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The weekend was good - I took care of myself and did most of what I needed to catch up on sleep.

On Friday I got to have dinner with a lovely group: xatharine, fayde, spacebug, and azure_armand. It was at Senor Wong's, which is a lot of fun and has quite good food and ridiculous drinks for pretty decent prices. I decompressed a fair amount and was very glad to spend good time with good friends.

On Saturday I slept in a bit (this was vital) and had some time with azure_armand. Eventually we decided to walk to the Irish Fair, and alisgray came with us. It was a pleasant walk on a gorgeous sunny day, and the Fair itself wasn't half bad either. I got more enjoyment out of it than I thought I would (well other than the part where I suddenly felt that I'd had too much of the crowded tents of selling stuff and abruptly had to go sit by the river). And the mild exercise of walking there and back did me good. I took a short nap that afternoon and had a little bit of low-key time at home before we went to my second Fringe show of the year, Bite Me, Twilight. The show was, as advertised, quite funny and well done. The actor was impressive in the way he managed to play all the characters to a satirical T. And the fact that the actor was a pretty good singer and had some fabulous washboard abs didn't hurt anything either.

The third activity of the day was going to Zhac & Kel's housewarming, which was delightful. I met a couple of new-to-me people and caught up with some I hadn't seen in a while. And I went to bed when I needed to that night, which is also important.

Sunday was for nesting, I guess; I made baba ghanouj (Middle Eastern eggplant dip kind of like hummous) and cleaned the bathroom really thoroughly and so on. Eventually this idyll was interrupted by attending the co-op quarterly meeting, which should be more pleasant than it was. There was one member who was really, truly Not Happy and spent a lot of time and energy making sure everyone knew it (but not actually giving us anything specific that could be done to make him happy). I don't know what should be done for him, but I don't think I can be the person to do it. Instead, dealing with the negativity in the meeting made me think that I needed to invest some time in meditation, yoga, and breathing exercises for stress control. This has been a running theme in my mind lately and is one I should doubtless pay attention to. Hopefully in an update sometime soon I will tell you that I have commenced said practices.

I've been trying to continue this generally positive self-care trend into the week. Yesterday I left work promptly on time and made it to the co-op picnic, which helped me to view co-op living in a positive light again. I really like my neighbors. And then we got to hang out with eqe and his ladyfriend, visiting from San Francisco! Neato. (Apparently it's time for all San Franciscans to come to MN, and for one Minnesotan to travel the opposite direction. rubin, where are you?) And then I rejected the idea of going out to Hard Mondays in favor of getting enough sleep. I feel a little lame missing the fun to be a boring person and go to bed, but it is so destructive for me not to be rested that I am trying to put that first for now.

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[rubin110.livejournal.com]

Actually two Minnesotans, though I'm only getting to see one before leaving for bm.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I left the Irish Fest to go sit by the river with Miss Rachel one year. It seems so long ago now.

K.