good start, down finish
Oct. 24th, 2006 08:05 amMonday morning started off as usual, helping ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
patgreene get the kids away to school. But since our car had to go in the shop, I borrowed tenacious_snail's... she came by along with cyan_blue (who had stayed over after the previous night's party ;). So I got early hugs from everyone, a lovely start to the day. Then off to work.
Lunchtime I metdawnd in San Mateo, after she and akienm had dropped off grynz at SFO airport. I had sushi with both of them, and enjoyed their narratives. Afterwards, I spent some one-on-one time with Dawn before heading back to work. And then picking up the car from the shop, finishing work, and listening to Pat shout after she poured boiling water over her left hand (she was trying to use a grease screen as a pasta strainer).
Afterward, things began to spiral, a bit... I was stressed from home, and late, and picked up Les to go to a HAI monthly support group. It was not a supportive experience... I didn't know many people there. There were 34 people, nearly record attendance but for the initial exercise I was the last one left standing, unable to find a partner. I was rescued byp3aches, who opened up her dyad. And I was happy to be invited in, if sheepish. Then later I was embarrassed to discover that my buddy from L4 was there, and I hadn't recognized her (she'd bleached and cut her hair, granted). And finally on the last exercise -- ironically, on gratitude -- my exercise partner R literally bolted and left the premises in mid-exercise. That felt... pretty rejecting, even if logically he had his own issues in play. So by the end of the evening, what had been a pretty uplifting day had crashed. HAI workshops take me a couple of hours to open up, and last for two days... in these brief meetings, I'm only just dropping my defenses by the time the event ends.
patgreene get the kids away to school. But since our car had to go in the shop, I borrowed tenacious_snail's... she came by along with cyan_blue (who had stayed over after the previous night's party ;). So I got early hugs from everyone, a lovely start to the day. Then off to work.Lunchtime I met
dawnd in San Mateo, after she and akienm had dropped off grynz at SFO airport. I had sushi with both of them, and enjoyed their narratives. Afterwards, I spent some one-on-one time with Dawn before heading back to work. And then picking up the car from the shop, finishing work, and listening to Pat shout after she poured boiling water over her left hand (she was trying to use a grease screen as a pasta strainer). Afterward, things began to spiral, a bit... I was stressed from home, and late, and picked up Les to go to a HAI monthly support group. It was not a supportive experience... I didn't know many people there. There were 34 people, nearly record attendance but for the initial exercise I was the last one left standing, unable to find a partner. I was rescued by
p3aches, who opened up her dyad. And I was happy to be invited in, if sheepish. Then later I was embarrassed to discover that my buddy from L4 was there, and I hadn't recognized her (she'd bleached and cut her hair, granted). And finally on the last exercise -- ironically, on gratitude -- my exercise partner R literally bolted and left the premises in mid-exercise. That felt... pretty rejecting, even if logically he had his own issues in play. So by the end of the evening, what had been a pretty uplifting day had crashed. HAI workshops take me a couple of hours to open up, and last for two days... in these brief meetings, I'm only just dropping my defenses by the time the event ends.
