-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 22-Jun-2015 08:32 <=-   
      
    NB>> Hopefully..  :)   It seems, in any case, that perhaps another visit   
    NB>> to the region might be called for, when things are more settled...   
    NB>> and then you can make sure the phone's battery is fully charged... or   
    NB>> bring a real camera...  ;)   
    DAG> I agree.  :)  I miss having a 'real' camera.  I mean the ones in   
    DAG> cell phones these days are pretty good, but nothing really beats a   
    DAG> really good camera.  I actually wouldn't mind getting another film one   
    DAG> at some point, too.  I miss having 35mm for the more artsy shots.   
      
   Those are getting almost obsolete... but I'm sure that professional   
   photographers must still be using them...  :)   
      
    DAG> For now though, I've gone ahead and tried to cement in a large   
    DAG> amount of hours at work and been workin' on the good habits that I'm   
    DAG> trying to get cemented in place.  :)  Seems to be the best idea.    
      
   Sounds reasonable to me.  :)   
      
    DAG> It's broken up by struggling to find some more interesting things to   
    DAG> do with my son...  Today is the day that I play catch 'n release.    
    DAG> Wish me luck on the white knuckles of having my son out and about in   
    DAG> this kind of area.  ;)    
      
   Being a week or so later, how did you and he survive...?   ;)   
      
    NB>> Almost more trouble than they were worth...  ;)   
    DAG> They definitely were, for me.  Though for my son, I think he got a   
    DAG> lot more benefit because he's able to deal with those kinds of   
    DAG> stressors more easily. So his surplus of benefit kind of pours over and   
    DAG> makes me feel that it was a lot more worth it than if it would've just   
    DAG> been for me.    
      
   For him, it was just a trip and camping... for you it was also worrying   
   about how things would work out, and all the peripherals... ;)  Good   
   that you can take his benefit, and apply it to your "benefit balance   
   sheet"...  ;)   
      
    NB>> Some things you might be able to pick up along the way, should you see   
    NB>> them available at a good deal...  :)   
      
    DAG> Well I'm definitely looking for a chance to restock my   
    DAG> camping/survival gear, but not necessarily right away.  There's just   
    DAG> not enough space with three people in a one bedroom apartment.   
      
   There is that, too... :)  When you have more space on your own, you'd be   
   able to store things better...  :)   
      
    NB>> Yeah, you're probably paranoid..  ;)  I wouldn't be surprised if your   
    NB>> upbringing hadn't made that so ingrained for you, though...  I wouldn't   
    NB>> say flat out that it couldn't happen... there's always the possibility,   
    NB>> I just tend to be more optimistic that things will work themselves out..   
    NB>> and I know Who really is in control of the mess, and will work things as   
    NB>> they should ultimately be...  :)   
    DAG> Oh I know for a fact that my upbringing made me paranoid.  Then   
    DAG> again, my time in the army confirmed a lot of conspiracy crap that'd   
    DAG> always run through my head, so I think I get discounted by my crazy   
    DAG> upbringing a little bit too easily sometimes.  :)   
      
   Some days, I think the military is more than a little paranoid, too...   
   with or without good reason...  But what you bring to it probably has   
   something to do with what you see there, as well...    
       
    NB>> Hopefully you succeeded...  :)   More later... from whichever echos...;)   
    DAG> I can't remember if I got past the distraction next to me that day   
    DAG> or not.  I do know that we made some hellacious progress on getting out   
    DAG> a decent amount of hours this last week, though, and I was pushing hard   
    DAG> as much as I could when I wasn't blocked on tickets while my roomie was   
    DAG> sick, too.  So despite the bumps, the trajectory is definitely upwards.   
      
   Very good.  :)   
      
    DAG> I've got one paycheck in the mail and another freshly invoiced; the   
    DAG> freshly invoiced one is going to be the best I've made so far, and I'm   
    DAG> trying to make that the standard per week.  This summer could be a   
    DAG> really good time for digging myself out of the hole that we've ended up   
    DAG> in for a bit.    
      
   Sounds wonderful..  ;)   I'm sure that it's a great feeling... relief,   
   too...  :)   
      
   ttyl           neb   
      
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