wrestling

Good things: A day yesterday when I enjoyed the affections of three sweeties, spread over a continent. Room-service breakfast with geekchick, lunch at the Malt Shop on W. 51st St in Minneapolis with Nancy, and pancakes and evening snuggles at home with patgreene. (grin)

Bad things: Being mislead and made to check my carry-on by Northwest Airlines... and wrestling with general grumpiness heading into this weekend. Having to actively resist urges to find ways to reject others to match how I feel rejected by them. Trying to let pass by moments of feeling victimized or like bomb-throwing. I wish that my social networks didn't keep dishing out inputs and situations that feel emotionally unsafe for me. I don't feel heard or valued when this keeps happening over and over. So, lots of energy is currently going into letting myself have and acknowledge various negative feelings while trying to not *act* on them... and reminding myself that just because I feel something doesn't mean it reflects reality.

(no subject)

disoriented by the unexpected... must find a hang-glider around here somewhere. Stop, rewind, flip over to a different track.

bouncing pleasant surprises...

Pleasant surprises bounced up today.... I had a great interaction this morning with patgreene after the kids were off to school, felt really in-synch with her. :)

Then drove to SF and met tenacious_snail for lunch, getting lunch at the Ferry Building and picnicked sitting on the sunny docks... getting reassured and grounded after we'd had a stressful phone call the night before.

Then after returning to my office, found a completely unexpected gesture of support and inclusion that left my head spinning in surprise (viz. previous entry). Whew!

And finally, all three of my papers (two as lead, one as co-author) were accepted for the annual International Astronautical Congress in Japan in late October. (note to geekchick =)

Today has certainly not scraped ;^). I even got a travel reimbursement sooner than expected...