-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 12-Jul-2015 07:49 <=-   
      
    DAG> Re: Re: Aikido, kids activities, kittie   
    DAG> By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Mon Jun 29 2015 18:11:16   
    NB>> Maybe he just assumed you'd know, or be able to find out from somewhere   
    NB>> else... ;)   
    DAG> Yeah I'm trying to give the sensei the benefit of the doubt.  He   
    DAG> seemed like the friendliest one that I've met around here so far.  Plus   
    DAG> he's the only fulltime Aikido dude in Portland (at least from what he   
    DAG> says).  Seems super friendly, really good with kids (with ones of his   
    DAG> own, also), and I'm still planning on going with him.  Still, I checked   
    DAG> on all of the websites and everything.  Would've been really nice to   
    DAG> have gotten that callback.    
      
   Sounds like someone worth giving the benefit of the doubt to... :)   
      
    NB>> Could just be super busy, or not too organized at the administration   
    NB>> level, or his voicemail doesn't work right...  Sometimes in person   
    NB>> works best for things anyway...  :)   
    DAG> Yeah.  Like I said, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.  I'm   
    DAG> going to go in and see him again tomorrow, when he's got a standard   
    DAG> session, and just start myself right away (if I can pull the cash   
    DAG> together) and then probably get Deschain started right away, too, or   
    DAG> else maybe wait for the family session on Sunday a week from today if   
    DAG> he's more comfortable with that.    
      
   So are you settled in there yet...?  or more setbacks still...    
      
    NB>> Sink fixed now...?   
    DAG> Finally, praise be to all of the dieties that there may be.  There   
    DAG> is still a large amount of disarray where the kitchen was all torn   
    DAG> apart to give them access, and there was a hell of a scare that the   
    DAG> landlord would appear to micromanage things, as per his style, while   
    DAG> the plumber was here.  The clot was quite aways out, so it was   
    DAG> definitely his responsibility, and didn't end up coming out of our   
    DAG> dime, but the stress...  Ugh.  Especially in having to hide everything   
    DAG> that made it look like there were too many tenants here.  Still   
    DAG> recovering from that complete ragtag compression of all of my worldly   
    DAG> goods into the different closets and under some pieces of furniture   
    DAG> around here.    
      
   At least it's finally taken care of...  :)     
      
    DAG> Just need to carve through the mountains of backlogged, and   
    DAG> somewhat toxic (due to NaOH), dishes and other cookwares.  Then I need   
    DAG> a day when this place is somewhat vacated to pull out all of my crap   
    DAG> from the closets and the other stash spots so that I can get it all   
    DAG> staged again to be replanted in areas where it'll stay folded and   
    DAG> otherwise organized.  It was a pretty major upset, having to hide 2/3   
    DAG> of the belongings in a 1 bedroom apartment occupied by three people.    
    DAG> Wouldn't recommend it.  The kitchen, at least, is slowly returning to   
    DAG> functionality, though.    
      
   Eventually...    At least it wasn't a studio... ;)   
      
    DAG>> I think I found another community center that we'll be able to   
    NB>> Did that work out...?  Close enough to get to, and all...?   
    DAG> Didn't happen yet due to other crap.  I tried getting him out to   
    DAG> some closer locations and none of them worked out, so I've still   
    DAG> definitely got to go there.  In fact *puts reminder in calendar for   
    DAG> tomorrow* now I won't forget. ;)   
      
   And.......???   ;)   
       
    DAG> Oh, I do.  It's always good when he points that out, also, because   
    DAG> my own insecurity on the issue of employment in this field really   
    DAG> shoots me in the foot sometimes.  It's hard to maintain that "I'm not   
    DAG> worthy," mentality when I find a bug that the experienced guy has been   
    DAG> banging his head against the cinderblocks with for a few hours after   
    DAG> taking a brief glimpse at the code, though.  ;)  We've got pretty   
    DAG> complimentary  skill sets, and it's handy. Unfortunately right now   
    DAG> we're both down these coding rabbitholes that've got us buried in the   
    DAG> same stuff.  Then again, that means it's my time to learn.  He's doing   
    DAG> a little bit of double time teaching me what I'd forgotten about PHP   
    DAG> and learning all about the OO support that it added that I'd never   
    DAG> learned before. So I'm happy with it.  I'm just keeping my fingers   
    DAG> crossed as far as his levels of motivation staying up.  ;)   
       
   Sounds to me like progress is being made...  :)   
      
    NB>> Sounds like you were fortunate to have the kitty   
    NB>> for as long as you did, actually..  :)   
    DAG> I was, very much.  I certainly won't forget that.  I say it about   
    DAG> several different things, so maybe it comes across as just a cliche   
    DAG> that I use sometimes, but there are large chunks of my life where I   
    DAG> don't know if I would've been able to make it through without that cat   
    DAG> (or his brother, before his early loss).  I actually wrote up a whole   
    DAG> series of messages on my local boards about the different adventures   
    DAG> that I had with those cats...  Maybe sometime I'll cross post those to   
    DAG> international, or something.  They're windy and long, but I don't think   
    DAG> that they're too badly written, and it goes into serious depth on some   
    DAG> of the different bits of history with them that I alluded to in   
    DAG> different messages over the months/years that I've been here.    
      
   Cats can be important safety valves...   
      
    DAG> I had to take a little bit of time off as well.  Had a little med   
    DAG> change that hasn't been throwing me for one of my major loops, but it's   
    DAG> made things a little bit more stressful.  So basically, when I haven't   
    DAG> been using the computer for work lately, I've been spending a lot more   
    DAG> time disconnected. Trying to do more things with my son around here,   
    DAG> too, since it seems like the ones outdoors have, at least in the   
    DAG> general vicinity, all been pre-sabotaged by Loki.  :)  Good things to   
    DAG> be doing though, I think. Best wishes.   
      
   Agreed, good things to be doing...   :)    
      
   ttyl     neb   
      
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