Yeah. So, I would like to post updates, but now it's been so dang long that does anyone even really care about Port Townsend, or the trip to Portland, or whatever else I said I'd talk about? Prolly not. Maybe I should just start the blog from scratch. Declare it a do-over, because I'm doing a terrible job keeping up with it lately.

Let's see. In Megan news...

- Monday night is going to be my first time leading the AS group on my own! I'm a little nervous but excited to give it a whirl. I'm feeling comfortable with the group and the format this time around, so I just need to come up with enough topics to cover the hour session if things get awkward and stilted. Luckily, I have Ideas. I think it will be fun and hopefully useful for the young adults.

- A few of my friends and I are planning to start an autism related reading group with dinner outings to discuss the topics. I'm in charge of putting together the readings, and I'm excited to work on that. So much to choose from! (piano fingers)

- I encourage you to check out the HBO Temple Grandin movie. It's excellent! I've seen a couple of TG interviews, and Claire Danes seemed very Temple to me. It's the best movie about autism that I've seen so far.

- I'm tired.

- I'm really enjoying Committed. I feel like I could write a post on the thoughts and observations about marriage in the book, and maybe I will once I've finished it. I have a lot of mixed feelings about marriage, and this book touches on many of my own thoughts and opinions. I'm truly drawn to having a partner in life, and I love the idea of a ritual that seals and celebrates the commitment of two people, but I have complicated feelings about the institution of marriage itself and its social implications. I like that Committed examines these things. Add it to the recommended reading list for those about to take the leap! I hope to talk about this topic in more depth when I'm not so sleepy.

- Speaking of weddings, congratulations to my cousin Alan and his wonderful fiance Laurie! Soon they'll be heading off to Jamaica for their nuptials. Yay!

- I've been on a Having Difficult Conversations With People roll lately. Emily commented that it's good to see I'm dusting off the Intervention Mobile (it was in storage for a while) and getting out there to intervene (some might call it meddling) in people's lives. For better or worse, it's what I do.

-Oooooooh. A highlight of this past weekend was getting a cool new texting phone. My flip phone never quite recovered from its near death experience at Christmas and had started to take a turn for the worse. I couldn't even close it anymore because the display light wouldn't come on when I opened it up. I was constantly having to restart the thing, so I'd just leave it sitting open in my purse, or wherever. It wasn't working out.

- I'm getting really excited for Maui at the end of April! Sunshine! Beach!

- Strawberries and chocolate and good company makes me happy, happy, happy.

- I've had some delicious dinners with friends lately at places like Sutra, Wild Mountain Cafe, Bastille, and tonight the Kingfish Cafe with Monice. So much fun catching up with good friends, and, of course, I enjoyed spreading out the birthday celebrating. February = Birthday Month. Month!

- With the weather turning nicer lately, I've had the itch to get out and garden. I find it invigorating to work in the dirt, and my flower beds are in needs of some clean up. I'd like to do more this year, though, and expand my gardening to growing my own veggies. The problem is that I don't get enough sun on my little flower beds/garden space, so I've been looking into local p-patches. The waiting lists are long, so I need to consider other options.

- This weekend is all about doing NOTHING. I can't wait for nothing to start.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Off to bed.