tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668796948874901630.post4135481330798021489..comments2024-03-25T06:18:09.620-06:00Comments on Dear Ethel,: Deadly SeriousBeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15972291927652716856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668796948874901630.post-73067195878289709022007-07-11T21:27:00.000-06:002007-07-11T21:27:00.000-06:00Fun is the best thing to have. Good for you! :-)...Fun is the best thing to have. Good for you! :-)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07856254838049366414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668796948874901630.post-45074910343477070832007-07-11T14:35:00.000-06:002007-07-11T14:35:00.000-06:00It rained today and I didn't get to ride my bike t...It rained today and I didn't get to ride my bike to work and I was surprisingly disappointed by this.<BR/><BR/>I've always had trouble with fun and game playing. I had a sibling, but I'm pretty sure she had a low spectrum case of Asperger's Syndrome (they didn't diagnose those autism type disorders much back in the day) and really lived in her own little universe. Maybe because of this, and parent issues combined, I became a miniature adult way too early in life and sort of forgot how to be a carefree, hopeful, devil-may-care kid. Like you, I was terrified of disappointment, so I was not a risk taker and kept my expectations so low they hardly existed.<BR/><BR/>Like Mark, my husband has been trying to teach me how to become a kid again. It's a hard job for him. The worst time was very early in our relationship when we were roughhousing around like a couple of kids, and he held me down and tickled me. I had a full-blown anxiety attack. As my daughter says, "You've really got some issues on your issues."<BR/>But it's getting better.<BR/><BR/>P.S. We have our phone and cable back on again, and our porch is almost done. Things might actually soon get back to normal around here. Except for the growing hole in our kitchen linoleum... but with two Lab puppies there's not much we can do about that until we can get our yard fenced in (with luxurious sleeping quarters) and can get them out of the kitchen long enough to replace the floor. The joys of home ownership -- and puppies.Vashta Naradahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226872593870131074noreply@blogger.com