Hi there, Kea,
I sent you some mail too...Since the influx of the new peeps, it's becoming a challenge to keep up with all that's going on here...exciting, except for that need to do laundry, grocery shop, sweep & mop, bill paying...I thought I'd resumed my routine to some extent and then 'Whammo' the 'refugees' arrive...It's very cool! I frequently give up sleep without too many ill effects.
You sound like a very interesting person - psychology, counselling and literature...I'm really looking forward to getting to know you better. You already know I'm loving your writing.
My degree is in physics and I worked in engineering for 11+ years (lived in Boston - loved it - for 8 of those); now I'm doing software but i keep thinking about getting back into the pure sciences one day. My 'concentration' in school was English - Southern American literature. The main point was that I love reading and I needed electives that would get me out of the labs and give me time to do what I loved. Have you read much of that sort of thing - Flannery O'Conner? Walker Percy? I think I was predisposed to love Ennis and Jack and Annie's other stories because of this background...loving the tragic and the grotesque, you know?
I've done volunteer work for a United Way organization dedicated to suicide prevention - not real counselling, but sort of a peer counselling, active listening, befriending program.
Anyhow...again, I'm glad we met and that you had such a successful day!
Hugs back...
Lynne
