Patience... I continue to lack patience... It's a thing I need to work on. I do not badly on putting up with crap, but when I can't, I REALLY can't... it's not great.
Keeping my phone away from my face seems to help.
27.7.18
20.7.18
5:30 am
We have a new cat. He is a FWOOF
And he likes to be fed about 5:30 am. And he is boisterous and LOUD in his demands to be fed, so I get up and feed him.
And then, if the stars align, I get shit done
Today I did laundry, dishes, and cooked delicious breakfast for the Project Manager and the Peanuts and generally had my crap together.
It felt good.
And good thing, because I accidentally forgot to check the terms on the service that gives you free wood chips for mulch and accidentally got a dump truck of free wood chips dumped onto our driveway and my wifely person was displeased. Then eventually she was amused.
Basically, if you can't handle me at my "Tonne of Wood Chips on the Driveway Surprise!" you don't deserve me at my "Breakfast and Latte in Bed"
And he likes to be fed about 5:30 am. And he is boisterous and LOUD in his demands to be fed, so I get up and feed him.
And then, if the stars align, I get shit done
Today I did laundry, dishes, and cooked delicious breakfast for the Project Manager and the Peanuts and generally had my crap together.
It felt good.
And good thing, because I accidentally forgot to check the terms on the service that gives you free wood chips for mulch and accidentally got a dump truck of free wood chips dumped onto our driveway and my wifely person was displeased. Then eventually she was amused.
Basically, if you can't handle me at my "Tonne of Wood Chips on the Driveway Surprise!" you don't deserve me at my "Breakfast and Latte in Bed"
5.7.18
My Dad
Is an introvert, who lives in the bush with an extroverted wife, in a very remote part of Faraway Province. He's in his mid 70s, and he is in very good health, but his hands shake a bit, and he's a bit tired, I think, overall.
I think he's had to work very hard on his social skills his whole life, and he's not getting any better at it as he ages. He has an old nigh-dead dog, which gives him an easy excuse to avoid doing things with people.
He's mentioned this week that on a good day he speaks to only one other person, his wife, and on an even better day he speaks to no one at all.
He likes to read, he likes to write, and he likes to watch British murder mysteries on the TV.
Fine.
At some point, he will have some hard choices to make as his health deteriorates. It occurs to me as I type this that maybe he's stocking up on solitary time, knowing that he will have to move somewhere more populated if his health gets worse.
I think he's had to work very hard on his social skills his whole life, and he's not getting any better at it as he ages. He has an old nigh-dead dog, which gives him an easy excuse to avoid doing things with people.
He's mentioned this week that on a good day he speaks to only one other person, his wife, and on an even better day he speaks to no one at all.
He likes to read, he likes to write, and he likes to watch British murder mysteries on the TV.
Fine.
At some point, he will have some hard choices to make as his health deteriorates. It occurs to me as I type this that maybe he's stocking up on solitary time, knowing that he will have to move somewhere more populated if his health gets worse.
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