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greetings from New Jersey!
Nov. 25th, 2014 09:31 pmSince I am not currently working, I can actually make a proper Thanksgiving visit this year instead of my usual drive-down-Wednesday, drive-back-Friday routine. I hit the road around 12:30pm, and arrived in Madison around 5:45pm. The delay was entirely due to traffic. Because tomorrow's weather forecast is so dire, I think a lot of people left a day early and so shortly after I crossed into NJ, I-80 stalled out like nobody's business. I inched along until exit 27, then bailed onto US-46 and then onto NJ-10... and fortunately I-287 south didn't back up until just after my exit in Morristown, so I arrived safely at my parents' house, stuck a load of laundry in the wash, and promptly crashed for a half hour nap.
I was going to go to Mom's evening yoga session, but she has a cold and I was exhausted, so we skipped that and simply had dinner a bit earlier than planned. Now she and Dad are watching Dancing with the Stars (well, it could be worse; they could be watching political talking head shows) while Vicky periodically texts us with updates on her bus trip's lack-of-progress from DC to NYC. Presumably she will arrive in the city sooner or later, at which point she'll catch a train back out to NJ. Public transport can be weirdly circuitous that way.
And that is pretty much that, at least for now. :-)
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ETA: Ugh, DWTS finished or took a commercial break and now they ARE listening to political talking heads. I don't even care whether I agree with the hosts' positions or not -- all those shows trade in outrage, and I do not handle outrage well at all. I have, in fact, spent significant portions of my life painstakingly teaching myself NOT to get outraged, because I handle anger so badly. I can channel it into physical violence, or I get the literal shakes until I can do meditative calming exercises. There are no other options. I cannot use it constructively. And I always feel like I've been internally bathing in acid afterward.
Basically, I would rather have norovirus again than listen to political talking heads, regardless of their ideological orientation. Yes, I mean that literally.
This can make visiting my parents rather awkward. Fortunately, they are used to me being antisocial and shutting myself up in my room. I just wish they kept the volume down so I wouldn't have to close my bedroom door and mess up the house's heat flow.
I was going to go to Mom's evening yoga session, but she has a cold and I was exhausted, so we skipped that and simply had dinner a bit earlier than planned. Now she and Dad are watching Dancing with the Stars (well, it could be worse; they could be watching political talking head shows) while Vicky periodically texts us with updates on her bus trip's lack-of-progress from DC to NYC. Presumably she will arrive in the city sooner or later, at which point she'll catch a train back out to NJ. Public transport can be weirdly circuitous that way.
And that is pretty much that, at least for now. :-)
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ETA: Ugh, DWTS finished or took a commercial break and now they ARE listening to political talking heads. I don't even care whether I agree with the hosts' positions or not -- all those shows trade in outrage, and I do not handle outrage well at all. I have, in fact, spent significant portions of my life painstakingly teaching myself NOT to get outraged, because I handle anger so badly. I can channel it into physical violence, or I get the literal shakes until I can do meditative calming exercises. There are no other options. I cannot use it constructively. And I always feel like I've been internally bathing in acid afterward.
Basically, I would rather have norovirus again than listen to political talking heads, regardless of their ideological orientation. Yes, I mean that literally.
This can make visiting my parents rather awkward. Fortunately, they are used to me being antisocial and shutting myself up in my room. I just wish they kept the volume down so I wouldn't have to close my bedroom door and mess up the house's heat flow.
