A rainy yucky day but not that bad, really...

What did she do today???

I'm sure everyone is wondering what I was up to today. Apparently my Facebook postings have a following which I totally appreciate and also feel a bit silly/not silly/humblebrag/etc...

As a bonafide oldster now that I'm definitively in my 7th decade of existence on this astral plane or whatever you may call it I now can "have my cake and eat it too" - I'm Older and Have More Insurance to quote a quote...but really I don't have to do much of anything anymore and most importantly - no one is breathing down my neck and giving me crap for existing (you know who you are, or do you???)

What is also great is that I no longer think about a lot of stuff that used to make me crazy. I keep reminding myself I can do anything I want now. I can buy that fancy car. Not that I need a new car, but if I wanted to, I could. I hardly use the car I do have now, and there's so little mileage the dealer keeps sending me offers to take the car off my hands it's so "desirable" OY.

I can also eat, sleep, watch HBO, listen to music, cook, order in, drink, and do whatever or do nothing and NOBODY REALLY CARES least of all me. I can stop harassing myself over stupidity, not that I'm completely out of the habit of self-castigation, not yet - old habits die hard, don't they?

I would like to write a memoir about something very specific which I've been percolating in my head and the laptop for some time...and it seems a good time to give it a go. If anything I will learn something about writing and appreciate good writing. Maybe something will come of it but I will be happy to just be a student and open to what I can learn from the experience. Who knows? I am hopeful but realistic.

So I am revitalizing this blog which I created ages ago but never used. I have another one that was started when the public school b.s. really started affecting me, professionally and personally. I am still pretty steamed about that situation even 3 1/2 years out of it, thankfully, but still angry. I am channeling this energy into helping teachers to fight the power in whatever small way I can at this time in my life. Good people are making big waves! Yay! Finally!!!

Otherwise today I had an intense acupuncture session with the nicest and most thorough Japanese acupuncturist who has been really making a difference with my muscular/skeletal problems which have to do with arthritis and related stuff. I also go to a physio who is also a cut above having wasted time and money on stupid orthopedists and bad P/T in the past.

After I enjoyed a bowl of Cantonese wonton noodle soup and a hot sake since it is such a dreary, cold and wet day.

Cheers!