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Three things for Sunday
4 Jun 2023 14:151. Depression is nibbling at me as my world constricts to the house. I have managed to get walks in, by getting up at 6am, walking, and dh goes when I get back, but aside from that, we're mostly house-bound. We can go out separately, and I think we both need to make an effort to get out daily, if only to shop or something. The inability to get out for a hike or an extra-long walk once a week, something we'd managed to do pretty much every weekend since January, is difficult. Days like today don't help: it's an absolutely perfect day: sunny, a bit of breeze, temps in the high 60s. Pretty much my dream day for a hike. I tried to get my mom to at least agree to a drive, but she just wants to stay home and read National Geographics.
2. Weird convo on twitter the other day re transphobia. While I 100% disagree with the dude, and I think he's a hater, he had some logical -to him- reasons rather than 'they gross me out' and is a strong supporter of gay rights (per his timeline, and also a Sanders/Warren supporter, Biden voter). His point was that gays were gays, and he just had to accept it, they didn't need any action on his part to be gay, but that trans folks demanded that he participate in their "delusion", that they could not be "a different gender" unless we catered to their pronouns and accepted their gender presentation as reflecting reality. I, needless to say, don't think much of his arguments, but it was truly a bizarre conversation: I'm used to more knee jerk reactions from MAGAts, misogynists, anti-LGBTQ+ folks, rather than a leftist with reasoned hate. Anyhow, he's blocked, LOL.
3. We did spend a few days in Bend this week. The good: camping! My sister is remodeling, so no real room in her house. Dh and I slept in our tent at a nearby state park. The bad: a lot of stress, both the drive to and from with her and being there, what with trying to get my mom to at least agree to visit the memory care place. No dice, but we were able to persuade her to talk to their evaluation team over Zoom, so at least we have a better idea of the level of care they think she'll need.
2. Weird convo on twitter the other day re transphobia. While I 100% disagree with the dude, and I think he's a hater, he had some logical -to him- reasons rather than 'they gross me out' and is a strong supporter of gay rights (per his timeline, and also a Sanders/Warren supporter, Biden voter). His point was that gays were gays, and he just had to accept it, they didn't need any action on his part to be gay, but that trans folks demanded that he participate in their "delusion", that they could not be "a different gender" unless we catered to their pronouns and accepted their gender presentation as reflecting reality. I, needless to say, don't think much of his arguments, but it was truly a bizarre conversation: I'm used to more knee jerk reactions from MAGAts, misogynists, anti-LGBTQ+ folks, rather than a leftist with reasoned hate. Anyhow, he's blocked, LOL.
3. We did spend a few days in Bend this week. The good: camping! My sister is remodeling, so no real room in her house. Dh and I slept in our tent at a nearby state park. The bad: a lot of stress, both the drive to and from with her and being there, what with trying to get my mom to at least agree to visit the memory care place. No dice, but we were able to persuade her to talk to their evaluation team over Zoom, so at least we have a better idea of the level of care they think she'll need.
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