Polycule, bio family, dancing...

[flexagon]

A few other things from the week:

• Got to meet a potential new polycule member. I liked them. I'm a little worried about sketchiness -- I just don't love it when someone's been separated-not-divorced for many years, their stated reasons for not divorcing don't hold any water, and their spouse purportedly doesn't want to hear anything about other partners. But it's not up to me. So... who among us hasn't taken a gamble and hoped that the sketch would fill in nicely?


• This reminds me, I had lunch with Lion on Tuesday and it went fine, especially after we discovered we're both playing Blue Prince. Exposure therapy works! It's actually much much weirder that Lioness smiled at me at the circus school on Sunday. I'm trying to just let my system respond to that without my brain getting in the way.


• My house has a leak, and the neighbors fretted for a while about who to go with for the permanent fix, because we already spent the condo association's reserves on paint this year. In the meantime, the leak was on the side of the house with my tiny native plants, and I think they're almost all trampled. Sorry, little things, I failed to protect you. Maybe I'll try again next year.


• Went dancing at ManRay on Saturday with the squirrel. I think we're pleased with ourselves for finally going. It was on our Bingo board of dates for the year, and now we have two bingos. Good squirrels!


• Most interestingly, Birdie's father E came for a visit. She was nervous about it beforehand and a little overwhelmed during, so I stepped up more than I'd previously intended to on planning and hosting (and I had already planned to put E in my new condo on an air mattress, which indeed was done, and saved him a few hundred dollars). That visit kind of dominated Thursday through Sunday. It was interesting to see the parent/child relationship in the middle of that mid-20s individuation thing. I think E was slightly startled to watch Birdie ransacking my bookshelf and playing with my cat and trying on all my boots -- yeah, she has settled in quickly to the local nature of our relationship. A mildly invasive but cute development. E thinks I can be good for her just by modeling a fairly healthy life, and if I can do that then I'm certainly happy to; he was able to give me some hints of what not to model, and luckily I don't tend to do those things anyway but can easily take a bit more care with my language. I made them both stop at a scenic spot in the cemetery to take photos, taught them how to play Wavelength, and E got home safely. So -- good visit.

My base flew back from Europe tonight and we decided to punt on tonight's acro, giving me a much needed evening of rest. Somehow I'm super tired. I did some really solid strength work this week, but I think it's the one tumbling class (ok, walkover lesson) I took that really left me feeling unbalanced and sore. Gymnastics is a harsh discipline.

Comments

[fairoriana]

At this time of year, trampling may not have harmed the native plants as much as you think. Everything is headed towards a long sleep, and wilting back anyway.

[flexagon]

I, too, wish to be headed toward a long sleep. Hibernation sounds gooooood this year.

[justplainuniverse]

Ooh that does sound sketchy indeed. Ah, I guess time will tell and hopefully it's fun for the person involved directly with them in the meantime.

It's so fun hearing about your relationship developments with Birdie. I'm so curious waht things E wants you not to model.