General update

[luzula]

1) My hands are much better! Still not quite done with the student essays though--I've got four left out of 42.

2) I was with my parents and my sister's family at the family summer place last weekend. And it was really summery--very warm and still and perfect for getting the moths to come and settle on my lit-up sheet when the sun had gone down. Fifteen new species for me! \o/ My three-year-old niece gave me yet another cold as a birthday present, though--she coughed all over the cake, apparently. She's such a cute little vector of pestilence.

3) I had some clashes with my mom, sigh. Also, she said the following, not actually during one of our clashes: "I guess it's better that you're geeky [about nature stuff] than if you were mentally ill." Errrrrrrrr. My dad came to my defense and said that it was a GOOD thing that I was geeky. I let it slide. The thing is, my mom often says things without thinking about what she's actually saying. If I ask her to actually think first about what she's saying and whether it could be hurtful, she'll get upset and say that I am trying to squash her expression of her spontaneous personality. *sigh* (Also: this thing she said reminds me of a hilarious thing she said when I was a teenager: "I would rather you were a lesbian than a Mormon." Not that either was in the cards--I guess it was just a hypothetical that occurred to her?)

Comments

[lyr]

1) Glad to hear it! And four left is the light at the end of the tunnel. Almost there!

2)That's kids for you: petri dishes with feet.

3) It is definitely a good thing that you are geeky; I love that about you. And I guess I'd rather you were a lesbian than a Mormon, too? But wow, that's a bizarre hypothetical to come up with, especially outside of Utah.

[luzula]

Hee, I like being geeky too. : ) In fact I have been geeking out all day on a botanical excursion, and am now quite tired--it's been very sunny and warm.

[hurry_sundown]

The thing is, my mom often says things without thinking about what she's actually saying.

I think we have the same mother. Zero filter.

Your dad also sounds like mine was. *hug for him*

[luzula]

Well, we can sympathize with each other, then. *sigh* And yeah, sometimes my dad is long-suffering.

Although there are also upsides to my mom's spontaneity--she easily connects with and starts talking to new people, for example.

[sproid]

1) 42 essays *gulp* You're almost done though!

2) Moths sound more cool than colds from your three-year old niece. She needs to learn kitchen hygeine rules, no coughing on the cake!

[luzula]

Ha ha, I don't think she's ready to understand hygiene yet, much as I wish it were the case. Moths are indeed cool, though!

[jesse_the_k]

But what about a Mormon lesbian mentally ill comic-book collector?

(Family. :/)

[luzula]

Hee. I think actually she was thinking about a friend of hers who does have a son with mental health problems which put a strain on the whole family. And then I probably annoyed her by getting distracted by some beetle when she wanted me to do something else, and those things connected in her head...