Laughing At Myself
I might be the last person I know to admit how obsessive I
am about things. I finally recognized it
a few years ago but it still catches me off guard sometimes. And even though I think I hide it, apparently
I do not, because my boss mentioned it today (in a friendly way, not as criticism).
So, this week’s obsessiveness and the mostly good results:
First, the leg thing I mentioned in my last two posts. In my head I had already figured out a Plan A
and a Plan B for scheduling the possible surgery and I imagined how I would
handle the daily parts of my life while on crutches for a few months of
recovery. The diagnosis by the
orthopaedic surgeon after x-rays and some conversation and inspection … I
experienced a minor flare up likely caused by the inevitable rubbing of the
metal pin in my leg against bone or muscle.
No need to remove the pin; in fact, it’s harder to do that now than it
was twenty years ago and maybe riskier.
See him again if it happens a lot but meanwhile nothing is wrong. By the way, it has generally felt fine for
most of the days since the one day of sharp pain.
On to my computer decision stress. I had another chat (my 4th or 5th)
with my work IT guy. We talked through
what I really want and the pros and cons of some potential choices and
prices. An hour later he emailed me a
link to a discount mailing list he’s on … a major discount on the exact thing I
was looking for had just popped up and it was available on Amazon, where I
regularly buy other things. A few
minutes later I had ordered it. Dude, I’m
getting a Dell! This laptop has more
power and more features than the desk top I bought five years ago and it cost a
third as much as the desk top did.
Wow! And no more obsessiveness
and no dealing with a clueless sales monkey at Best Buy (some staffers there do
know what they’re talking about but I usually find the ones who don’t). This time next week I’ll be writing these
posts on my new laptop.
My summer. One of two
my anticipated visiting friends has book flights. The other one has a plan but I’ll have to
wait for details to be nailed down. I
think the only obsessiveness I had about planning for either is that I want to
be a fun and flexible tour guide and I definitely over think the details. But the closer I get to their scheduled
visits, the more relaxed I get and the more I remember that these are two of my
closest friends and at least part of their motivation for visiting me is, well me.
And hanging out is part of the plan for each. I have a new neighborhood to show off,
tickets to concerts for each and there are always plenty of tourist things to
do around here. What the hell was I
worried about? And my guest room is
almost ready, which was really the only big detail left.
So I guess the only thing left to really laugh at this week
is how funny I’ll look when trying out my Hip Hop Abs DVDs when they arrive. No, there will not be any
videos of that. Don’t even ask.
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