Well, things are about finished down on the ranch. One trip back down in January and it's time to find something else to do. Chrismas was very nice, there have been some important revelations for me. I'm not ADD, I'm codependent. I'll see a Psychiatrist tomorrow, I had set this up back in November before I know what I know now. Carl Jung suggested that 'self-analysis' was the most difficult...so I decided to take the challenge. It's paid off. The synhronisity of it is amazing: I have been recording all sorts of feelings on my PDA since September and Preping myself to write a resume' with all my business related feelings, then I went to my storage room to get my desk and found a bunch of books related to Personality, boundaries, and people pleasing behaviors. My 'Type' is a INFP (Introverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving) Type - a Healer. As I recorded all the data of the characteristics from two books, I then started on "Codependent No More" that I had bought in 1995. A therapist here in Blanco had told me I was Codependent, but to my suprize, I haven't made any progress. A BIGGER suprize was that all the things I recorded about my feelings about who I am, my business traits, and my INFP-Type were all clearly noted as symptoms of Codependency! It's as though Healer Types are Codependent by nature. Two or three very notable characteristics are that I have a tendency toward abstract communication (theory instead of applications), empathy (Project my feelings in order to feel what others may be feeling in order to ease any conflict), and altruism (the highest goal for an individual is to aid society). One of my functions is to resolve conflict. Now all I have to do is to correct a few 'Over-focused' beliefs and learn how to use these abilities where they can do me the most good, and build some really good boundaries to protect my oversensitive feelings, and I'll succeed.  Maybe not Home-building...we'll see.

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wow, on the myers-briggs test I am ENFP....now is that a coincidence or what? I will get on that email today, just got back from boarding Mount Baldy and will be headed home in an hour or two. Looking forwards to the 5 hour drive! ahh...I\'ll bring the labtop and write your email on the way.