Acceptance
Sep. 12th, 2005 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mlerulesDriving (specially in traffic) just happens to be one of my standard states of being these daze. It's part and parcel of living in SoCal...and having friends and fambily in far flung corners of the Thomas Guide. Just stick in a CD or a tape and off I go with the flow. I tend to allow for traffic and the ever-present possibilities of the unknown traffic incident (if on the 405 anywhere 'tween the 10 and the 110 I just call it "airport traffic") and always carry a book in the car for when I'm 30 minutes early. "Blah blah blah just don't call me late for supper."
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If someone does something that someone who care'd would do b'c they cared, does it count? How much does it count? Does it count as caring? How important is motivation in judging an action? [LEAP: If someone does something w/the best of intentions but it goes really really poorly, what matters more: the thought or the effect?] Trigger for this line of qx'ing: Kaiser called this morning asking how I was doing and how I liked my surgical team and the process. They were prolly just fishing for info on service (how'd my doc etc. measure up) for their internal records, but it also came across as a post-procedure "so, how ya' feeling - are you okay" query. I mentioned the suckiness of the Vicadin and she murmered appropriate sympathies and said to switch to Tylenol. It pleased me to rec'v the call, even it 'twas more for their own internal sake then for mine. WhatEVER. She also asked if I was in pain. I responded: well, yes, it hurts, but no more than I'd expect when someone cuts a hole in my foot.
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Today: more sleep (not much last night), haul laundry up from car, put it away, go out and get dry cat food. That's about all I can foresee, 'less I get inspired/more sleep. Got a stack of books to read, too.
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If someone does something that someone who care'd would do b'c they cared, does it count? How much does it count? Does it count as caring? How important is motivation in judging an action? [LEAP: If someone does something w/the best of intentions but it goes really really poorly, what matters more: the thought or the effect?] Trigger for this line of qx'ing: Kaiser called this morning asking how I was doing and how I liked my surgical team and the process. They were prolly just fishing for info on service (how'd my doc etc. measure up) for their internal records, but it also came across as a post-procedure "so, how ya' feeling - are you okay" query. I mentioned the suckiness of the Vicadin and she murmered appropriate sympathies and said to switch to Tylenol. It pleased me to rec'v the call, even it 'twas more for their own internal sake then for mine. WhatEVER. She also asked if I was in pain. I responded: well, yes, it hurts, but no more than I'd expect when someone cuts a hole in my foot.
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Today: more sleep (not much last night), haul laundry up from car, put it away, go out and get dry cat food. That's about all I can foresee, 'less I get inspired/more sleep. Got a stack of books to read, too.
