The Fanstastic Ms. Fox

Thee events, each held three times. I compete in the "exhibition," a sort of modified downhill obstacle course and win. There is a large cash prize to be had for the best time.

I stay behind to help people wrangle enough bins to clean up the mess, offering my own supply of bins

An instructor wants me to help a student overcome her computer addiction.

And then I am read the small print -  you have to run in all three.

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In helping others, I have lost the time to help myself

I've spent a lot of time doing that in the last few days: helping a drunk neighbour find her car, acting as a counselor. I helped someone scout for trans actors, but in not sticking up for myself, probably lost the chance to audition. And money is tighter than I'd like

And in not helping myself, I have restricted my ability to help others in the future. And also set myself up in a "I lose / you win" kind of situation.

This is a homey Sunday afternoon. Autumn sunlight falls in through the window and there are birds outside. I'm wearing comfortably warm clothes. There's a big pot of Thai stew on the stove, an open book of integral calculus, erudite commentary on CBC, me fiddling with one thing or another, and plans for a collective dinner in the evening.

Normally, I would be in my mother's house in Kelowna. This is the first time I've been in Vancouver.

This is good, as is Kelowna, and I am happy, but I need more people around me.

I like living with people on the whole. I loved rez, and all I have to do is re-create the aspects of that which I enjoyed. This is surprisingly simple: I can choose who to live with, and can agree to join or not depending on how we keep to the rules. So then, anybody else in this situation?