Shop and feet over grocery list

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Total failure on photos today, but that’s pretty much the only failure today. It ended really well. The only photo I actually have is the screenshot I took of my BeReal, from when my BeReal went off while I was shopping at Trader Joe’s. That’s not the most important part of my day though. What I really should have done is grabbed a picture when I was at physical therapy this morning. 

Anyways, this morning I did my meds at 8 am with half an avocado, and then I went to my 9:20 physical therapy appointment. We had some decent talks that I mostly forget the content of. After that, I went shopping for everything we had on the list, which I have photo of, which I took just to remember what was on it. It was everything listed in the pic, plus some eggs that Papa asked me to get when I messaged him after PT to ask if he wanted to add anything to the list. 

After that, I went home and tried to look for something to attend tonight. I went through a few options, and one of the options looked good and I actually drove over there. But upon learning that it would cost $40 to join, I decided not to. 

I decided to go home again, and shortly after I arrived, Talia actually returned from work as well. The talk I had with Talia was the true highlight of my day. I’m not gonna summarize it in detail because one of the things we talked about was the importance of keeping a lot to just yourself. I’m now going to work on not telling everyone everything anymore. One important thought is that when you keep a lot to yourself, when you share a thing it’s because you actively want to and not just because it’s what you do all the time. [like me for the last few years] 

The other important point in our talk happened when I began to say that I had to try to find the a true positive of my situation, just like I'd found "positives" about the TBI when I was starting to accept it. While saying that I wanted to try to find a true positive in my current situation, it occurred to me that one true positive could be the ability to attend all the MeetUps in the world. It’s a positive because I’m an incredibly social person, and I would be absolutely miserable if I isolated myself the way introverts like to do.  

I also had taken my meds at 4 pm with half an avocado tonight because I thought I might want to attend some event today, and I didn't want to have to worry about food.