general status check

[jay]

I haven't been writing many posts lately... I've been both busy and haven't felt like I had anything interesting to say. Who really cares about the trials of finally getting the new black convertible reregistered on Monday, or how I now have a new stainless counter and cooktop and cabinet in my kitchen? I've been mostly recovering from the aftermath of an intense couples therapy session last Friday, and have been kind of numbed ever since. Work has been stretched-out and frazzled, and I've been called in for meetings and presentations on short notice. Today's briefing went well.

At the same time, I feel kind of isolated socially lately, cut off somehow. No gatherings, no parties, and the lone date in the past week was taking patgreene to see "Sideways" on Saturday. No lunch dates either, everyone seems too busy in their own lives. OTOH, tenacious_snail came over for a family dinner last night (smile), and I've had good IMs on successive nights with geekchick and who_is_she... and I appreciate all of those. :-)

And tomorrow morning I will be headed to Minneapolis for four days -- it is an annual long weekend, scheduled around Nancy and my anniversary date (six years on 2/7, go us!). Maybe we'll go skiing or sledding, and I'll get to meet mnfiddledragon on Friday :).

Comments

[dancing-star.livejournal.com]

It is your journal, please write things you want to write about. If that is getting your new car registared do so! I suppect if someone isn't interested they will skip over it.

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised at what people care about...As someone who helped install the countertop, it was great to get over there and see what it actually looks like, now that there are doors and drawers in place.

Glad to hear the car is registered...I noticed that it had no plates when I saw it last night, and hoped that that was a good sign, but given that you were busy when I arrived, it slipped my mind by the time you became available.

and note, I'm not too BUSY, I've been too SICK. (and, despite that, I came over on Sunday and on Tuesday)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Well, the doors and drawers haven't been painted yet, so look a bit funny... I'm waiting for J's son to re-register the old blue convertible so that I can get my vanity plates off of it.

And you and patgreene have been great, this week. (smile) Thanks...

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Visit me! :>

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Maybe lunch next week?

social isolation

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

To me, that sounds like a thriving social life!

But I can feel socially isolated even when the phone is ringing off the hook. For me, it's an emotional thing, not a logical thing.

I'm not quite resisting the armchair shrink temptation to connect this with your temporary lack of convertible. (Insert smilie here; I'm new to this, and I don't know what will happen if I put in fake-HTML indicators.)

Re: social isolation

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(goggle)
I initially read your comment, then did a double-take as to the *context*... (waves). Welcome!

Ah, but the new convertible is... bigger? (chuckle) Even if its paint job was scratched by a jealous ex-girlfriend of the previous owner...

Re: social isolation

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

it is bigger and it is way sexier and its prettier.

Its also quiter and less comfy (the passenger seat is missing padding in an area where I don't have a lot of padding of my own).

And I'm guessing that this would be the Elissa that I met and SJ, and whose brother I managed to astonish with my "Oh no, I'm his girlfriend. His wife and kids are at home and we're meeting back up with them later" comment. (wave)