Tuesday, March 16, 2021

#2626, Tuesday, March 16, '21: Online friendship

Post 2626
- 11 years and 75 days since I started this blog -
Busking, May, 2017
Daily Comment
In my personal use of the internet, I have made only one online friend (I am specifically not talking about Facebook Friends, of which I have thousands I've never met in the physical world, but know nothing about). Only one person I know only virtually, that I developed a friendship with exclusively online.

This was a woman who, having encountered me online through my band I am Fool, in 2019, friended me on Facebook then, without us every doing more than establishing that, while we had mutual friends in common (I won't accept a friend request unless we have a mutual friend I actually know in the real world).

Eight months into the pandemic, this person messaged me to inquire about my health, and assertively asked if I'd like to have a text conversation with her. She flattered me a little, told me I was interesting and attractive, while apologizing if she was too forward. I told her I think that being forward is probably exactly the right way to approach me and overcome my reserve. 

And so, we've had conversations - text messages, or voice or video calls - almost every day for the last few months. 

Now, we're planning on meeting in-person at the arts colony she lives at, two weeks after she gets her second shot. It's exciting!

I'm grateful for friendship, for my friends, both met and not-yet-met.

Food and Diet 
Today's Weight:                    
198.4 lbs.
Previous Weight (3/15/21):         198.6 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.2 lbs.

Diet Comment
Even - nothing, no change - is good. Once in a while. 

Food Log
Breakfast
1:05pm: Oatmeal, with blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, walnuts, hemp and chia seeds, and kefir. Ugly scrambled eggs.

Lunch
Skipped. 

Dinner
10:40pm: Chicken, kale, spinach, Wegman's Grandpa's Sauce over riced cauliflower.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; 


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