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jaeclecticDespite being up until 3, a fine combination of heat and feline restlessness woke me up at 6. I did drift for a while after that, but finally gave up at 8 when Lena knocked over my water glass. Result: I am not feeling entirely perky. But at least I have a few more hours of day to work with than if I'd slept in properly.
Which is a good thing, but even so my to-do list needs serious triage.
Yesterday, I thought I was going to spend a hour or two helping K&K move a couple of pieces of furniture, but it ended up being basically the whole afternoon. Not that I minded helping, and of course it's fun hanging out with them, albeit in a kind of warped way when the entertainment consists of: a) extended and rather snarly discussions of how to get an excessively large cabinet out of the basement and into the spare bedroom, b) three middle-aged women wrestling said piece of furniture into submission, c) victorious mutual congratulations tempered by exhaustion...
But I did get to borrow Kris's blue fishnet stockings, which completed my NWC ensemble -- although in retrospect, it was too subtle -- I mean, hardly anyone noticed them. This is perhaps a common problem for me -- being too subtle in general, overly subtle costuming in particular -- I just forget to factor in the lighting and suchlike.
Well, this is very stream-of-consciousness, isn't it? Not what I was intending to post about at all, and much longer (possibly another common failing, get me writing and I'll tend to ramble on).
It was extremely nice to see folks yesterday evening, both the SIMian-centric crew at Joe's graduation party and the fabulous crowd at NWC. I kiss you all, mwah!
On an introspective note: I am noticing myself paying attention to how people react to me -- which could be either appreciation or hypersensitivity, depending on context and spin. For instance, I am intensely pleased and flattered when certain people are obviously really pleased to see me, and distinctly pensive (not miserable, just pensive) when other people... just aren't particularly focused on me. I guess that sounds really obvious, and I'm not sure I can explain why it seems important. Something about simultaneously knowing not to overreact if someone's attention is elsewhere, but also taking those cues and harvesting them -- because I shouldn't waste my time pining over people who just don't happen to have an available space in their life that's shaped like me.
Well, so, that to-do list isn't really going away. Onward...
Which is a good thing, but even so my to-do list needs serious triage.
Yesterday, I thought I was going to spend a hour or two helping K&K move a couple of pieces of furniture, but it ended up being basically the whole afternoon. Not that I minded helping, and of course it's fun hanging out with them, albeit in a kind of warped way when the entertainment consists of: a) extended and rather snarly discussions of how to get an excessively large cabinet out of the basement and into the spare bedroom, b) three middle-aged women wrestling said piece of furniture into submission, c) victorious mutual congratulations tempered by exhaustion...
But I did get to borrow Kris's blue fishnet stockings, which completed my NWC ensemble -- although in retrospect, it was too subtle -- I mean, hardly anyone noticed them. This is perhaps a common problem for me -- being too subtle in general, overly subtle costuming in particular -- I just forget to factor in the lighting and suchlike.
Well, this is very stream-of-consciousness, isn't it? Not what I was intending to post about at all, and much longer (possibly another common failing, get me writing and I'll tend to ramble on).
It was extremely nice to see folks yesterday evening, both the SIMian-centric crew at Joe's graduation party and the fabulous crowd at NWC. I kiss you all, mwah!
On an introspective note: I am noticing myself paying attention to how people react to me -- which could be either appreciation or hypersensitivity, depending on context and spin. For instance, I am intensely pleased and flattered when certain people are obviously really pleased to see me, and distinctly pensive (not miserable, just pensive) when other people... just aren't particularly focused on me. I guess that sounds really obvious, and I'm not sure I can explain why it seems important. Something about simultaneously knowing not to overreact if someone's attention is elsewhere, but also taking those cues and harvesting them -- because I shouldn't waste my time pining over people who just don't happen to have an available space in their life that's shaped like me.
Well, so, that to-do list isn't really going away. Onward...