Day Ten plus Five

What emotional pangs did I notice today?

Not sure this will answer the question, but I felt "wired" all day, much more than usual, and in a rush to ship a draft translation off to the author for feedback before my Gaelic lesson.


What feelings about differences did I notice?

Went into this afternoon's Gaelic lesson ill-prepared and virtually without prior revision.
At one point towards the end, I felt a stab of fairly severe stomach pain. Took me by surprise but passed quite quickly.

I have been a bit off my food for the past day or three, with moments of queasiness when last week it was more like almost forgetting to eat and then catching up in the evening.

What went well today?
Did a lot of walking, into town, home again, into town again later that same evening, and home again.
Very nice evening meal with a good friend who had some excellent news; it was a giggly, girly evening, friendship and warmth – lovely. Between the two of us, we managed to drink a whole bottle of rather nice rosé – rather more than I wanted but it was ok, I suppose.

How can I make it happen more regularly?

I can try to arrange for meals with friends more often, but at present, eating out on a regular basis is out of the question. I'd like to cook for friends, though.
 
What strengths have I focused on today?

After I got home I revised one of my Gaelic conversations and reformatted it so that I can read the Gaelic text without my annotations getting in the way – they've been shunted to the margin... Should've done that a long time ago but it simply didn't occur to me. Ah well, I do think that each time I go over those texts, something new actually does stick and I can pull it out of "the hat" more easily.

At what point did I feel most authentically myself?
Listening to my friend, I think.

Off to bed; early start in the morning.