Done yesterday (20091111 We (Armistice Day))

[mdlbear]

1111 We (Armistice Day)
  * up 6:45; W=197.2; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  * DO NOT wake the YD
  ! Aha: I've been avoiding the gym because "I know I'll hate it."  That's
    distorted thinking, for sure:  overgeneralization, fortune telling, ...
  = I no longer have any space on my desk for filling out forms.
  * Wishful Wednesday
  * book Conflikt hotel room (filling up fast)
    @ http://conflikt.org/content/2010/download/ConfliktPROct2009.pdf
    Holiday Inn Seattle-Renton  (425) 226-7700 (direct; group=Conflikt)
    tell them you're attending the Conflikt convention to get your discount!
  * Colleen: humira
  * buy a cervical pillow for Colleen
  x walk in the morning (maybe Campbell Park)
  * 11:30 susan
      Aha: having trouble getting to know new people is very common
      (not among the people I've spoken to, but that's the self-selected
      group of people who were willing to start talking with me!)
  @ Picking the right technologies for your home network design    
  @ ELDY easy computer for our seniors
    Computing for older users: Patronising or practical?
    Valerie Singleton ... promotes Linux for the elderly
  & Gluten-free bread pudding, using stuffing mix
  * bed 10:30; cyclobenzaprine

I see that not a whole lot got done yesterday, but it was moderately productive for all that. I booked our hotel room for Conflikt, bought a neck-roll pillow for Colleen (she wanted to steal mine, so I had to), and had two "aha" moments.

The first insight was realizing that I've been avoiding the (free to building tenants) health club in the building where I've been working for the last 17 years because "I know I'd hate it". Just how do I know that, when the last time I saw the inside of a gym was 35 years ago? Right. I should pay for a session with a trainer and get checked out on the equipment.

The second was realizing that having trouble meeting and getting to know people is a common problem. The reason why it doesn't seem to afflict many of the people I've spoken to about it is that the set of people willing to talk with me at that level of intimacy is a small, self-selected, biased sample.

And Colleen figured out how to make gluten-free bread pudding, using gluten-free stuffing mix, eggnog, and an extra egg. How cool is that?

I didn't sleep very well Tuesday night, and started flaking out around 10pm. Finally gave it up, took a cyclobenzaprine, and went splat somewhere around 11.

Comments

[egoldberg.livejournal.com]

If LJ had a Like button, I'd have pushed it here. (How's that as a substitute for meaningful commentary?)

[mdlbear]

Pretty good, actually.

[shadowe_wraithe]

Yeah for Conflikt! I still have to figure out how to pay for our memberships...unless I manage to get our taxes done and the refund gets here in time...not likely. :P

Yes the avoidance of the gym is natural, just so you know! ;-) I can understand it actually better than many. IF I had a gym that cost me nothing to use (at work or similar daily type location) you can be assured I would use it at least 30 minutes a day, work schedule permitting.

So yes, you should pay for the trainer, and get checked out, then start taking advantage of an awesome benefit at your place of employment!

Can't wait to see you both! Give a hug to yourself, and one to Colleen as well.

[mdlbear]

Yeah; most people would use the gym, and many of them do. I'm still not at all sure whether I can get myself in there.

*hugs*