We actually had a rain free day today. Mom and I went to Dover. I think I might actually be coming around to liking the place. If only moving there wouldn't mean I'd have to get a whole new set of mental healthcare professionals.

Speaking of that, supposedly I got the casemanager I did because she's "non confrontational". Which is fine when we're one on one, but for dealing with other people on my behalf, I need someone who is willing and able, to be assertive and pushy. But not just assertive, assertive and with an ability to get past the roadblocks, tests and beaurocracies. Because if my mother could do that, I wouldn't need a casemanager. It's not just about being assertive- it's about being assertive while having the professional authority to demand things and get them. If you say "I'm so and so's mother and we want this done *now*" the person on the other end of the phone/other side of the desk just sighs irritably and does nothing for as long as they think they can get away with it.

As for me, I mean, no one is ever listening to what I want anyway. Today I wanted iced coffee and ended up with tea.


Feel free to imagine someone is playing a ukele and some steel drums to the tune of "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet.

Didn't wanna pay shipping
I went day tripping
To American Girl Place to get the new doll
Had to run gauntlet
Of a huge Neiman Marcus
Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Louis Vuitton

Chorus:
Yes, I'm taking a trip to the Natick Mall
Going to buy me a Rebecca doll
And it's a pain to drive 495 in the rain
But oh yeah, I'd do that for a doll

Two fifty in tolls
And running the EZPass
I bet that's gonna come back to haunt me
Four dollars in Sales Tax
I must be on crack
This saved me no money at all

Chorus:
Yes, I'm taking a trip to the Natick Mall
Going to buy me a Rebecca doll
And it's a pain to drive 495 in the rain
Now I think
Too much to do for a doll?

Wrong exit through Lowell
Went back home through Haverhill
Stalled out on that big hill downtown
And now I'm in Epping
%&#(@ Epping
I was supposed to come out in Manchester

Yes, I'm taking a trip to the Natick Mall
Going to buy me a Rebecca doll
And it's a pain to drive 495 in the rain
But it's too much to do for a doll
And it's a pain to drive 495 in the rain
But it's too much to do for a doll





I'm going to make a customized AG. She'll be the child of Iranian immigrants, and live in the very early 80s. Where in the US, I don't know yet. Texas? But her best friend will be a Cambodian girl with glasses who is confined to a wheelchair. I don't know why the glasses or the wheelchair other than it'd just be a bit different. I've even found a lot of stuff for them already-just little things-I'm not sharing what it is yet, but it's *awesome*. There are definite advantages to planning accessories for a doll from an era I was actually there for. And one AG hasn't made yet, so all the stuff I'm finding is from independent vendors with prices that are far less than what their stuff is worth.

Yes, I complained about Julie Albright "freaking me out" because if she was real she'd only be fifteen years older than me and that is NOT "historical" but it doesn't count when I do it myself. Cause I'm hypocritical like that.

But I did promise not to buy any more AG stuff for awhile, so I have to cool it after today. I'd actually like to see how far I get the rest of this summer without buying doll stuff. I suspect I won't get very far but I am going to try and severely cut down.

There's stuff to get for the Tonner doll stories too. I get more obsessed with dolls when I'm unhappy, and I'll be unhappy as long as I don't have a place of my own and if I do too much Unhappy Shopping I won't get that. So.