Just a question. Can a “normal” person truly understand what it’s like to be monumentally single thought minded. And, those single thoughts moving from one to the next to the next without the ability to control it. Add to that substantial difficulties with memory and remembering things. I’m reminded of an actor in the movie “50 First Dates” and he was referred to as “10 second Ted”. You have to see the movie. Having said this, can a person imagine the problems this can create/cause. The disappointment and discouragement when trying to be intimate with significant other, knowing you can’t do anything about where your mind is going. Then not being able to remember your child’s first steps, yet you were the only one there to witness it. I feel like my mind is stuck in time, a time before the accident. Everything since then has flown by, some of which I remember but most I do not. It’s so easy, so very easy, to fall into substantial depression. On top of that you may not even know it. Self awareness is a common problem for those who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. Add to this having to live in a 2 dimensional world (look through an old view master and close one eye). Just some of the things I struggle with.
Enough of the depressing things.
My teenager (senior in high school) made it on the 3.0 and higher list, and isn’t the first time. I’m very proud of them, knowing it was a lot of work. The senior year is being done online and at home. A decision was made to do that as a result of the teacher strike that occurred in Clark County Washington, delaying the start of the school year by over a week.
Well, fishing is still on hold for me, since the weather is a bit cold and definitely wet. I do have a couple of martial arts friends who are still hard core when it comes to fishing and they get out there regardless of weather, and manage to do very well. I used to be a bit more hardcore when it comes to fishing but as I age I’m finding myself less inclined to brave the weather. Perhaps if I could fish in small streams this time of year, then I would get a bit more excited about going. Sitting on a bank waiting for the fish is, and has always been, a bit difficult for me. Would much rather walk a stream and drop a line where I think the fish are. In the past I’ve had much better luck fishing that way.
