Taking things back five years for this prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nov. 21, 2016, 5:01 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Write about something you’ve had to re-learn.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The impetus for this was something too personal to write about publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As my nerves stop working, I’ve had to re-learn lots of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of them are attributable to my limited eyesight, unsteady balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I learn to do things one-handed, so I can steady myself with the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps oddly, I find myself doing a lot more things from the sinister side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The neurologist I saw at Georgetown said I was a lefty. I don’t even. Maybe it’s that I’m wearing my Fitbit on my right wrist, and carrying my cane in my right hand, leaving my left free to do other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n shrug<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The TV news is doing pre-fab stories about smartphone apps for cooking. Yeah, about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How about just printing the recipe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Part of my fun the past few days has involved getting my 401K funds from the company that shall not be named. I didn’t even think about the pittance I’d contributed when I finally GTFO of that hellhole until I got a notice that they were paying me a penalty and interest for a mistake they’d made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m trying to be surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But they’re giving me the run-around on getting it rolled over into my IRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again, trying to be surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I seriously need my Tysabri infusion. It’s weird; I’m exhausted, but not terribly sleepy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a Monday for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At least there should be an interesting game tonihgttonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apologies, to quote Katy, to my non-existent reader, but I really don’t have a ton to say today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And jumping back on for this year…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Write about something you’ve had to re-learn.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m trying to remember what sort of physical things I was enduring when I wrote about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s tough to discern, but I think I was still somewhat new in another professional situation where I’d been misled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, it really doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I came across an idea yesterday that I’ve gone whole-hot into pursuing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the things my psychologist has long suggested is I start doing something again where I’m communicating orally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I think part of the big thing that my periodic meetings with her provide is an opportunity to just speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don’t get much of a chance to do that in my current situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though I’m getting into more meetings, many of them are just me listening and taking notes, not participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have things to say. What I don’t do well anymore is snappy conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I couldn’t host a talk show anymore. I don’t speak quickly enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But I think I can put together things, still, in a logical way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve been bouncing a few ideas off of Justin Campbell, who does a lot of the stuff with several of the podcasts to which I listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I think I have it. I’ve registered a domain. I have the equipment I need. I’ve figured out what I’m going to do, when I’m going to record and release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So that takes me back to what I want to the prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I need to get back further into the IT side of things. Accompanying blog set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Twitter account will come at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don’t know if anyone would want to do Facebook and Instagram, but I’m not terribly concerned about those at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ideally, the first bit will drop during the event<\/a> I really wish I could be attending, but can’t. So I’ll talk about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will write and speak, and we’ll see where it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The overall idea that’s guiding this is looking back at things one year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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