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Wales: You aren't ...what's the word? Showboat? You know a boat, it makes waves..
Me: Not into being the center of attention? Shows?
Wales: Making waves. You don't want to make waves. You just want to be left alone to do your job and write your books on the side...and I totally get that, because I'm like that too - well not the writing part.
Me: I also want to help people. Why is this so difficult to do?
Wales: I don't know. Be nice if they let us.
Me: Too many frigging narcissists in this world craving attention.

Mother called today, several times. Anyhow, apparently my niece got back together with her boyfriend. They missed each other - and he came up to NYC and they got together, had fun, and made up. He also backed off of the whole DC thing.

Again, not that surprising. She wants to travel - and she doesn't really have anyone else to do it with but him. Alone isn't what she wants to do. (Like I did and still do. It's doable, just difficult.) Plus as I told mother, they traveled extensively together. Not only that, they traveled with each others families. If you can do that - you are pretty solid. That's how you find out if things work - traveling with the other person.

Ex-college boyfriend and I broke up after we took an insane road trip to California on my dollar. (Ironic considering his parents had more money than mine and he had more.) I wrote a short story about it for a class - my creative writing professor told me it was interesting and well done, but almost too easy for me. He knew I could do better. (I've gotten these bizarre back-handed complaints on my writing my entire life. It makes me wonder about people sometimes. It's almost as if they love my writing but are annoyed that I'm not writing the story they want to read or is in their heads. Well, of course not, I'm writing the story I want to read and is in my head. I'm not telepathic.)

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The Crown S4

Been binge-watching S4 of the Crown today. Mainly because I couldn't get into it last year, not in the mood. But now - I was. It fit my mood perfectly. Also, I found it to be oddly comforting. Mainly because - it gets across how temporary everything is. In the Crown, there's several conversations between members of the royal family that get across...how many Prime Ministers they've seen come and go. That things change. And we go on.

Everything in life is temporary. It doesn't last. Have a bad day today? Don't worry too much - you'll most likely forget it in a week or two, or even a year.
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Mother also called to tell me about my cousin's funeral. (She'd gotten hold of my Aunt C, who related the details.)
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Mother also informed me that Aunt C's kid (the one who animated Baby Yoda for Disney) wants to get a breast reduction.

Me: Only way I'm getting surgery is if it is a life or death situation -
Mother: Or you need a knee replacement -
Me: Or I can't walk
Mother: Or cataracts -
Me: Or it's either that or I can't see.

But it's not going to be for anything cosmetic or elective. It must be necessary. Too many things can go wrong. Heaven forbid, the surgeon has a bad day or a bully for a boss.

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On diabetes bit, I've been informed that I need to have a carb and a protein at every meal, or my blood sugar could crash. Also, I should have a carb or something in between - little things, to keep the sugar from crashing. My grandmother had graham crackers late in the day.

I can't be on a paeolo or keto related diet - it will kill me. Diabetics can't do no-carb diets, we need carbs to keep our blood sugar regulated.
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Off to bed. Getting late.