What I’m listening to: Highlights from Whistle Down the Wind
What I’m reading: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Weather: Sunny and warm.
Horoscope: Although you may believe you have made your feelings plain and easily understandable to partners or potential partners, it is likely they have misread the signs, or you have. What you interpreted as a come on signal could be just the opposite, instead of presuming everything is fine, dare to ask where you stand, watch out that you do not take a gamble on love or even a new business venture since there are likely complications.
Nice and Quiet
Today was a nice and quiet type of day off.
I slept late (until 8) and then allowed myself to get off to the kind of slow start that I prefer. I so love to be able to check the email, slowly drink my coffee, and drift around doing whatever feels right. I have a much better day when I get off to that kind of start.
I’d be so much calmer if my workweek could sort of drift into that kind of slow pace, rather than hitting the ground running.
I know it’s not a full moon, but something seems to be hitting the mailing lists I subscribe to that’s really ugly. On journal-l there was an attack on the list moderator and his resignation. I don’t know the dynamics of that group well enough to understand the intricacies of what happened there, but it seemed ugly.
There is a similar controversy going on at the Rubberstamper’s list. This one started because of someone’s posting about some Wal-Mart boycott that was being proposed by a pro-life group. There were all sorts of heated postings about the pro-life/pro-choice debate, and it seemed to get out of hand. I stopped reading them on Friday and started deleting them unopened. I have no desire to get involved in that type of discussion. I have my opinion and my belief and don’t see that a rubberstamping list is an appropriate forum. I joined the list to talk about stamping and crafts. This has gotten boring.
I don’t know what it is, but these people are attacking each other without mercy, and getting quite personal about it too.
I can’t be bothered.
I got a wonderfully long e-mail from Michael today. It was interesting and newsy, and so full of things that are not part of my life. He’s got an article in the paper tomorrow, so he always gives me a heads-up so I can track down a copy. It may be a major New York publication, but it can be hard to find on some mornings. I need to plan a couple of stops in my way to school to find a copy.
I still haven’t told him that I’m coming to New York in a month. I don’t know when I should tell him, and in this case timing is important. If I tell him too late he’ll already be busy, if I tell him too soon he can find an excuse to not meet. I go through this too often with him. And I know I’m not going to just see him, but I am hoping we will get together.
The good thing is that I know I’ll have a good time even if I don’t see him. But I want to see him.
I am so adolescent about this.
I spent the afternoon with my mother, taking her to the Christmas Tree Shop and sort of poking along. She can’t move very quickly. I have to remember to keep slowing my pace.
I must be some sort of a speed demon. I’m forever slowing down for someone. First Dee, now my mother.
We actually spent a very pleasant afternoon.
MY father handed me a huge wad of cash to go and buy her an anniversary present from him. Their 48th anniversary is in a month. She wants a wedding band, as her old one doesn’t fit anymore because of her arthritis. That’ll be an easy shopping trip. Usually I’m traipsing all over the place trying to find some things for her.
I am feeling really anxious about the coming week. Three parent meetings on top of the training for the reading program and the adult ed course.
I’ll be counting the days until Friday!
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