05-26-21 Not so bored meeting
I think my intuition about the treadmill may be correct as today was not as unbearable when I woke up. So I am double down committed to walking every day. Treadmill on weekdays and outdoors on days off. I had fun today at work, and Keri agreed we should get Subway for lunch. I was craving chips and they forgot to put them in my bag. I called and right away she said to swing by later and she would give me them and 2 cookies. I did swing by after work and the guy working gave me my chips and 4 cookies, lol. This afternoon I did a happy dance when I completed the first month of my new client and then met with then met with my newest and final one. They were very good for my psyche with their appreciation of what I bring to the table and their complete trust in me. I made time to get things mostly ready for tonight’s board meeting and then ran to Home Depot to pick up the black paint I needed for my trim as Danny, the handyman is supposed to be coming Friday to trim out my kitchen window and discuss the bathroom reno. Back to the office for the meeting and it was actually fun as they guys have healthy debates and discussions and everyone gets involved. To me, even when Robert’s rules are not exactly followed, it is the best when everyone is passionate about what we are doing. We are making plans to bring music fest back to Cranbrook. I came up with a fun idea for stickers that relate getting vaccinated to having live music. Once I got home I made my last meal from Hello Fresh for the week as the new box comes tomorrow. It was saucy Ragout with Olive Tempanade and it was so delicious! Way too late at night but so good. After that I cleaned everything up and then put the first coat on my picture frame after I cleaned up all the trim, ready to be painted tomorrow. I think it looks exactly as I hoped! Definitely not stuck in the ‘80s now. That was a very fulfilling day and it’s only Wednesday.
Something has been sitting on the back of my brain all day. I am sorry to use you this way but it really does help me to let it go if I talk about it. I was talking with a young lady yesterday and asked her if she has watched Dear White People. She hadn’t and asked me the premise. She then started talking how there would be an uproar if there was a show Dear Black People. I took a short breath and explained about the need for the pendulum to swing. I related it to the way I used to feel about special rights for ‘gays’. I was never disturbed by the sexuality of my friends so I never understood why they needed special rights. All people deserve not to be beaten up walking down the street, it’s a human right. But what I realized is that the difference is that a straight man can get mugged but a gay man is a victim of a hate crime. The mugger under regular rights gets penalized for robbery. The other has chosen his victim purposefully for who he loves and his sexuality, thus special rights must be invoked to make it a hate crime with stronger penalties. As human beings we must give up our right to a smug little safe world to make others feel safe and grounded and…. Human. I am rambling now but it makes me sad that young people today still don’t get it. She actually had intelligent comments after and I think I may have ‘teached’ her just a little bit. One Cranbrook kid at a time.
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