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OK. I know myself a little bit, at least. But I realized today that when I meet knew people I have this deep seated urge to tell them ALL OF THE STORIES. I must be entertaining on some level because people continue to speak to me and interact with me, but jeez. I suck at the part of meeting people where you ask them questions and listen and stuff. *facepalm*

I'm a terrible listener. I get distracted by thoughts and ideas and I cut people off. And it drives David crazy. I really try to do better, but I suspect it's part of my ADD and that there really isn't much I can do about it beyond trying to be mindful and also apologetic.

D:

Normally I am really happy that we don't have TV. That we don't live with it on in the background as constant noise, but I am jealous of everyone getting to watch the Olympics. I'm not generally a sports fan. While I love baseball--most other sports are kind of boring to me. But I love the Olympics. I guess I'll get to see some stuff online at least, but it's not the same. Also I'm really uncertain about how much internet I will have in New Hampshire. This retreat is "intensive" which means participants will not be talking at all for two weeks and will not be allowed to leave the retreat center. And also no phones or internet. Which makes me think they are going to turn off their WiFi. I'll still have David's iPad, which has 3G. But I won't have much free time anyway.

I wish this retreat was over already. I'm really nervous about the sheer slog of it. I had to ship myself 7 pounds of brown rice farina, because no store in our area sells it. And Whole Foods called to tell me that they can't get me 12 pounds of English peas. Which was not at all a surprise. But now I need to replace that soup with something else. I think I'm going to make up my own zucchini soup and wing it.

It was very hard to get a photo of Wooster cat with this fridge magnet. But he truly is a lunatique.


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