Done yesterday (20090610)

[mdlbear]

0609 Tu
  * up 6:30; W=193.2; drugs, nose; coffee, C
  @ http://www.massageenvy.com/ (from comment by harmonyheifer)
  * working on "I Like Pie".
  * drive van to work so Ali can drive the Honda
  ~ 4pm Colleen: PT.  Dept 174  May make it hard to get to group.  Marty?
    Remind Colleen; also remind her to get labs done and pick up drugs
    Ali driving, so leave the Honda.
  * walk to pond, meditate, walk back
    8min eyes closed; 4min eyes open.  No idea what ended each segment.
    ! calm  | alert
  & Aha: some interesting insights about $projects.
  * pick up Colleen's drugs at main pharm.  only the metroperol was ready
  * 5pm group: mindfulness (ended at 6 because only 2 people)
  * Night out: Pruneyard and Campbell
    sidewalks start rolling up around 6pm, unfortunately.  Everything closed
    but the bars by 9ish.
    ! calm, slightly frustrated.
  & nobody showed up for Colleen's sewing circle; came home 9:30ish and spent
    the rest of the evening in the living room with her.
  * Bath, bed ~10:30

I combined my lunchtime walk with sitting and meditating by the pond; it seemed to work well. Very calming.

I had some interesting insights at work, which I can't talk about much, regarding the relationship between $immediate-short-term-demo and $current-project.

Mentioned during the "Being Mindful" group that my mental state in meditation is very different from my mental state when I'm reading or focussed on a task: I'm alert and present rather than cut off from everything else. There's no moment of disorientation when I come out of it.

Took my first "caregiver's evening off" by wandering around the Pruneyard shopping center, and then "historic downtown Campbell". There was a vague plan to get a massage at Massage Envy, an instance of which is located in the Pruneyard, but by the time I got there they were closing up. Similarly, by the time I got to Campbell everything but the restaurants and bars had closed, and by the time I left at 9:30 only a bar or two were left. I could almost hear the sidewalks rolling up behind me. It was OK, but not what I was hoping for.