Meme completion

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Oh, I thought I posted this last night. But apparently I was too tired even to do that. It's been a better day today, but I don't feel more inspired by the questions, so I shall post for completeness's sake.

Assuming I don't do May's questions, I do want to post something fairly regularly. Three good things, maybe? We'll see.

The end of this month's

Comments

[thismaz]

29 How have your goals changed as you've gotten older?
I think I've let go of the idea that I need goals.
*cheers you on* I do so agree with you.

*hugs you* for the fact that you had to walk 2 hours in the rain.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

It's funny how entrenched the idea we must want Something is. But although I have things I'm interested in pursuing, that's very different to the concept of goals, at least to me.

Oh, the rain was okay really. Being outside is so relatively novel it's not that big a deal, and I have a decent mac, though I'm glad this didn't start in November. But I do get very sleepy once warmed up and dried off. More irritating is how inflexible work is - they say they recognise we have responsibilities, but people constantly land meetings in my blocked off hours to get stuff to my parents. Which narrows down the options till all you have left is cloudburst territory!

[kazzy_cee]

I expect you did get wet yesterday - it really came down here! Not a day to be out and about! Can you not get food delivered to your parents? If you created an account in their name you might find that you get allocated slots as their age will put them on the 'at risk' list? Of course you might have already looked at that.

We were supposed to go to Brussels next week *sigh*.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Yes, it was tipping down (not the whole time, but plenty). I do get food deliveries to them, though it's still next to impossible to get a supermarket slot (people are still staying up to midnight for the new slots here and I don't want to do that). Both have some dietary issues that are hard to manage entirely with prepacked food boxes. But it's also about keeping an eye on them, since they don't have any other outside contact. Twice a week deliveries are about the minimum I'm comfortable with, since they'll never say something is wrong over the phone.

I think it's time I cancelled my September holiday, you know. I've only just done July, but there's nothing that makes me think I'll be able to go, unfortunately.

[kazzy_cee]

Yes travel for at least a year makes me feel quite worried. I’m sure getting a train to London is going to make me feel a bit twitchy for a while, let alone Eurostar or anything long distance.

[sparrow2000]

I think letting go of goals as you get older is a good thing. Instead of being as aspiration they start to become constricting.

It is pouring down today and I'm just looking at it out of the window (I should be able to see 3 forested ridges from my window and I can only see one it is so murky), so I sympathise re the walk in the rain, even if it was for a good cause.

pets you :)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I don't really mind getting wet while it's happening; and at the moment it's so nice to be outside I was quite enjoying it so long as the wind wasn't in my face, which mostly it wasn't. But I do find myself very dozy once I've warmed up after that kind of thing!

My goals are now extremely short term: everyone gets fed and mum and dad feel comfortable enough they aren't tempted to pop out for something (eg meds). That much I can plan for.