-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 14-Jun-2015 21:10 <=-

 NB>> To say nothing of being something that can help work off the nervous
 NB>> energies...  :)

 DAG> We're going to go and witness our first Aikido lesson tomorrow, and
 DAG> if all looks kosher we're going to get signed up then for the next
 DAG> available session. That is, of course, keeping my fingers crossed on
 DAG> this witch's brew that I feel going on in my chest right now, though.

How did that go...?  Did you get there...?

 NB>> But it's true, for all that... helping others does indeed help you work
 NB>> out your own issues, more likely than not...  If nothing else, as we've
 NB>> said before, it provides perspective that focusing on one's self doesn't
 NB>> give so well... :)
 DAG> It does.  I mean Free Geek isn't the opportunity for help like
 DAG> offering people a hand out of the gutter at the place I was being
 DAG> underpaid $7/hr for... But it's still knowing that I'm doing some thing
 DAG> nice.  Plus, after you've got a certain amount of hours in, they
 DAG> actually give you a working computer (or in this case, they give my son
 DAG> a working computer).  :) 

Would that be a place that you could get some sort of portable computer
that you could take along while supervising the kid's activities...?

 NB>> Sounds like the IT job is a definite win...  :)  I was refering more to
 NB>> the dead-end jobs, like in foodservice...  And the dynamic is even more
 NB>> changed when one has a good job, with prospects, that is a very good
 NB>> fit.  :)   Enjoy your bike ride... 
 DAG> Ah the bike ride is getting better as I go.  Had one of those
 DAG> experiences today that really makes me smack myself and wonder how much
 DAG> of the skills I've retained, though.  I put in over an hour of work on
 DAG> something that really should've taken about 10 minutes, tops.  Had to
 DAG> go and pick the hard way. 'Course, I've got integrity sometimes, so I
 DAG> didn't charge for that hour.  ;) Still, realizing afterwards what I'd
 DAG> done means that I'm going to save that much time the next time I've got
 DAG> a similar problem in the future.  Not such a bad thing, really.

Anyone can have a brain block at times...  ;)  Sometimes it just needs
renewing...  :)
 
 DAG> Things have been going well.  I am bracing, however, for the next
 DAG> couple of days.  My roommate has had a fever of 101.5+ _with_ generous
 DAG> application of ibuprofen and acetaminophen.  I'm really hoping it
 DAG> doesn't hit me quite as bad. I'm the one where things with lung
 DAG> involvement usually stick around, though. So if it does get bad maybe
 DAG> I'll have to head in and see somebody...  We'll see how it goes.  I'll
 DAG> meditate more to keep from fulminating on the frustration. ;)

Hopefully it didn't get to that for you...?

 DAG> Funny...  I've maintained a pretty positive outlook for just putting
 DAG> down the cat that I loved so dearly, I'm realizing.  Guess I'm doing
 DAG> something right.  I do still get misty once in awhile, of course.  I'm
 DAG> suspecting that'll be the case for some time.  Yet I've definitely been
 DAG> doing better than some negative others lately...  Heh.

It may have helped that in some ways you saw it coming, and may have
been (even unconciously) preparing yourself for the event... and knowing
that it really was the kindest thing to do for the kitty... even with
the loss...  

ttyl      neb

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