February 19, 2022
I’m sitting in a van and the mileage on it is 77077. Excited doesn’t even state how much that delights me. Patti and I went to a casino yesterday, and I walked out $60 richer. This is about equal to that. I just began my workday about two hours ago and it’s been the same level of excitement since I got here.
My 15-year award party from 2020 is finally happening. It was being discussed right before everything shut down. It’s in the park after hours. Maybe Patti and I will get to ride the new ride. Patti will still call it the wrong name, though. She calls things the wrong name and when she finds out the real name, she still calls them the wrong name. It’s part of Patti’s charm.
I have had a long-time problem with the Reality Acceptance website. The categories are not displaying correctly. I created a template that displayed them quite nicely and it got disconnected. The only reason I mention this is so I can think about it and perhaps come up with a solution by writing about it. Well, that didn’t work. I’ll let you know if I ever solve it.
February 20, 2022
I’ve been working on revamping my book recently. I added exercises to the end of each chapter and I’m adding more personal stories throughout. A bad review of the book prompted this. They said it read like a textbook especially at the end. I really wish I could find someone else to work on all of Reality Acceptance with me. The only people I can think of are way too busy to work with a nobody like me.
Patti and I are continuing to work on trying to get Quest to accept Scout and the girls. She is still freaking out around them. She will not use the litter boxes unless we bring her to them. If we are not there, she will go wherever she is. Today, Patti said Scout and Quest were sitting next to each other on the tree. I hope Quest can calm down around everyone, eventually.
I know it was two paragraphs ago, but I would like to talk more about my book. My book is called Reality Acceptance: For Happier and Healthier Lives. I found out accepting reality is the key to improving every aspect of our lives so I wrote a book about it. Though I have accepted many realities for myself, Patti has accepted no new realities except the ones she already accepted. I don’t even talk to her about it anymore. She assumes I’m trying to change her when I bounce ideas off her. I feel like she is avoiding certain realities and, therefore, won’t talk about any realities. That’s pretty much what the book is about, so she doesn’t want to talk about the book. She claims to have read the book, but doesn’t seem to remember any of the points from it when I bring them up.
The main subjects Patti does not want to talk about are health, religion, her negativity, and things she won’t even let me write about. The main subjects she will always talk about are the cats, vacations, good tasting food, and things she hates. Of those, I only like talking about the cats so that’s mainly what we talk about. To be quite honest, I’ve met no one I could talk to about anything with no problems. I’m too much for just about everyone.
I’m thinking Patti and I get along best when we see each other less. She took off from work for about a week. She starts back to work the day after tomorrow (Presidents’ Day). Even with her at the house most of the week, she only spends time with me when we are watching shows on TV. I am usually eating or on my computer and she is doing the same. Very rarely do we have conversations and I usually start them if we do. I will say, the same thing happens at work, but I have learned not to expect much from my coworkers.
The only extended conversations I have with Patti are arguments. They usually end with Patti giving me the silent treatment when I push her too far. I really should have a talk show where I interview people. At least, it would give Patti and my coworkers a rest from me.
I think it’s about time to give you (my mysterious future reader of these thoughts) a rest from me until another day. Bye, Dave.
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