Holiday update

[sylvar]

I've played more Monopoly this weekend than I ever thought I would. It's not really all that much fun, but Jodi likes it, so I play it. And besides, it's marginally more difficult to play than Uno and Skip-Bo. The Geevers are playing Taboo now (and arguing about whether "CD" is a valid answer for "compact disc"). This is the game-playingest family I've ever seen.

I've got a variety of presents in the car. One mom gave my disease a bunch of presents; the other mom gave me candy and oatmeal creme pies (and corn chips, which goes to prove that it was the standard stocking stuffer assortment). I'm not sure which is more depressing. I've been walking, though -- three or four miles a day, generally.

Sudoku is probably going to force my brain into the sort of zone it used to fall into, the sort of glassy-eyed concentration that Fischer operates in, the Csikszentmihalyian flow that used to accompany my math-competition days. Or it might not. I can see myself abandoning language to operate at the level of pictures. To my surprise, I've realized that I do think in pictures, at least more than I thought I did. I seem to have some things in common with Aspies, though whether that list includes the obvious would be a matter of speculation.

I thought this would be the year I finally got the menorah right, but it turns out that I was supposed to light the first candle after sundown on Christmas. Screw it. I'll try again next year.

Comments

[loucheroo.livejournal.com]

if you think theyre very game-playing, you haven't seen my family :D I hate monopoly, though. My family is mostly into the word game/thinking game type of thing. Trivia games, taboo, balderdash... though we also love pictionary.

The bestest game ever, though, is Facts In Five. YAY!

I'm sorry some of your gifts were somewhat thoughtless :(

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

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Yes, I'm diabetic. That's why I've gotta lose weight, so I don't have to stick myself with pointy things.

[tealfroglette.livejournal.com]

that's the same for me. The only way that i was actually able to loose weight fast enough and without blood sugar crashes was with whey protein powder in coffee for breakfast, lots of salads and nuts for lunch (but i ate grilled chicken) for protein often, and tons of broccoli and the low carb protein bars. I had leftovers when i was doing the nanny job and did not eat the carbs. stevia and splenda have worked as sweetners when i wanted that. the hardest thing is the 'salt deficiency' and not having the right sodium levels. I still laugh when i think of ed H telling me he's getting me a deer lick for my birthday. (this was when we stepped off the plane at north perry and i was licking salt from a packet in my palm. :)

[tealfroglette.livejournal.com]

Bunco! i for one would love an invitation. :) Not sure how we'd get there, but i would love to play. :)