i went to the Special Interest Group discussion yesterday. The topic was “the funniest thing you’ve seen in a dungeon or at a play party.” That opened it up for some pretty great stories. They’re not mine to tell though, so i won’t.
The funniest thing i’ve seen in a dungeon was at COPE, and i might have already told the story. There was a woman being whipped with a single-tail, her hands were fastened to the St. Andrews cross, but she was dancing in time to the music and smiling.
Drew and i were watching her, and it went on for the longest time. We’d look away, watch something else, and then look back and there she’d be, still smiling and dancing while her Top whaled on her with a single-tail.
Ok, maybe it was odd-funny, not ha ha funny…. anyhow.
i got to the restaurant late ~ not using my GPS turned out to be a mistake. i ended up on an expressway when i shouldn’t have been and had to drive halfway round the world to get back to where i needed to be. But other than that, i had a good time.
i sat across from Caile, who commented on a post recently, and Kenny, who’s the switch who was presented with “earned leather” last month at the munch, and some other people i hadn’t met before. Some interesting conversation. A lovely Greek salad. And good stories. Life doesn’t get much better.
One of the things we talked about was communication, which leads me back here to Greengirl’s recent post about her reaction when her husband/Dom asks how her day was. It’s a short post, but provocative, you can read it here.
She was surprised, and i was too when i thought about it, how many of us don’t believe that people who ask, “How are you?” or “How was your day?” really want to know.
i went back to look at comments on her post ~ there are lots of them ~ and found one by Mamacrow, who says she does enjoy sharing the little events of the day with her “Him.” She adds :
“It’s a bit like two children emptying their pockets and sharing the treasures they’ve found that day… a shell, some string, etc!”
i love that image ~ somehow, i picture them on a summer day, sitting on a bridge, dangling their feet off the side. And i thought, “i want that.”
i sent the quote and the little bit of explanation to Sir X, to open a conversation around that. i think a big part of making that true is up to me ~ i need to trust that He does want to hear when He asks. But i also think it’s the kind of thing it’s good to talk about. Since He’s not actually a mind reader.
{And does it not frigging amaze you how insecure i can be when i get sooooo much affirmation from other people? i think there’s a lesson there somewhere…}
On a whole different note, on the way home from the discussion, i stopped at Target to get Xmas cards, and bought some new boots.
Yeah, i know, that’s a little self-indulgent. But they’re super cute ~ black, of course ~ slouch boots. Knee high. If Mick does his boot picture thing this year, i’ll show you.
Every week, i’ve been setting little goals for myself. This week:
i’ll finish getting ready for Christmas, and enjoy doing it.
i’ll keep eating healthy food. i’ve done pretty well, although last night i scarfed down 5 of Ms. Constance’s cookies in about 5 minutes. But they were small cookies, and extraordinarily delicious. And i stopped at 5 ~ i didn’t keep going!
Besides, my heart feels so light, i think i must have lost some weight already. 🙂