Yesterday it was warm. It was in the 60s. Zach and I for the 3rd day in a row went for our vitamin D intake by completing some outdoor activities. On Sunday, you may recall, I caddied while he played Frisbee Golf (or as the "pros" call it, Disc Golf). On Monday we went to the park near our house to practice the fundamentals of the disc throwing. I put the "fun" in fundamentals and because Zach showed such marked improvement in aim and distance he only had to do one lap. And he only had to do that lap for mouthing off to me at the start of training. You can't let kids today get too mouthy. So yesterday we went and flew a kite. It was a tiny affair, covered in cartoon bugs and the string came with a knot in it so that the kite didn't get too high, but it was $1.99 at Walgreens, so it was awesome. We also fixed our neighbor's windshield wipers. Well, fix is too strong a word. We put new blades on for him (not the Mormon, by the way). It was an awesome sense of accomplishment. I'm not going to try to describe it here because that would just cheapen it, but Zach and I worked as a team to accomplish something that we've never done before and I loved it. I'm actually very good at putting things together. It was a real win for the couple though because we each figured out a piece of how it should be done. And that's why I'm getting married folks, I've found my teammate.
Today I am still taking it a bit easier. I've got some work to do here, but mostly I've got meetings and some subjects to run and the rest of the time I will likely be looking at news stories and slacking off. Zach commented that I was really relaxed yesterday and how much he missed that. I know baby, I know. The better version of myself is the relaxed one. It's so unfortunate that the worries make me all lame. Oh well. Onward and upward.
I also tried two new recipes yesterday and made a really good dinner. It was essentially vegan as well I noticed (except for the butter, but that could be substituted out easily) and so I am going to pass on the recipes to Sara and other vegan friend I have here.
That's about it. Oh, yeah, except for this other gem. I was telling Zach yesterday (as I've been saying for awhile now) that I find the people here to be really nice, but I can't connect with them. I feel like they are nice, but there's just something missing. I also feel like all of my interactions are awkward...and I think if you find yourself feeling awkward over 80% of the time, it's likely to be you that's the problem, not the rest of the world, ok, emo kid? Just suck it up and realize that everyone really does "get" you. Anyway, I was talking about how I try to be nice back and Zach said, "do you think it's because you can't be sarcastic and cutting with these people that you don't feel like you relate?" I swear to you, it was like a brilliant 1000-watt light bulb went off. Yeah, Zach, yeah, I do. That's exactly the problem I think. I need people who I don't think will be offended. I've tried to be more like myself, but these people are not responsive to sarcasm on the whole. They don't seem to find that funny. And that's about, oh, what? Maybe 85% of what I do? Something like that. I find it highly special that I am the one in a Psychology program (albeit, not that type of psychology) and Zach is the one who has insights like this. I guess it is true what they say though, when you're looking at your own behaviors/feelings/etc. sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.
Well, I've filled my quota for the day. End communication.
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