Scary Thought for Tonight

(from a comment in randomquestions)

"I donno. I've never used a payphone, I just know that that's what happens."

The evil shower thing, revisited

(courtesy of geekchick

1. What about your current job makes all the rest of it worthwhile for you?

Knowing that every once in a while I make a difference for someone. And how terrific some of the kids I get to work with are. I'm looking forward to going back to one of my favorite sites in a few weeks, even if it does mean giving up my night.

2. What's the scariest thing you've ever done?
I can think of several equally scary things, some of which are not appropriate to tell in a public entry in my livejournal, but the one that I can think of involved a leadership retreat just before my first year in college. It involved a ropes course, rapelling, lots of other team building stuff. An endorphin rush like almost nothing else that I've done.

3. Do you consider yourself a risk-taker, or do you prefer security and stability?

I tend to be a risk taker...but I like to know there's security to come back to. My Mom has often talked about that; about the fiercely independent streak that I displayed as a child. Things like, being the only one of my friends who went away to scout camp for two weeks, instead of for just three days, when we were in second grade. Or, when she asked me if I wanted her to walk me to school or Stevie Sitrin (who lived two houses away and was in third grade when I was in Kindgergarten) and I told her that I didn't want her to walk me to school. So I've got this independent streak which means I'm willing to take chances sometimes.

4. If you could trade places with anyone at all for 24 hours, who would it be?

I honestly want to know what it's like to be a guy. Preferrrably a guy who likes to sleep with other guys. (No <lj user="curiousangel", it has nothing at all to do with ball scratching.) Doesn't have to be anyone famous or spectacular. Just let me be a guy for a while. 5. What's the best present anyone's ever given you? It's a gold half circle pin. My grandmother gave it to me for my Sweet 16. (I was supposed to get it when she died, which was ten years later.) The pin itself was nice, but nothing spectacular, but the story behind it is what made it so important. Grandpa loved to buy Grandma jewlery. So she had this set-it was big gold circle earings and a necklace that matched. Grandma lost one of the earings one night so she took it to the jewler who cut it in half, and made her two earings. She then lost one of those, and the jewler laughed at her, but made her a pin. It was wonderfully sentimental and such a great story. I loved it as a child, and Grandma had promised the pin to me when she died. For some reason, she gave it to me as a sweet 16 gift instead. (Here's the part where I open myself up to yet another round of questions. Anyone, anyone? And I can provide questions for you if you want them...)

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I am so not feeling up to driving to work today...especially knowing that I've got a group in Springfield tonight. But I'm also in dire need of my paycheck which will be given to me today (we don't have direct deposit at the bank, just in case our funders are ever late with their payments, so that we know we always get good checks.)

It's not the driving so much as managing the stairs on crutches-the driving, so long as it's not rush hour/stop and go isn't intolerable.


Feh.

OTOH, I am feeling about a hundred thousand times better than Tuesday night, even if I still hurt. Not too much though; hopefully this will be over early next week. Or at least the part involving crutches will...

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Paycheck problem averted; someone is bringing it to my group tonight. I'm trying to rest but I'm bored and frustrated. I've played computer games. I've read lots of livejournals. I should go clean up my friends list. I defurred the back of the couch, where Oblivion likes to sit. I'm hungry and craving Kasha Varnishkes but not feeling like standing up long enough to make them-I need to cook something that doesn't require near constant attention. I e-mailed my mother on the final selection for a Birthday Gift for my Dad. (My little sister offered to go pick up a Father's Day gift for him, which is a big help...means I don't have to worry about hobbling around the mall to shop.)

I'm watching Startup.com.

I haven't done laundry yet. My gym bag is still in the car cause I can't carry it and crutches at the same time. I haven't made a follow up appointment with the doctor or an NP for next week.

I'm bored and frustrated and tired of sitting.

Grouchy girl...

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Does anyone who knows more about the syndicated feeds than I do know if Diesel Sweeties has a syndicated feed?