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| Message 1388 |
| Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman |
| Re: camping was: bbsing |
| 02 Jun 15 12:57:04 |
-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 31-May-2015 05:54 <=- DAG> Yeah I had a pretty atypical situation growing up around those ages, DAG> so I don't really know what I can compare to and not. I've been There's always some variation in what plays out... and how... ;) DAG> explaining to him how finances are working, though (as well as the fact DAG> that they're currently getting better-- albeit slowly from being in the DAG> hole over 6 months). He gets it, it's just the shinies at that age are DAG> so enrapturing... ;) He's gonna get something nice really quick here, DAG> though; his 9th birthday is tomorrow. ;) Shinies etc can be quite distracting at any age... ;) And birthdays (and other special occasions) can be a good time to scratch the itch, as long as one doesn't go overboard... :) Happy Birthday to the kid.. :) DAG> They're doing unbelievably well at the moment. I'm still only DAG> getting about 50% of the work that I'd like to have carved off given to DAG> me in slabs I can take right now, but it's getting better. Much like DAG> you alluded to later on in this message, I'm also that much more able DAG> to handle bigger projects on this suite as I become more familiar with DAG> it. Hell, we paid rent EARLY this month, though. That's sign enough DAG> of improvement for me. We're well on track to being able to do it even DAG> earlier next month now, too. Things are definitely stabilizing, and DAG> we're settling into a pattern of productivity that I'm hoping cements DAG> pretty soon here. That all sounds simply GREAT... :) Work that you can enjoy, and a steady cashflow... :) NB>> Yeah, as you get more familiar with the whole project, you'll be able NB>> to handle bigger chunks at a time... DAG> It's happening. ;) Slowly, but I'm getting there. That's what I DAG> get for having no choice but to take almost a decade off from this IT DAG> junk. ;) As with any technical field, there was bound to be some having to catch up with new developments... but with the basics in place, you shouldn't be having too much trouble fitting the new stuff in... :) DAG> Heh. It's amazing how well my son has always been with DAG> those situations. I suppose being on the road for so long when he was DAG> still 2-2.5 years old really helped prep him for it a bit, though. Not DAG> to mention the wilderness camping in the mean time (though there's no DAG> way in hell I'd go back and repeat that stuff if I had any choice in DAG> the matter). Some things you do because you have to... some because you enjoy them... and it's nice when it's some of both... ;) I'm sure though that the no other alternative sorts of things can get old real fast, as the sense of adventure wears off... ;) DAG> He's always just been great about it; only recently has DAG> he started getting more imperative about things when he's road DAG> tripping, and that's out of sheer electronics addiction and subsequent DAG> withdrawal when we're on a trip where I haven't let him bring his DAG> tablet or it's long enough so that battery runs out on him at some DAG> point. I've seen bits of how some kids are affected by being spoiled DAG> on matters like these, though. That... well that just sucks when it DAG> happens. Inconsistent parenting really makes life rough for everybody DAG> around those kids when they don't get what they want. A good lesson in why consistency is so important... One doesn't have to be a martinet and deny the kid everything, but it still is important to have the boundaries and keep to them pretty much, so the kid is secure in knowing where they are... Saves a lot of trouble in the long run... The kids that have learned that a tantrum will get them what they (think they) want generally aren't actually happy with the results, either... not that you could get them to admit it, though... NB>> How old was the kid that was having the meltdown(s)...? Some kids just NB>> don't travel well, either... ;( DAG> He was 5. He had an older brother with, at early 7, who was doing DAG> pretty well with it. It was actually kind of funny, because most of DAG> the time they're in the exact opposite roles. This time around, DAG> though... Whoa. Maybe it was just not a very good day for him... ;) DAG> Now we're coming up on the last planned DAG> trip of the season (at least for this initial stretch) where we're DAG> going to go down to Cali and hang out in the giant redwood and sequoia DAG> forests. At this stage I'm honestly pretty close to wanting to just DAG> sit here and cement in the routine along with the income pulling that DAG> needs to get done, but my friend has wanted to take me to this area DAG> (what he calls A+ wilderness, as opposed to the B+ wilderness [which DAG> still blows my frigging mind] around here). I've got to say, I know DAG> it's going to blow my mind being around plant life like that, Sequoias and redwoods are pretty awesome... :) I can't blame him for wanting to share those with you... :) DAG> but I'm pretty leary after that one trip... Not to mention the fact DAG> that the one after that I caught some bronchitis on. DAG> Good point on the bronchitis, though: my immune system has gotten a DAG> whole lot better over the last few months, apparently. I was able to DAG> kick it off myself, and within a really short period of time, fever and DAG> all. I was never able to do that without a doctor before, so it was a DAG> huge, and quite welcome, surprise. I can certainly relate on the bronchitis issue... I get that periodically... Nice that your body could just fight it off on its own this time..... ;) DAG> If I get sick or something horrible DAG> happens on this next trip, though (though my son will be the only kid DAG> on the trip), I swear I'm not camping again for at least a year, DAG> despite how much I normally like it. The last couple of trips have DAG> perhaps overloaded me a little bit on that little facet that I DAG> normally so enjoy. Pluses and minuses to camping... and too much at a time can definitely be a put-off for more... ;) Plus you have other things on your plate now that have more than minor benefit to them... ;) How long is this camping trip to be...? DAG> I've found a massive increase in my ability to deal with free DAG> floating anxieties like that, especially since I've gotten up to the DAG> range of being able to meditate for 12-14 minutes at a setting. It's DAG> ever creeping up, too. The last time there wasn't that bad (not the DAG> tantrum trip, the other one since then). I had a few short anxiety DAG> spells, but by and large I was able to just divert my attention DAG> elsewhere thanks to the jedi training and it was all good. ;) That sounds like good progress... :) DAG> The fever was a little harder to get over, though. Well, that, and DAG> the fact that I wake up at the buttcrack of dawn whilst everybody else DAG> there likes to sleep in until at least 9-11. Ruined a pack of playing DAG> cards out there last time after I got the fire stoked back up from the DAG> coals because there was too much condensation on every surface to be DAG> able to play it somewhere dry! The minor hassles of life... ;) Guess you need to pack a waterproof surface to roll out onto the picnic table to protect the cards... ;) NB>> Partly, and mostly by choice. I don't get along well with mice and NB>> other tracking devices, and I am quite content with command line... This NB>> computer has some extra commands, some from *nix, and some from small NB>> utilities my resident wizard has written... And I have some good NB>> software for the things I do... :) DAG> Gotcha. Sounds like you've probably got a good setup. :) I used DAG> to have a heavily customized DOS/4-DOS environment that I used and it DAG> was perfectly sufficient. Much better for avoiding the distraction of DAG> being able to have 2 dozen web browsing tabs all screaming for DAG> attention when there's correspondence that needs to be returned. DAG> *grin* It works for me. :) My web browsing (little enough as it is) is kept separate from my other computer pursuits.. And when I do, I can avoid ads and popups etc simply because I'm using a text browser usually.. ;) NB>> At the very least, I suppose you'll just have to be sufficiently NB>> efficient to finish composing the message in the one sitting... NB>> apparently the bbs is seeing too long of a period of inactivity... NB>> that's probably the setting, wherever it might be hiding... |
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