Great Minds Think Alike (but you already know that)

Highlights: HYC bonus episode with w/Tommy joining mid-way through. The standing desk in the guest room works well for focused time, while the Adirondacks are good for writing and bullet journal efforts on the reMarkable. Chapter two is underway in an undulating manner of chaotic uncertainty. It's a word salad start. I dropped Mike's book off at the Los Altos Library before heading to Voyager to write. It was rather cool to stick the book in the return slot, sealed in a padded shipping envelope with no barcodes or other identifiers visible, and still have it recognized. I caught up with JJG for about an hour before snagging Mom for chemo day two. Traffic was surprisingly light enough that I got her to her appointment 10 minutes early. However, doing so only added 10 minutes to what would have been a 40-minute wait, as they were running behind. Oh well. Win some, lose some. Once I got her home, the traffic was back to a typical standstill, so I stood still, relatively, gourging myself on corn salsa and pita chips. Not a moment of strength or resolve, but again, win some…

Insights: It's a wonder to watch Tommy interact with others. I see sides of him surface that are not typically shown to me, for likely no other reasons beyond history, comfort, or habit. I recognize that I have been similar to my parents. I still have people in my life that I have a 'set persona' with based on years of experience, and find it slightly challenging to change gears from, say, routine interactions and expectations to deeper dives discussions and explorations of the sort of topics I might discuss around the zen center table over breakfast. It is as if we have 'roles' we play or get typecast in and habituated to. Shit, I still flinch if my brother quickly raises his arm near me, I have deep thought zen friends, techobabbling friends, fart 'n burp friends, yet they might not be comfortable should streams cross. I need to test that.