Impatient Idealist

One last bit of leftover haleem, and some tiramisu, for breakfast.

Got both cabinet doors installed. Now they need adjustment (right now they thwack each other when closing) and locks. But already this enables a lot of cleanup of that room - putting tools away and the like.

I get to decide between finishing Atul Gawande’s Better and seeing if I can get an extremely basic web app up. If I read fast, maybe both.

I have lunch with a friend (edit: TWO showed up!) AND hanging out with another friend AND dinner with yet another friend AND maybe a group hang-out-and-chat after that if dinner isn’t long. The group event is one I used to attend roughly thirty years ago in its earliest incarnation, and it will be fascinating to go back.

Yay!

I am lounging in my living room reading a book and eating blackberries and raspberries with mascarpone accompanied by a nice rose wine.

I do wish I had someone to share all this with.

Quote of the evening: “But why would you want to pick up an accordion with chopsticks?”

Oh allanh, I do adore your friends. :-D

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou.

I would be wise to learn from this.

Naturally I would like to avoid hurting others. That’s a difficult task and one I’m willing to put work into. I would also like to become wiser about my own feelings. If I will never forget the pain, it’s smart to recognize that and not wait around for the pain to vanish magically from memory, instead finding ways of going forward despite it.

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. Maya Angelou.

Why is it that I still haven't learned this lesson? Still? What is preventing me from GETTING this?

Today I learned that SMS is the new "to be ignored" form of communication. Three people who profess to be ... well, at the very least, good friends... of mine are not responding to SMS but are definitely awake and on social media. One of those I expect. All three, I didn't expect. (Edit: A fourth was responding with alacrity, so while there may or may not have been a tech glitch, it wasn't ONLY a tech glitch. And I did get a big flurry from my family, too!)

This used to be email. Send mail, maybe don't get a reply for a while. (I particularly suck at this lately due to very low time at a desktop.) Before email it was voice phone calls. Now I guess text is in the same bin.