Re: stressful  was: second part  misc and parents, etc...   
     By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Thu Jul 23 2015 14:01:06   
      
    NB> And, as things turned out, she wasn't able to do the camping at all,   
    NB> since she fell and broke her hip and had to stay home... At least we   
    NB> were able to bring her home to do her rehab, which she is still in the   
    NB> process of doing, and once again progress continues, but slowly.  :)    
    NB> Now we have a year or so to figure out next year's camping... well, not   
    NB> really, since if we go to the same area again, reservations are best   
    NB> made in January... ;)    
      
     Ouch.  I'm sorry to hear about that bogus development.  Stick with that rehab   
   like flypaper.  It's a pain in the butt, and it really starts getting old after   
   awhile, but it's one of the ways that the body does best to repair from those   
   sorts of injuries.  Wouldn't have traded the repairs that therapy have done for   
   my body for anything.   
     I really hope that things start going better on that front.  By all means,   
   start planning for the future now, too.  :)  Time is too short to waste.   
      
    DAG>> job of getting the stories out that the mass media are ignoring, or   
    DAG>> at least doing their best to be distracted from.  Some of that   
    DAG>> stuff I really value.    
    NB> As long as you actually are getting the real story...    
      
     Well that's the really hit or miss part.  I try to stick to the firsthand   
   accounts that are caught on video so that I'm not getting pulled into the fray   
   all half cocked or anything.  Still, you've always got to be on the lookout for   
   the spin that each particular person feels like putting on their version of the   
   story, unfortunately.   
      
    DAG>> interest to care. I'm much more interested in meeting IRL people,   
    DAG>> and not having to wade through a ton of memes and other foolish   
    DAG>> crap before I get there.    
    NB> I hear you there.... part of the reasons I never got involved in that   
    NB> scene, except as a bystander, watching others go through their accounts,   
    NB> or occasionally finding something they wanted me to see...  ;)   
      
     Heh.  I used to really be into that.  That was back before I had my son, when   
   I really didn't have a lot to do with my life other than waste time on cackling   
   at things perhaps a little bit below my paygrade.  ;)   
      
    NB> Ah... I can appreciate that...  ;)  More of a vicarious pleasure... ;)   
      
     Well it's not just in areas like fidonet that I find that I really do well   
   with the cantankerous a-holes.  It seems like when I'm in a group of people I   
   usually do well settling in with those people, and before too long the   
   complaining and ranting turns into laughter.  I think I've got a gift for   
   keeping those kinds of people amused.  Maybe not so much via text, which can   
   make things a little more annoying when watching things at times...  But in   
   person I really bond with those cantankerous dudes well, befriend them more   
   often than not, and end up having a blast poking fun of whatever concepts were   
   really stuck in their craw in the first place.  Just don't ask me where I   
   learned these qualities.  ;)  I'll say the Army, but the truth is that I had   
   some [enforced] social experiences before that where I didn't have much of a   
   choice but to sink or swim in those environments, too.  Such an amazing and   
   colorful life that I've had!   
      
    NB> One needs to learn (and keep) the proper balance between the social   
    NB> media, and what could be true benefits of staying in touch, and real   
    NB> life where relationships can be deeper and more sustained...    
      
     I'm working on that, and I think that I'm doing a lot better.  At least I   
   don't feel a duty to keep my readers posted with all kinds of crap on a regular   
   basis in some misguided attempt to inform and change the world.  I know that   
   social media has a part in that, but I see a lot of people who spend their   
   entire day doing that and that's where they draw that little nugget of   
   self-worth that makes them feel like they've accomplished good in the world on   
   that day.  Maybe that works for some people, but when the bills aren't being   
   paid and other fires are lighting up all over the place, I think that other   
   priorities have to take over.  Besides, true impressions aren't made by memes   
   or pictures, but by real IRL human interaction, which I'm still struggling my   
   best to find more venues for.  Pretty soon I'm gonna end up hitting a club; I   
   know it.  I'll only drink seltzer water, but it's gonna happen.  My social life   
   has been way too bereft for way too long now.   
      
    NB> Not a problem... I see that you made some good inroads into answering   
    NB> things while I was away for a couple of weeks... and it's taking me   
    NB> longer than I anticipated to get caught up with it all (not just   
    NB> yours... )....  :)  So I'm just whittling away at the pile as I get   
    NB> the chance... hoping to be caught up again before I go away again later   
    NB> in August...  ;)   
      
     No worries.  I've been a little bit slow with things, too.  Had a little bit   
   of real life kicking in and then when I have been here I've been trying to make   
   sure that I'm spending less of my time (at least when I'm not working) on the   
   computer and a little more time trying to make up for my son's lack of   
   stimulation this summer.  YAY FOR SUMMER SCHOOL!  Next Monday.  I can't wait,   
   although the drama that I'm going to get from my son is going to be of epic and   
   somewhat painful proportions.  ;)  That's okay, though; he needs the social   
   interaction a hell of a lot more than he needs more time watching youtube and   
   playing video games.   
      
     -D   
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