callistra | Generic Rambly Goodness

Hi every one! Did yas all miss my three-a-day updates??

So, I'm mostly better, but kind of weak. Not terribly strong at all. I fully expect to be carried around on a stretcher so I can lie around yakking to people while Chesh does worky worky stuff. :-) Ok, maybe no stretcher, but something similar.

We bought Once Upon a Time in Mexico last night, and showed it to Matt who hadn't seen it. Matt has been flat on his back for three days, with coldy/fluey horribleness PLUS gastro. Yuck. I'm the closest friend he has locationwise right now, so he rang me the other day to see if I was up for lying around watching movies (translate: I need to get out of this house before matricide occurs) and I said no, that would involve me getting dressed and showering, which was so not happening thanks anyway. So yesterday he managed to circumvent that by just rocking up. If I'd been listening to my doof, I am sure I wouldn't have heard him knock. *sigh* :-) But I've been too sick to even listen to E Nomine goodness! So anyway, I haven't brushed my hair, I'm in my nightie, haven't had a shower, I'm not happy, but not too annoyed. I don't have the energy to be annoyed :-) So I hid under a quilt and we chatted and watched cooking shows. Yay cooking shows! I watched Huey and Jeff yesterday. (Or is it Geoff? I'm usually too distracted by staring at him to notice the caption. *grin* ) Eventually I ran out of energy to even talk. I looked at the clock. Chesh isn't going to be home for another TWO HOURS. I suggest we watch Pirates of the Carribean. :->

During Pirates, I manage the showering and washing of hairs and general body parts required to eventually be able to leave the house/go to strange dave's as I thought Chesh wanted to go. This required a recovery period of an hour or so, so much better than other days where it required actual sleep. :-) But in the end, Chesh was too tired and just wanted to start drinking as soon as he got home, and I wasn't up for driving more then 5 minutes at a time, so no go on getting to dave's place.

My intimo manager is on Instant Messanger EVERY DAY. And because she can see me online every day as well, she thinks it's a good idea to MESSAGE ME EVERY DAY. So I'm hiding. I only turn my IM on when I've done enough work around the house, on swancon stuff, and on intimo stuff (ie, Worky Work) before I let her talk to me. Sorry every one else! I'm getting better at ignoring her sometimes, but it's hard..... :-( And she asks questions. Don't ask, do! Just send me the frigging stuff, I don't CARE WHAT IT IS. And if you've sent it before, then great! Means I have twice as much chance of not losing it. :-)

Ok, time for some ranting on People Wrangling. This is a skill which makes life much easier. Much, much easier. You have to be good at reading a situation, though, and this can be difficult. People need to GET OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES and see what is GOING ON AROUND THEM. Once you understand what is going on, then you know how to act. Sometimes people thing they understand, but they don't. You have many reasons for people wrangling; to make people feel better about something, to get them to do something you want, to make sure they are having fun, and to look after people emotionally and sometimes, physically. (Not usually though.) Some people seem to think that living in their own heads, they can figure out how the world turns, and then open their mouths and say things which DO NOT HELP. Sometimes, we need to think "who does this sentence help" before we say it. It's that split second of weighing pros and cons at the odd instance which is what makes us easier to be around, and soothing when needed.