her cup is 10% empty- and that’s often all she sees

this is how last night went-

4pm- woke from a nap -happy

ate dinner-didn’t even like 10 % of what i made:)

4:30 -at the barn, rode bareback-happy. got to watch some jumpers, very relaxed for an hour and then complained that another horse stole some food from hers and that someone at the barn was a little crabby -”they were kinda stern, what’s wrong with them?” ( they were negotiating the sale of a horse that wasn’t going well, but she thinks everything’s about her)

6pm -long drive to a dog obedience class, happy in car watching utube on my iphone

7pm-loved the dog class. her dog was the most well behaved, she learned the commands right away, lots of great breeds there (husky, german shepherd, jack Russel), lots of great doggy tips

8pm -leaving, a man in a wheel chair needed to get past her and said excuse me, but had difficulty saying it nicely -”he was rude, why does he have to talk like that, i don’t want to go to that class anymore, he shouldn’t talk like that” (he seemed to have severe CP and unable to move his face muscles, but she holds him to the same standards as everyone else)

8:30-”it was awful, i’m never going to that class again, why was it like that…………

all I can do is to continue to remember the positive, let her vent,remind her to use her calming techniques (hug her dog), make sure she has her meds, meals and a good nights sleep, help increase her perspective taking and ToM skills, give her points for letting people “be human” and noticing when someone was nice or something went well. ignore the negative talk as much as possible and make sure that i’m not dwelling too much on the negative also.