(adhd, f&f, geek, quaker notes, cats)

[elainegrey]

Post holiday social: Friday noonish i met up with someone in Carrboro i know from the national advisory board i used to serve on and from conferences. It was wonderful and must do again. I also feel i can write it off as work for Reasons.  And, she and her spouse might be interested in playing poker with Christine and i sometime, although likely to be better players....

Friday evening i drove to Hillsborough to see my sister in law in a gallery opening that turned out to be a bigger thing than i expected and met up with a friend. I hope we will see each other a little more this new year.

I was, however, up late, and could tell. I was very weepy around the vet report about Luigi's probably myocardial something or another: enlarged heart? The good news is that the hormone that signifies this issue causes increased urination. Would treating this reduce the hormone, reducing the urination? But the vet bills. I was very invested in making sure Christine and i were on the same page about goals. Luigi is such a sweetheart and companion, but such an old little man cat. We need to let him go at the right time.

Saturday midday i had a good visit with my sister and went through my great grandmother's jewelry (most of which was clip on costume earrings, ohmigod ouch).

Then Christine and i managed to finished wrangling family for invites and in the evening hosted my brother and his daughter for poker. It was fun. I also made a little booklet with the hands for reference and put the date and a cool Las Vegas inspired "[our home] poker night" logo on it to make it special for S--. My sister has told me in what way S-- is not like most people (while expressing anger at my brother's family for how they don't help her navigate things).  I feel more connected to S-- than to the older boys, perhaps because she seems enthusiastic about visiting us. On the other hand, she's not quite a teenager yet at twelve. So, who knows when we will no longer be cool.

Today i worked on the new computer. I am so thankful for ChatGPT today, because troubleshooting getting a remote window connection going and working would have taken me far more energy than i had. It was still hours to get done. ChatGPT was helpful, i think, because of the vast amount of documentation for linux administration on the internet and the interconnection across different systems (Xwindows, vnc servers, the systemd automation, the weirdness of new fangled things that weren't around when i was using linux mumblty decades (what? that long?!) ago.

To reward myself i sat down to play with the new ham radio thing, but it didn't work, and then the original config didn't work, and then i realized i must have had something working in membor but changed something else and after -- maybe rebooting? -- the eariler state is gone and now i need to figure out how to start over. Bleep.  I don't think ChatGPT is the answer there.

It's been a muchness of socializing for this hermit. Good, but muchness.

I have had some ADHD reflections. I'm a little more clear why i am stalled on replying to some things. Part of it has to do with the distraction/interruption and trying to stay on task -- and i really don't have time set aside well for correspondence.

And i wonder about the Quaker sense of being led bu the Spirit, and how differently that might be perceived by neurotypical folks and neurodivergent. Wish i had time to go more deeply but it's bed time.

Comments

[amaebi]

May 2025 be gentle to you, and each footing you find be secure.

[elainegrey]

Thank you -- and both figuratively and literally to you walking in winter weather in Colorado and England.

[amaebi]

Currently not walking much. :D We had the biggest snowfall in years, and I learned that North Yorkshire has about the same public snow clearance infrastructure as Alabama. :D This would be fine if I weren't now a cane-user: a cane slipping is a hazard I try to avoid.