They do like to schedule that trip during the coldest weekend in November, don't they? Although possibly warmer than last weekend? No, it was supposed to be really cold today.
Well, I hope it is warmer and nicer than last year. I think you have snow?
I'm learning not to compare my life to anyone's or just see it in relation to where I've been and where I am now, and what I survived and did in between. We really don't have a great deal of control over what life throws at us, good or bad or inbetween, just in how we react to it -- and even that I've discovered is rather limited.
So much of it is just dumb luck. I was reading John Scalzi's post prior to yours, it was just two posts before yours on my correspondence feed. And it's hard not to envy the man - he's a successful writer, with a large house on lots of land, cats, a daughter, a wife who takes care of everything for him, travel and social interactions through what he loves...but I wouldn't be happy in his life. My super-power and his are different. We all have different super-powers and they lead us...where they will, I think. Sometimes I wish I had more control over where they lead me or which super-power I got. Personally? I wanted the ability to teleport. This analytical/empathy thing is for the birds.
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Date: 2019-11-16 10:33 pm (UTC)Although possibly warmer than last weekend? No, it was supposed to be really cold today.
Well, I hope it is warmer and nicer than last year. I think you have snow?
I'm learning not to compare my life to anyone's or just see it in relation to where I've been and where I am now, and what I survived and did in between. We really don't have a great deal of control over what life throws at us, good or bad or inbetween, just in how we react to it -- and even that I've discovered is rather limited.
So much of it is just dumb luck. I was reading John Scalzi's post prior to yours, it was just two posts before yours on my correspondence feed. And it's hard not to envy the man - he's a successful writer, with a large house on lots of land, cats, a daughter, a wife who takes care of everything for him, travel and social interactions through what he loves...but I wouldn't be happy in his life. My super-power and his are different. We all have different super-powers and they lead us...where they will, I think. Sometimes I wish I had more control over where they lead me or which super-power I got. Personally? I wanted the ability to teleport. This analytical/empathy thing is for the birds.