i've got a little list

things i have to do in the next few days:
move box of cardboard boxes to trash
unpack last living room boxes (2 - one of games, one of magazines)
unpack new trash can
break down more empty boxes
sort out bin of random stuff, put bin under table
nap
empty trash cans
move wheelchair into better position next to bookshelves
apply bumper stickers to wheelchair
write something

things I'm worried or scared about
that I don't have a job and all of my qualifications are horribly out of date (linda hirschman, one of my feminist idols, believes that women have a responsibility to themselves to keep themselves employable. I have to say I agree with that, and I'm frustrated that due to things beyond my control that I've let mine slip.)
dealing with voc rehab (paperwork, dealing with counselors)
starting things
finishing things
sean's future
taking an exercise class

things that bother me
women who live through their kids
women who live through their kids and actively sabotage them by not teaching them what they need to know, coddling them too much, not preparing them for the world
helicopter parents
my own brain when it wants things that are impossible to get or do (turning time back)
when I or my friends can't get the medication that they need
brainwashing
when people don't exist as people and have their own lives and interests, but instead blindly fill a role and think that's enough
not being listened to even though I know what I'm talking about
unnecessary meetings
having to repeat myself
when someone asks for my advice and then don't listen because they don't like what they hear
when the cat (who is in heat) starts humping my foot
non-wheelchair accessible places
people who say nasty things about microsoft and don't acknowledge that Google and Apple have faults
people who are assholes to my friends

things that i love
my friends
my boy
my husband
my girlfriend
my internet wives and my internet husband
my internet children
my internet twin
my cats
when writing comes easily
really good ice cream
my new wheelchair
packages in the mail
CBC radio
BBC radio
writing
(with increasing frequency) me

minor update

Tetris helps to reduce PTSD trauma. from the lovely brightflashes.

the president-elect used to live in our neighborhood. okay, yes, he was an infant at the time. but it's still kind of neat.

Yesterday gizmometer and I made peanut butter ice cream, and it was AMAZING. She also taught me how to use my sewing machine and she made a weighted blanket for Seaners. It was super fun having her here and I'll miss her. <3

Things I have found on recent neighborhood excursions:

The used bookstore near our house
The theater slightly further from our house
Babeland (not worksafe)
The sandwich place next door from Babeland, which is excellent and which also has the most cheerful waiter EVER. It's called the Honey Hole, which vaguely sounds like a strip bar, but the sandwiches are delicious
Remedy Teas, which has a hunded and fifty kinds of tea. I'm not normally a tea person, but this tea is really good.
Stitches in Seattle, which has some super cool fabric (robots! birds that look like the Twitter bird!) and which also has a squillion colours of Cascade 220 and quite a few other nice yarns (good to know where the knitting supply shop is)

Something the kid is doing these days that is somewhat amusing:

He recieved a little stuffed Dr. Seuss character from mholmesiv and silenceleigh and zaratyst. He often ignores stuffed toys, but he likes the texture of this one - and he's starting to play with it the same way that Chris plays with him (picking him up and spinning him around in the air, etc.) and it's super cute.

twits

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