Some Gifts for You

My parents were shocked that I doubted them on the socks question, so I shared with my Mom the made up monologue that I associated with one or the other or the both of them, in which they were a bit unenthused about their daughter's frivolity. I do this a lot: just make up stories about people and what they're thinking, or have random made up conversations with people I know in my head. Good thing I can tell the difference between these and reality, at least for now. So here's what my rather grumpy parent had to say on the subject of buying me socks, in my head, because while off base, it made my mother laugh out loud (and that's just what living in my head is like! It's fun to be me.):

"She probably wants fancy socks. What, am I going to pay extra so Ms.
Fancy Pants can have stripes on her socks? She can wear plain socks
just like everybody else, and like them. After all, we're going to all
this trouble to put this package together and send it all that way,
she should be grateful to get any socks. And I should not have to
waste my time and money on fancy socks that go on her feet where no
one will see them anyway for my 30 year old daughter who should maybe
get a job and learn the value of a dollar, and then she won't care so
much about fancy pants socks."

Totally unrelated, but a fibromyalgia blog I read sometimes, http://threeriversblog.com had a good Fibro 101 post that I thought some of you might be interested in. There's a bunch of other stuff on there that I often think but rarely say, especially in some of the FAQ stuff. Especially on stuff like brain fog, which is becoming of increasing concern to me. But keep in mind that the vast majority of this stuff does not apply to me. She is writing from a feminist disability rights perspective, and while I understand the need to build community and include those with invisible disabilities, I do not consider myself disabled and I am not planning for a future in which I degenerate to the point where I will have to consider myself disabled. We'll see how that works out for me, but even politically, I'm very far from that particular place in my life.

So enjoy, those who are interested.