-=> 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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