winding down a little

A nice day spent winding down with Susan Kitchens in my kitchen. We surfed around, read stuff to each other, did a goofy photoessay on using the "natural" sweetener (mugging with splendid irony), washed dishes, and ate guacamole. I think we both wrote a lot and told a bunch of stories. I promised her the story of the Fremont Hills, the time I realized I was being a total asshole and must figure out how to be more of a grownup.

then hanging with Moomin. (In the morning we read Tarzan. In the afternoon we had a long discussion of what was Cool and what was Not Cool. )

Then we saw Minnie briefly... all too briefly alas ... and took off to Dragonboy's house for Jo Spanglemonkey's birthday collage-making. I was cranky in the car. My stomach is back to hurting. I decompressed desperately with some "Discover" magazines and then made 2 lovely collages for Jo. Realized things about my collagemaking process. Talked about science fiction books with the Hippie and his friend whose name I forget. Played with Sophie, Eliz, Moomin, Dragonboy, and the other two extremely awesome sisters outside - we had complicated crabapple wars.

I felt happy and centered again tonight, but I still need a whole day of lying in bed reading Pollyanna's School Days and What Katy Did and Herodotus, maybe with some introspective crying, before I feel like myself again. I do like being "on" and energized and thinking and talking and meeting a ton of people - I love, love, love it - but then I tend to overdo it & collapse. Must rest tomorrow so that I don't collapse.

Comments

[minnie]

i totally ruined it by saying that shirt was "cute".

must remember to say cool. or how about rad? rad is cool.

[Susan Kitchens]

Heya! You linked to my The Cobbler's Children have no shoes regular web site at auntialias.com, which I'll soon (uh huh! yeahrightsure) be updating. in the meantime, would you be so kind as to link to 2020hindsight, where I tend to hang out on a nearly daily basis?

I hear you about the "need to spend a day doing (nearly) nothing" thang to recover, which is why I appreciate so much the opportunity to hang at your place. It was hanging, yes, but I know for you it wasn't the complete downtime as there was a guest in your house, however low-key and willing to do dishes she was ;)

p.s. didja see what Jeneane said about your regendering post?

[Beth]

Hope you get some rest!