Tommy offered to buy breakfast at LGCafe as I sat on the patio taking in the morning sun (even though it rained briefly) and I said yes. It was a good decision, we had a good time and got along reasonably well. I was thinking that at some level he's struggling with his sincere gratitude and affection for me and the things I've tried to do while being 19, and raised without boundaries, and taught that I'm the bad guy. That's a lot to balance. Things went south in the pm on a Costco trip where i had to explain again that at 20, while working full time and living rent free, he needs to be reasonably responsible for his major food costs. Today I managed to move a chunk of the soil to the back but petered out and opt'd to pay Francisco, our gardener for decades, to do it. Later in the evening Jen got motivated and started working on it to the point that it's going to be managed without help. Coffee with JS was pleasant and I think we both enjoy getting out of the house. I listened to Mark Adam's final dharma talk at the suggestion of Charles and it was powerful. I'm in the right place with the right people. Tomorrow's symposium on meditation, mindfulness and medicine is going to be very interesting. I'm grateful to have been invited. I worked today on refining the jikoji email responses so they're more specific and less confusing based on the event type. I also got the rest of the scheduled Sunday program webpages setup for the online registration flow and watched it working as a couple of people booked and paid or used promo codes. The more i use the tool the more i learn about what it can do. As you would expect. I managed to work through a lot of minor reminders today too.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Tommy offered to buy breakfast at LGCafe as I sat on the patio taking in the morning sun (even though it rained briefly) and I said yes. It was a good decision, we had a good time and got along reasonably well. I was thinking that at some level he's struggling with his sincere gratitude and affection for me and the things I've tried to do while being 19, and raised without boundaries, and taught that I'm the bad guy. That's a lot to balance. Things went south in the pm on a Costco trip where i had to explain again that at 20, while working full time and living rent free, he needs to be reasonably responsible for his major food costs. Today I managed to move a chunk of the soil to the back but petered out and opt'd to pay Francisco, our gardener for decades, to do it. Later in the evening Jen got motivated and started working on it to the point that it's going to be managed without help. Coffee with JS was pleasant and I think we both enjoy getting out of the house. I listened to Mark Adam's final dharma talk at the suggestion of Charles and it was powerful. I'm in the right place with the right people. Tomorrow's symposium on meditation, mindfulness and medicine is going to be very interesting. I'm grateful to have been invited. I worked today on refining the jikoji email responses so they're more specific and less confusing based on the event type. I also got the rest of the scheduled Sunday program webpages setup for the online registration flow and watched it working as a couple of people booked and paid or used promo codes. The more i use the tool the more i learn about what it can do. As you would expect. I managed to work through a lot of minor reminders today too.