Executive Function, Who? (trigger? idk)

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Find some relaxing music. Listen and try to relax, just breathe, deep breaths and try to focus. I hope this helps.

Have you ever seen the movie "American Graffiti?" It takes place in Modesto, which is in Stanislaus County. But I would bet you mean the upland areas, rather than the area around Modesto.

Yep...the fires.....probably the worst in a long, long time. Tens of thousands of evacuations. I'm surprised, because I thought California was getting decent rain this year. I look at the Drought Monitor sometimes. California had improved quite a bit over the past year, I thought.

You probably wouldn't like Manhattan, New York City, then. It resembles San Francisco very much. But it's even noisier, and even dirtier. Manhattan has "culture" you wouldn't believe, though! A museum for everything, it seems!

It's funny you mention Bodega Bay. In New York City, a corner convenience store, especially if it's in an old building, is known as a "bodega."

You deserve to retire in a place which is conducive to your utter happiness.

Thank you.

These videos will help. Music is one of my coping strategies in general, especially in the car when I'm driving. It's like the music forms this protective impenetrable wall around me.

I don't know if you've heard this one before, but the first video you put in your post reminded me of this a little. I like to lay on the floor on my yoga mat and stare at my planted fish tank while listening to this...

You're welcome and thank you for sharing this beautiful piece with me, I'm listening to it right now and it's lovely.

A girl would like a guy like you, who enjoys nice music.

Yes! But it's been so looong since I've watched it. LOL yes, definitely the northern portion. Modesto isn't too friendly or pretty.






It was pretty scary, for most of California honestly. We all had fires. We even had three here, our houses were surrounded on almost all sides. I was constantly refreshing my NextDoor app to see if anyone had heard anything about evac before the official word came down. Thankfully, they were able to catch the fires and stop them before they got any closer than 2 miles.
You know, we did. Our water bodies were overflowing everywhere, we were sinking into the mud wherever there was any, it was incredibly good rainfall last year. But the problem is, it doesn't rain in summer at all around here except maybe 3 times. So, that drought plus all the tons of rain, the brush and vegetation grew so amazingly fast and tall that once summer hit it turned into the best possible conditions for wildfires. We have a ton of open fields, mountain ranges, hills, etc full of poorly maintained vegetation all over California. I'm not sure why preventative measures weren't taken, considering those people sitting in the correct seats regarding stuff like that certainly knew it was dangerous.






I'd like to visit, see what it's like on the East Coast. I hear a lot of good things about culture, architecture and food. I think it'd be a fun place to be that annoying tourist, lol. But living there, yeah I wouldn't be able to do that. I require at least quiet during night time hours, and I absolutely can't live places where there isn't nature everywhere. Urban environments suffocate me if I'm in them for too long.




LOL I knew about that! I'm not entirely sure why they chose that name, but it's such a peaceful beach town. If you ever come back to California and decide to visit Bodega Bay, check Bodega Harbor Inn. They have vacation houses of all sizes you can rent for up to 4 weeks I think. It's my family's vacation spot, my Father used to vacation there when he was a boy and so we all (Him, my Mother, my sister and myself) vacationed out there as well.

Thank you. It could be quite a while though. We spent our 20s living without regard to the future or social convention, lol. So we had quite a late start.

^v^ I'm glad you enjoy it.

I live within the boundaries of New York City---but I live in quite a quiet area. In an area which is known as Queens Village. You can tell if you're in the "urban" part of New York City because those areas have "alternate side of the street parking." We, in Queens Village, don't have to move our car for the street sweepers LOL

There are some bad parts of Queens Village--but I'm fortunate that I live in a nice part. Once, I dropped a $10 bill at 7 AM. When I got home at midnight, the $10 bill was still there!

Same with my eyeglasses after I lost them in a big snowstorm. When the snow melted a week later, the glasses were still there. I'm wearing them right now, in fact.

I live in an apartment complex which consists of "garden apartments." The grounds are maintained nicely there.

I am fortunate that I got a civil service job. I'm going to retire in 5 years. After I retire from my full-time job, I will keep my part-time job at a college library. I'll use that money to travel the world.

UGH. I hated that. I called it "musical cars", instead of "musical chairs", because that's what it felt like. You had to wake up extra early, to hell with warming up the car, and try to dive into spots before someone else took it.



That's really nice! Where we live now is like that. You can leave your phone, wallet, whatever sitting outside and no one tries to take it. You can leave your car unlocked (we only had a couple break-ins this year, and we're all pretty sure it's this one neighbor that seems to have light fingers) and it's usually fine, undisturbed.



That seems like a nice alternative.
Nice. Congrats! That sounds like a really good plan, lots of fun. ^-^ I hope it's everything you want and more.

I'm glad you seem to be doing better, Ms. Coyote.

I'm glad you weren't too affected by the fires.

Me too, thank you.

It seems as if you have kids, Ms. Coyote. I hope they pet you when you're down, too.

I've never had kids, even though I'm 57 years old. I should be a grandpa by now LOL

I forgot to ask: do you like kitty cats as much as you like coyotes? I believe a dog person can be a cat person, too.

I used to be afraid of dogs; but I've gotten over that fear. I've always had a thing for kitty cats.

I don't, at least none that are my own and actual children in the traditional sense. LOL. I have a dog, and 3 cats. I also have a baby sister whom I helped raise, that told me I was more of a Mother to her than our Mother ever was. I'm more of the parent with my Mother than my Mother is, quite often. I have nieces and nephews, but in particular one nephew and I are very close.
So no real children Just people that need me a little more than our roles would normally dictate, and furbabies. I'm told quite often that I would be a good Mother. I certainly look like someone's Mom, which sounds odd, but you know how some women just look like a Mom? I have that look.

I'm actually much more a cat person. Coyotes and I, we're rather similar, and I find them fascinating. It's also my Mother's totem, and I was called "Little Coyote" in reference to it.
I understand cats better than dogs, by a long shot. I've also had cats most of my life. Started out with strays, they would just show up and we'd take care of them until they left or died one day. I think I was about 7 years old when the first stray cat I ever cared for came around. I called him Ringo, because I liked Ringo Starr and he also had rings around his tail.

I actually feel that the best people like Ringo Starr. I like him, too. He's the least pretentious Beatle.

And he grew up in a tough area, and had to stay in a hospital for a whole year once.

Exactly. There was just something... idk, special about him. It came off him in waves.

Really?? I didn't know about the hospital thing.

Yep. He grew up in a part of Liverpool known as The Dingle. It was a lousy, dark "inner city" area.

He was actually in the hospital long-term twice. Once, when he was 6, when he had a routine appendectomy which turned into peritonitis. He spent a year in recovery. Another time, when he was 13, he developed tuberculosis, which landed him in a sanitarium for 2 years.

Yet...the guy exudes true positivity, not the false stuff. He never felt sorry for himself (unlike John Lennon). I knew many people who liked Ringo best out of all the Beatles, actually.