Decompressing with my evening dose of Star Trek: in many’s estimation, their best episode - “The City on the Edge of Forever”… Now, if you must know - Val’s favorite episode (which is an extremely difficult choice, kind of like asking a mother to pick her favorite child!) would be “The Naked Time”, in which the crew is infected with a virulent “space virus” that strips one of all inhibitions. Star Trek remains my trusted “companion”, so to speak, echoing little nuggets of wisdom as I forge on in my day-to-day struggles.
There’s rarely enough time with my morning coffee & social media surfing to finish the story - but I also credit Cousin Joe & his wife Margie with giving me priceless sanctuary as a young adult. I made multiple “visits to the farm” over undergraduate college breaks - getting my head back on straight as I broke free from an abusive HS boyfriend. Side benefit was forging close relationships with their 2 young sons: half big sister, half auntie! The farm always needed subsidization - while Joe was always a tireless, competent steward, Margie completed her nursing degree to provide a steady underlying support system. This meant she missed out on a lot of her boys’ childhood, kind of a “same but different” version of my motherhood experience…
I’m feeling a little stressed as I’ve piled a little too much recreation/duty on my plate, between last month’s Louisiana ride & Shanghai, last weekend’s Mt Pleasant ride, the competitive trail ride I have to judge this weekend, & the Decatur ride weekend-after-next - I’m ready for a little downtime! Or as my husband wearily asks: “Where are you off to this weekend?!?”
Also struggling with a little existential dissatisfaction - Army Guy responded to me after a 12-d absence this time in such an unsatisfactory way that I plugged his text into an AI detector, it really makes me wonder sometimes? (There was no evidence of AI influence) Maybe it’s time to pull the plug on this ill-fated relationship?
Fellow trekkie, here. I know there are those that don't like that term, but I've used it since I was much younger, and it feels comfortable to me. I would be hard pressed to name a favorite episode, and it's complicated by the whole extended series. I even paid extra to stream a few of the newer ones. But we have real lives to live, too, so that kind of dropped into the background, only to be pulled in when I need something "in the background".
ReplyDeleteThe farm memories... oh, the parallels! I don't have quite the same kind that you do, but as a child I was placed for several months with an aunt and uncle on the farm and still maintain ties with those cousins.
I have nothing to offer in relationship advice, other than that the long-distance, online stuff is hard to sustain. If it were me (but it's not), I might be considering backing off.
Life is complex, isn't it?
Yes - I, too, have been a Trekkie all my life & I'm not gonna stop now!
ReplyDeleteI'm a little sad over the dissolution of the-romance-that-never-was, while "I'm all out of ideas while I haven't really tried much of anything" to rekindle the marital flame with P... It's discouraging when I literally have to shout to be heard bcz he's got his damn Airpods in 24/7!!!