Re: stressful  was: second part  misc and parents, etc...
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Thu Jul 23 2015 14:01:06

 NB> And, as things turned out, she wasn't able to do the camping at all,
 NB> since she fell and broke her hip and had to stay home... At least we
 NB> were able to bring her home to do her rehab, which she is still in the
 NB> process of doing, and once again progress continues, but slowly.  :) 
 NB> Now we have a year or so to figure out next year's camping... well, not
 NB> really, since if we go to the same area again, reservations are best
 NB> made in January... ;) 

  Ouch.  I'm sorry to hear about that bogus development.  Stick with that rehab
like flypaper.  It's a pain in the butt, and it really starts getting old after
awhile, but it's one of the ways that the body does best to repair from those
sorts of injuries.  Wouldn't have traded the repairs that therapy have done for
my body for anything.
  I really hope that things start going better on that front.  By all means,
start planning for the future now, too.  :)  Time is too short to waste.

 DAG>> job of getting the stories out that the mass media are ignoring, or
 DAG>> at least doing their best to be distracted from.  Some of that
 DAG>> stuff I really value. 
 NB> As long as you actually are getting the real story... 

  Well that's the really hit or miss part.  I try to stick to the firsthand
accounts that are caught on video so that I'm not getting pulled into the fray
all half cocked or anything.  Still, you've always got to be on the lookout for
the spin that each particular person feels like putting on their version of the
story, unfortunately.

 DAG>> interest to care. I'm much more interested in meeting IRL people,
 DAG>> and not having to wade through a ton of memes and other foolish
 DAG>> crap before I get there. 
 NB> I hear you there.... part of the reasons I never got involved in that
 NB> scene, except as a bystander, watching others go through their accounts,
 NB> or occasionally finding something they wanted me to see...  ;)

  Heh.  I used to really be into that.  That was back before I had my son, when
I really didn't have a lot to do with my life other than waste time on cackling
at things perhaps a little bit below my paygrade.  ;)

 NB> Ah... I can appreciate that...  ;)  More of a vicarious pleasure... ;)

  Well it's not just in areas like fidonet that I find that I really do well
with the cantankerous a-holes.  It seems like when I'm in a group of people I
usually do well settling in with those people, and before too long the
complaining and ranting turns into laughter.  I think I've got a gift for
keeping those kinds of people amused.  Maybe not so much via text, which can
make things a little more annoying when watching things at times...  But in
person I really bond with those cantankerous dudes well, befriend them more
often than not, and end up having a blast poking fun of whatever concepts were
really stuck in their craw in the first place.  Just don't ask me where I
learned these qualities.  ;)  I'll say the Army, but the truth is that I had
some [enforced] social experiences before that where I didn't have much of a
choice but to sink or swim in those environments, too.  Such an amazing and
colorful life that I've had!

 NB> One needs to learn (and keep) the proper balance between the social
 NB> media, and what could be true benefits of staying in touch, and real
 NB> life where relationships can be deeper and more sustained... 

  I'm working on that, and I think that I'm doing a lot better.  At least I
don't feel a duty to keep my readers posted with all kinds of crap on a regular
basis in some misguided attempt to inform and change the world.  I know that
social media has a part in that, but I see a lot of people who spend their
entire day doing that and that's where they draw that little nugget of
self-worth that makes them feel like they've accomplished good in the world on
that day.  Maybe that works for some people, but when the bills aren't being
paid and other fires are lighting up all over the place, I think that other
priorities have to take over.  Besides, true impressions aren't made by memes
or pictures, but by real IRL human interaction, which I'm still struggling my
best to find more venues for.  Pretty soon I'm gonna end up hitting a club; I
know it.  I'll only drink seltzer water, but it's gonna happen.  My social life
has been way too bereft for way too long now.

 NB> Not a problem... I see that you made some good inroads into answering
 NB> things while I was away for a couple of weeks... and it's taking me
 NB> longer than I anticipated to get caught up with it all (not just
 NB> yours... )....  :)  So I'm just whittling away at the pile as I get
 NB> the chance... hoping to be caught up again before I go away again later
 NB> in August...  ;)

  No worries.  I've been a little bit slow with things, too.  Had a little bit
of real life kicking in and then when I have been here I've been trying to make
sure that I'm spending less of my time (at least when I'm not working) on the
computer and a little more time trying to make up for my son's lack of
stimulation this summer.  YAY FOR SUMMER SCHOOL!  Next Monday.  I can't wait,
although the drama that I'm going to get from my son is going to be of epic and
somewhat painful proportions.  ;)  That's okay, though; he needs the social
interaction a hell of a lot more than he needs more time watching youtube and
playing video games.

  -D
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