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Nap Time
Monday, January 4, 1999 I just woke up from a disorienting late-afternoon into evening nap. I laid down upon arriving home, and just drifted off, leaving my contacts in which is a bad thing. Luckily I didn't scratch my corneas or anything. But it's so strange to wake up and stare at the clock. "Eight o'clock? What does that mean?" I said to myself, groggily. I had an appointment for a dental exam this morning, at the endodontist that my regular dentist has been trying to refer me to for about a year (I need a root canal). Giving me a slip of paper and asking me to follow up and make the call obviously doesn't work! So I called the endo office from my dentist's office, when I was there for a cleaning a few weeks ago. The appointment was just for an exam, so I was surprised when the dentist said, "We could start the treatment right now, if you like!" But then she remembered that my insurance only listed her as a preferred provider at her suburban office, so we were going to do the actual procedure there. I got an appointment for next week. I was surprised to get a call at work, later in the day: my agency has changed insurance plans, so I need to get the updated information and that might change how we set up the procedure. I'm sure the agency informed me of this, but I don't recall getting mail that looked like I should open and read it.
Most of my day at work was consumed by deleting email, trying to get my mail file small enough so that the server would let me actually send replies to the things I need to reply to. Columbine was reacting to my discussion of "You've Got Mail" from the other day. I think I must not have made myself clear. I don't mind at all corresponding with folks with no possibility of meeting them, unless the purpose of the communications is to find a romantic partner. If that is why we are talking, I want to meet, as soon as I feel safe which usually isn't long. If a person lives near me, I want to know right away if anything is going to happen. I have plenty of email pals already, and I don't want any long-distance romantic relationships (why put myself up for that pain?). What makes things possible in the movie is that they never admit to themselves that they are looking for love, since both characters are already involved with people in real life when they start to write to each other. I know folks do write to each other anonymously for a long time; I just don't think it's the best way if you are looking for a partner.
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