There are similar clubs all over the world. I can ask the director, Elaine, if there is one in Lafayette. I will also ask her where they are in NY in case Bobby is interested.

I had a lovely day yesterday with a lady my age named Stephanie. She's disabled for physical and psych reasons, but is high functioning when stable like me. There was no lack of conversation because we're both very chatty, and she also smokes. We did the lunch tickets together.

I had lunch there for the first time yesterday. I got a salad and a cup of potato kale and chorizo soup for $2.25. It was excellent!

Elaine somehow convinced me to stay for the club meeting after lunch. There were about 15 people there. The initial business was very interesting. Elaine discussed relationships with two different organizations that lobby for clubs like ours to get funding and resources. That was followed with seemingly innocuous fluff. Stephanie was outspoken no matter what the subject was, and all her comments elicited responses from a woman named Rose. Things got out of hand and more people got into the fray… the situation being difficult because everyone in the room, aside from staff, was mentally ill, including me.
I barely know these people and didn't know what they were fighting about so I just felt bad for all the people who were upset. I honestly couldn't tell why some people were upset and I'm not sure they knew either. But I don't deal with conflict well and had to leave the room pretty quickly before I had an anxiety attack. I'm really surprised I was the only one. They took a break a couple of minutes later and everyone was fine except Stephanie who was very upset and left before I could talk to her one on one. I feel bad about that.

I'm going to see my PCP today about my GI issues. I don't think there's anything else he can do to help me. I really hate the thought of adding another doctor, but I think I'm at the point now that I really need to see a gastroenterologist. I can't go on like this.