Monday, February 10, 2025

126.8 - back up after Super Bowl foods we really didn't enjoy that much.

Yeah, the Eagles definitely won that game! I was sorry to see the Chiefs fall apart as they did. But c'est la vie!

And the halftime show was very disappointing as entertainment. I'm aware of the Lamar v. Drake grudge fest and a bit about why. But at Super Bowl halftime I really don't want to have to listen to a 10-15" long rap about it. Most of all I couldn't understand a single two words in a row. And I didn't think the staging was very good. Again ... I wanted to be entertained. So sue me.

On an earlier subject about men who may prefer happy tears to sad ones--IMHO, men's emotions are often quite different from women's emotions--in the events that prompt them and how they're expressed. I've been reading lately about how very much our childhood stresses and traumas affect our adult emotions and our ability to express them, how we express them, and how well we can control them. And of course our early "training" (by which I mean to include our modeling of what we think is expected of us in certain situations and how our parents, teachers, and other adults encouraged, rewarded and punished us for expressing various emotions in specific cir****tances) shaped our "grown up" emotions, whether we suppress or express them. Big, big subject!

On that front, DH's mother died when he was seven years old, and her death was definitely the defining event in his young life, followed by his father's horrific behavior afterward. Life makes a lot of unfair demands on some kids.

Today, we finalized our home and combined auto insurance plan. Again, it's surprising how much money we saved just by being married and combining our auto insurance under one plan. Doesn't seem fair to single people.

I guess they figure that only one of you will be driving at a time a lot of the time?

Death of a parent or a sibling is definitely a defining event for a child. So hard to comprehend and also to understand the effect on other family members. Sounds like your DH hand I had a common disaster. I lost my father, then brother, then my mother became a nasty alcoholic.

Those three traumatic events in your young life must have been so rough to deal with.

Oh my goodness, this virus is kicking my butt. I tested Covid, and so far negative. I'm sneezing like a machine gun, so I'm going to need to call in sick yet another day. Nothing else to report, except I hope DH doesn't get this!

Get well quick! And definitely try to keep DH away. It would not be good if you recover before your trip but he comes down with it just before.