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Lake Bronson was gorgeous and warm, and lots of people were there. Lots of families, too. We picked the right day to go! We even took Jennifer_namaste and Mermaid girl. We visited Daphne on the way up. She looked like she is well loved and doing well. I like the family a lot! It was nice to see little Daffy, who climbed into the car via my lap, and then Mermaid Girl's lap, as we were leaving. Sweet gesture, but hopefully the process is complete now. She'll know she is living there and not coming back here. She is a very sweet dog, though.
Mona came out of the car at LB and found me on the dock. She stayed after that, but I hosed her a few times so she wouldn't be so hot. It seemed reasonable that she'd want a dip in the lake. It was like 94 degrees or something! Now there is the sweetest pup ever. Another dog came to find the owner so I didn't feel too bad after that. How irritating to watch the non-owners try to chase the dog. stupid stupid people. Like, if it isn't your dog, and you aren't partial to dogs, why do you think you can handle the dog more effectively than the owner? I saw the dog switch to avoid-the-humans mode, from the inquisitive businesslike demeanor of: gotta find my man, pardon me, excuse me, just lookin' for my owner. When I was putting Mona back, a number of people wanted to talk and meet her and tell me about their dogs, so it was a friendly vibe.
Just a little word to the wise: if you ever decide to chase a dog, you are going to lose.
Anyway, I guess I have to write all of this over in my dog blog. In fact, I wish I could somehow feed my blogger blog onto this one. This is my private, secret, diary journal. The dog one is more suitable for all audiences.
I still have the apartment for rent. Have any friends that are conscientious and need a nice home in north seattle? The barrage of emails was overwhelming, but now it is a slow trickle. And people are so flakey, they all say yes! I want it! Forthwith! and then life happens and they never get back to me. I know there are some that I left hanging but it is so hard to figured out which ones because there are just so many. And they didn't catch my attention in particular.
I have been letting this one guy come around, and it could be okay, but it is turning out to be more trouble than it's worth. He is one of those people who fills all the space with his loud voice and thinks that because I am not loud, that I must not have things figured out. And he isn't terribly bright. So, he has not picked up the hints that he is actually missing the point on basically everything about me. Clueless and does not hear the ring of the clue phone. I'll let it have one more try this week, but after that, he's outta here. He keeps starting projects in my house and leaving them unfinished, with an "I'll be right back." that never manifests. I explicitly told him that was a problem, so he promised to follow through, and we will just see. I begin to wonder if I am being overly critical of people. People in general. I am finding so much incompetence in my post-academic experiences that I am growing cynical. It's just odd how he has an agenda, forces that agenda, and is actually not bright enough to have figured out the details. Is this common? I so often fail to push my agenda because I am open to feedback, or I have a couple options worked out in my mind so I am thinking about outcome and not pushing other people into it. He is so different from me I thought it would be neat to watch, but he'd have to shape up to stick around. I expect I will be done seeing him at all, soon. Just another lesson in The Real World that everyone warned me about since I was 16 years old.
Maybe I need a good, prestigious job to open up my dating pool again. I'll take it for the income, too.
Mona came out of the car at LB and found me on the dock. She stayed after that, but I hosed her a few times so she wouldn't be so hot. It seemed reasonable that she'd want a dip in the lake. It was like 94 degrees or something! Now there is the sweetest pup ever. Another dog came to find the owner so I didn't feel too bad after that. How irritating to watch the non-owners try to chase the dog. stupid stupid people. Like, if it isn't your dog, and you aren't partial to dogs, why do you think you can handle the dog more effectively than the owner? I saw the dog switch to avoid-the-humans mode, from the inquisitive businesslike demeanor of: gotta find my man, pardon me, excuse me, just lookin' for my owner. When I was putting Mona back, a number of people wanted to talk and meet her and tell me about their dogs, so it was a friendly vibe.
Just a little word to the wise: if you ever decide to chase a dog, you are going to lose.
Anyway, I guess I have to write all of this over in my dog blog. In fact, I wish I could somehow feed my blogger blog onto this one. This is my private, secret, diary journal. The dog one is more suitable for all audiences.
I still have the apartment for rent. Have any friends that are conscientious and need a nice home in north seattle? The barrage of emails was overwhelming, but now it is a slow trickle. And people are so flakey, they all say yes! I want it! Forthwith! and then life happens and they never get back to me. I know there are some that I left hanging but it is so hard to figured out which ones because there are just so many. And they didn't catch my attention in particular.
I have been letting this one guy come around, and it could be okay, but it is turning out to be more trouble than it's worth. He is one of those people who fills all the space with his loud voice and thinks that because I am not loud, that I must not have things figured out. And he isn't terribly bright. So, he has not picked up the hints that he is actually missing the point on basically everything about me. Clueless and does not hear the ring of the clue phone. I'll let it have one more try this week, but after that, he's outta here. He keeps starting projects in my house and leaving them unfinished, with an "I'll be right back." that never manifests. I explicitly told him that was a problem, so he promised to follow through, and we will just see. I begin to wonder if I am being overly critical of people. People in general. I am finding so much incompetence in my post-academic experiences that I am growing cynical. It's just odd how he has an agenda, forces that agenda, and is actually not bright enough to have figured out the details. Is this common? I so often fail to push my agenda because I am open to feedback, or I have a couple options worked out in my mind so I am thinking about outcome and not pushing other people into it. He is so different from me I thought it would be neat to watch, but he'd have to shape up to stick around. I expect I will be done seeing him at all, soon. Just another lesson in The Real World that everyone warned me about since I was 16 years old.
Maybe I need a good, prestigious job to open up my dating pool again. I'll take it for the income, too.