Happy Fourth. We were going to grill and have friends over, but friends' plans got altered and ended up sending late regrets. Kevin and I have spent the day together in the air conditioned bedroom, watching TV with headphones on. I tried to walk Charlie earlier but it was still too hot; now I've forgotten to walk him for the day. I am not good at ( Read more... )

I haven't written here in days. Let me see what I remember ( Read more... )

Plunging headlong into the holiday season. Kevin is working on his second batch of cookies for Yule Drop, I've got my first done and in the freezer. I've been asking Kevin for details of his end of the operation to include in my procedural for my food blog. I feel like I've had a really good writing day, though I didn't actually get anything ( Read more... )

Today was a beautiful day: the fantasy of a perfect New England day on the first real snow. Denise, who works in the deli, told me that she would be downtown this morning seeing the new pedestrian bridge being installed. I did not make it down there at 8AM. I woke a couple of hours later than that, and was delighted to see that snow had fallen, and ( Read more... )

Random stuff: in the late 90s, I sang a lot of karaoke and Kevin had a longish commute. We hadn't met yet, but we already had some music in common that one of us can now mention and remind the other of what we were doing ten years ago. Eve 6's "Inside Out," with the memorable line "wanna put my tender/heart in a blender" reminded us both of another ( Read more... )

I am really happy today. I have a new love, a loving household, and a house full of guests for dinner on Thursday. My boss has been gone all day, so I've been happily reading my email and chatting about love and Thanksgiving dinner.

It has gotten hot: a high of 85 degrees the past couple days. The trees are almost fully leafed out. When I posted last that the dogwoods were in bloom, I was mistaken: those were magnolias that were in bloom. The dogwoods are just catching up now. We have one in our front yard. It's not yet in full leaf but it's blooming. Lilacs, too. Cherry trees ( Read more... )

An article in the NYT on the science of being happy.

The article has that now-typical "two perspectives" thing going wherein the author tries to find people who have something negative to say about positive psychology. Yeah, some of it sounds a little woo-woo, but I'm a little woo-woo. Even the way I have gone about weight training has been woo- ( Read more... )

A question posted by gwendally that I wanted to share my answer to with my friends:

Q. Are you ugly?

A. Totally. I mean, there's the obvious: I'm a transsexual, so my body most decidedly does Not Measure Up: no real penis or sack full o' sperminess, smaller and weaker, and with big, thick scars crossing my chest. I'm also hairy in a way that makes the ( Read more... )

Kevin went on Lexapro for anxiety earlier this week, and the change has been monumental. After an initial few days of feeling constantly nauseated, this side effect has mostly gone away. The main effect, of preventing anxiety attacks, has worked beautifully. Kevin can't stop talking about how optimistic he feels, and I see how he doesn't get angry ( Read more... )