Journal Entry for October 14, 2009
In the Fitness Goals forum a poster was moaning about middle age. I replied with the following post (no response to it yet). I liked my …
I'm an elementary school music teacher, cellist, wannabe writer, cyclist, novice bodybuilder, in a 23-year relationship with a dear man Massachusetts allowed me to marry 5 years ago. We have a cat, a yard, a computer, a small ranch house with a garage that is WAY too full for a car. He' s into Reiki, thinks of himself as a Buddhindu, describes himself as a Devout Homosexual. I'm a recovering fundamentalist (no witnessing, please).
I'm an elementary school music teacher, cellist, wannabe writer, cyclist, novice bodybuilder, in a 23-year relationship with a dear man Massachusetts allowed me to marry 5 years ago. We have a cat, a yard, a computer, a small ranch house with a garage that is WAY too full for a car. He' s into Reiki, thinks of himself as a Buddhindu, describes himself as a Devout Homosexual. I'm a recovering fundamentalist (no witnessing, please).
Sci Fi podcasts. Fantasy fiction. Comic Book Movies (live action). Harry Potter dweeb. Classical music. Rachmaninov. Shostakovich Symphony #5. Drawing. Anatomy. Child development. Words. Really really awful puns. Chamber music. Art. Story-telling. Exercise. Computer gadgets. Grapes. Anything purple. Aging. Asimov. Hugh Jackman (sigh). Singing. The Brain. Guilty pleasure: SpongeBob. The Drabblecast. iTunes. John Shelby Spong. Richard Dawkins. Varla Jean Merman. ANT. Margaret Cho.
Sci Fi podcasts. Fantasy fiction. Comic Book Movies (live action). Harry Potter dweeb. Classical music.
5 hugs received, 4 hugs given
In the Fitness Goals forum a poster was moaning about middle age. I replied with the following post (no response to it yet). I liked my …
Thanks for the support! It's been a rather emotional week.
So, to head back out to the other extreme -
- today I had …
ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
My list of woolly thinkers/thinking:
Fundamentalists
Creationists (see above)
New Age Spirituality
Ex-Gay …
Almost two weeks later...
...tomorrow the first of ten classes on Asian massage techniques, so basically just an intro. Meanwhile I need …
earlier I wrote:
Things to get cracking on:
* classroom organization, curriculum points
* consistent diet, lower carb (not to be …
WOW.. what a night.
Just becuz..........
You are farther than 65% aren't you?
Hey ... it is quiet over here... where are you????? Sending you a shout out - bull horn to get your attention. You know us cheerleaders are all about drama and attention. "I want your attention!!!!!!!" Hope you are ok.... Cyber Hug,
India
Poke poke (or smack smack--whichever is more effective) Get in touch with me and let me know you're still alive.
I need gay community. The husbear and I have friends, family, gay friends; even so I can't help feeling isolated out here in the 'burbs. I need gay community.
NEW GOAL: add as much muscle as I can in two years and compete again. Find out how to blend my love of distance cycling with bodybuilding. Stay injury-free.
Father and sister on the spectrum; interested in hearing from other siblings or adult children of Asperger's.
Several therapists have suggested to me that it is likely I am ADD - though I have not sought out a diagnosis. Not severe enough for medication, I don't think, but I do have organizational difficulty, bouts of hyperfocus/distractiblity... times when I can focus on everything EXCEPT the task due tomorrow. Mostly though, I'd be happy if I could learn how to eliminate the piles and piles and piles that follow me everywhere I go.
Dad is 88. Mom soon to turn 81. I live 500+ miles away. I want them to be safe AND happy; I don't know how to help them have both.
82 and 89, and if they have enough working parts between the two of them for one... they're a walking encyclopedia of all the things that can go wrong with a body and not kill you yet!