Susan Senator

I really like what Sue said to me in the comments of the previous post. It really is so true that we take for granted the things that we have. She said, “I’m just glad to be standing up and breathing.” Somehow, that statement made me feel really happy.

I went out with an old friend tonight for dinner. She was the first person I befriended whose kid was on the Spectrum, so we have been friends for about fifteen years. I took her out for her birthday. We talked about our bodies, and what’s going on, (and laughed a lot), and I had that Sue’s words in my head. I thought, “I am almost 50, God dammit! It is crazy, simply crazy, to put all this energy into face or body. Things really start to fall apart in a serious way sooner or later and we have to focus on what makes us happy.

So here’s what makes me happy today: I finished my first draft of Book II. I put in the last of my interviews, and I like the Epilogue. Jeez.

Another thing: In my bellydance class today, two different women said to me, “You’re really good! I could follow what you were doing just as much as the teacher!” NO ONE has ever told me that, in these 3 years of studying BD. Yow.

And yet another: I got this funny thing in the mail today from my sister: two bags of customized M&Ms;, printed with the words, “i 8 the outside,” and “u 8 the inside.” Maybe I never blogged this (can it be so?) but when we were little, Laura used to suck on the outside of an M&M; and eat the colored shell, and give me the insides, which were warm and soft (which actually brings out the sweetness of the chocolate even more). Shut up, this is what sisters do. I’m so glad I have a sister who knows me so well, and who still makes me laugh.

A good day. Dumb blog post, good day.