Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

This may not be a surprise, but after not getting to sleep until around dawn, my plan for the whole day got messed up, starting with not waking up until after I'd been hoping to have gotten done some of my to-do list -- so tomorrow I try again on today's plan.

I've got a performance with the Society for Early Music (a mostly recorder group -- there'll be a dulcian on one tune in this gig) this coming Sunday; I'm blowing off 3LF tonight to go to a rehearsal for that. I had hoped this rehearsal would be scheduled for a day other than today, because I've already missed a bunch of 3LF rehearsals in a row, but this was when everybody else in the SEM gig could do it. *sigh* There'll be another rehearsal Saturday, so I'm hoping I can get a ride to a party Saturday night after the rehearsal ends. I'll be posting a rides-wished-for entry soon; I also need to figure out whether I'll need help getting to the doctor on Monday or not, and trying to line up other appointments.

I had an interesting conversation while waiting for a bus on Saturday. I found myself trying to translate 'energy work' concepts for a person without the shared vocabulary I can usually use for that ... fortunately we turned out to have pertinent religious experiences in common, so I was able to give her advice framed in those terms, though I left a lot of gaps in the explanation. It's interesting, how strangers will ask me questions about things like that as though they can tell I'll have useful answers, when I'm not giving any overt cues that I'm aware of. Maybe it's just what one of my psychology professors said, that I have "the prophet look" to my face. But wow, the number of times strangers have started conversations about things I don't think they talk about to just anybody, leaving me wondering, "wait, how did they know...?"

Perrine is showing more interest in going outside, including following me through the front door when I take out the trash. I tried the harness on her again, and once again she lost all interest in going outside once it was on, concentrating solely on showing her disgust and trying to walk backward out of it.