Hyperbole

Because of my keratoconus I have experienced "clear days" and "blurry days". Today is a very blurry day, and it's really very frustrating. I can't keep clear focus on anything very well. What's so frustrating is that it's not like having focal problems or myopia – I hit CMD-+ (increase font size) as many times as I want and it makes no difference; instead of small blurry text I see big blurry text. It's still just blurry though.

I guess I'll just get through it.

My next ophthalmologist appt. is in a few weeks...

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Meant to post this last night... last night while I was home alone with the kids, out in the living room wandering through a Wikipedia rabbit hole, my daughter started talking in her sleep. She calls out "daddy, daddy!" in a somber voice. I run in and find her fast asleep. She talks some more, but doesn't awaken. When she finally stops, my son (sleeping in a different room) starts talking in his sleep. I peek my head in; he's also fast asleep, and continues to talk on-and-off for another five minutes.

So my kids are possessed. Or perhaps they're just like my wife and I (both of us have been told by former roommates that we talk in our sleep, though we've seldom heard each other.)

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A member of my family who is getting on in years is in trouble. He has been dealing with the gradual onset of dementia for awhile now, though recently it has gotten much worse. Now his wife is trying to take advantage of him. Long story short, I think what she's trying to do is secure his POA, liquidate their home, abscond with the money and leave him out on the street. Perhaps her intentions are not as harsh as this, but I think in the end this is the outcome she is looking for.
This really pisses me off.
Mean people suck!

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Time is a finite resource.

How I spends my time is a reflection of my values (or should be, at any rate.)

I spend much of my time with my family -- this lines up with my values

I spend much of my time working -- this is a necessity of modern life for most of us.

It's how I should spend the rest of my time that is troublesome. I've allocated very little time to myself -- most of my "private moments" involve driving an automobile as a primary task. But sometimes I'm left with time that is just mine (whether I arranged or expected its allocation or not.) Sometimes I spend that time on family responsibilities. But sometimes I don't (whether I should or not is perhaps a corollary issue), and it's not consistent what I spend that time on. I seldom plan what I will spend that time on, and I'm not really sure right now how to value/weight the things I do spend that time on. I think it's time for me to re-assess my values...

...or perhaps I merely question the value of my (inborn or socialized) spontaneity.

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