Saturday, January 4
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Somewhat better temperatures, though that wind is still biting.
Getting SOME sleep.
I got up and did chores. I did put Dandy in with Wonder again today (I did yesterday too). I'm grateful that he is pretty comfortable with being caught, going in with Wonder, and being caught again to go back to his other corral, and none of it is dramatic for him (at one time, it really would have been dramatic).
I came in, got cleaned up, and we went to see some of our friends. The husband is the one who had a heart attack when we were there for Thanksgiving.
For all that we were there for a couple of hours, I don't know how things have been for him, or what they've been doing with their time. They seemed in decent spirits, but I also know they didn't get his Mom's house emptied, and whether or not they are still going to do that themselves.
The wife L was determined to talk about a lot of very old "water under the bridge" (or you'd think) grievances and events from decades ago from people we don't even know, which is often what she likes to talk about.
That and tragedies from the news.
I think it would be nice if we could try to challenge people to talk about things NOT related to getting older, NO talk of tragic news events and disasters, no old family history, no "way back when...people don't know how to do anything right these days" talk.
Why not talk about a book you're reading, something fun you did, something interesting you learned or saw...why not?
The last two get togethers with friends has been at least half about being old, or somebody being old, or nostalgia for things when they were younger.
They MUST be doing something in the present tense, could we talk about that too?
Overall it was an okay visit. We did play a board game with marbles that was fun. We've played it before.
Then we came home, and that was about it. My husband needs to get some sleep because tomorrow our work friends are coming to put up drywall in the basement.
Somewhat better temperatures, though that wind is still biting.
Getting SOME sleep.
I got up and did chores. I did put Dandy in with Wonder again today (I did yesterday too). I'm grateful that he is pretty comfortable with being caught, going in with Wonder, and being caught again to go back to his other corral, and none of it is dramatic for him (at one time, it really would have been dramatic).
I came in, got cleaned up, and we went to see some of our friends. The husband is the one who had a heart attack when we were there for Thanksgiving.
For all that we were there for a couple of hours, I don't know how things have been for him, or what they've been doing with their time. They seemed in decent spirits, but I also know they didn't get his Mom's house emptied, and whether or not they are still going to do that themselves.
The wife L was determined to talk about a lot of very old "water under the bridge" (or you'd think) grievances and events from decades ago from people we don't even know, which is often what she likes to talk about.
That and tragedies from the news.
I think it would be nice if we could try to challenge people to talk about things NOT related to getting older, NO talk of tragic news events and disasters, no old family history, no "way back when...people don't know how to do anything right these days" talk.
Why not talk about a book you're reading, something fun you did, something interesting you learned or saw...why not?
The last two get togethers with friends has been at least half about being old, or somebody being old, or nostalgia for things when they were younger.
They MUST be doing something in the present tense, could we talk about that too?
Overall it was an okay visit. We did play a board game with marbles that was fun. We've played it before.
Then we came home, and that was about it. My husband needs to get some sleep because tomorrow our work friends are coming to put up drywall in the basement.
