semicoherency
Aug. 29th, 2005 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serenissimaThe weekend was all right. The prime hours of Saturday were spent at a family event with Chris' family. I missed my walk on Sunday because it was raining in the morning. I made vague plans to walk around in a mall later in the day, but that didn't happen. Chris decided to take me out to lunch, and we had a very nice meal. The rest of the day was spent doing housework at my leisure.
I slept poorly last night -- heat, and minor gastric discomfort. I wasn't hungry Sunday night, so all I'd had for dinner was an apple and a glass of Ovaltine. I woke a few times; by midnight, I think, I was hungry. Also the humidity has been high. This morning, to my surprise, I was able to get up without any trouble, but once I reached work my grogginess became apparent, particularly around 2:30 PM, at which point I was nearly nodding at my desk. At 3 PM I realized that I hadn't yet picked up the department's mail from the mailroom in the basement, which gave me a reason to move around a bit. By the time I had climbed back up the stairs to the fifth floor, I was awake again.
One of my aunts arrived from overseas late Friday night. She is staying with my uncle & other aunt, and when I met the local aunt for morning carpool, she chid me gently for not stopping in over the weekend to greet the new arrival. All day I simultaneously acknowledged and resented the unfulfilled obligation. It's not that I dislike my aunt, not at all. It's just that I was feeling especially introverted today. But I stayed for supper at my aunt & uncle's house anyway, and brought Chris -- which caused awkwardness in itself, because I had not given them advance notice that the two of us would be eating there. Actually, I had tried to call before leaving work, but my aunt's mother answered the phone, and she didn't understand what I was trying to say -- her English and her hearing are not the best -- so I gave up. I felt a little better by the end of the evening, after a hug from each auntie.
[EDIT: On reflection, I realize I shouldn't have made Chris come and I shouldn't have stayed to eat, in view of the lack of notice.]
I slept poorly last night -- heat, and minor gastric discomfort. I wasn't hungry Sunday night, so all I'd had for dinner was an apple and a glass of Ovaltine. I woke a few times; by midnight, I think, I was hungry. Also the humidity has been high. This morning, to my surprise, I was able to get up without any trouble, but once I reached work my grogginess became apparent, particularly around 2:30 PM, at which point I was nearly nodding at my desk. At 3 PM I realized that I hadn't yet picked up the department's mail from the mailroom in the basement, which gave me a reason to move around a bit. By the time I had climbed back up the stairs to the fifth floor, I was awake again.
One of my aunts arrived from overseas late Friday night. She is staying with my uncle & other aunt, and when I met the local aunt for morning carpool, she chid me gently for not stopping in over the weekend to greet the new arrival. All day I simultaneously acknowledged and resented the unfulfilled obligation. It's not that I dislike my aunt, not at all. It's just that I was feeling especially introverted today. But I stayed for supper at my aunt & uncle's house anyway, and brought Chris -- which caused awkwardness in itself, because I had not given them advance notice that the two of us would be eating there. Actually, I had tried to call before leaving work, but my aunt's mother answered the phone, and she didn't understand what I was trying to say -- her English and her hearing are not the best -- so I gave up. I felt a little better by the end of the evening, after a hug from each auntie.
[EDIT: On reflection, I realize I shouldn't have made Chris come and I shouldn't have stayed to eat, in view of the lack of notice.]
