up feeling better this morning.
My husband is going over to his mother's today to help her move some furniture, so I'll probably run the vacuum while he's gone. We need to go food shopping, but I hope we can put that off until tomorrow.. I don't know when he'll be home, but it will definitely be late in the afternoon, and the grocery store is a nightmare unless you get there early.

We got our federal refund check! My husband's going to deposit that before he goes to his mother's. That should help replace some of the money we borrowed from savings to pay for the counseling sessions… wish it was more. We're expecting a small state return, but they're always slow.