My wierd skeleton phase/ Goodbye old friend.

I have a Bio Anthro exam on Thursday. I feel more like writing a song with Mats this week than studying ape dental formulas, but oh well…
I’ve been holding a lot of bones lately- bones of humans and other modern and ancient apes, and it reminded me of the time when I saw my own skeleton…..

When I was about 12 my parents took me to a chiropractor in Key West and she did a full x ray of me-  head to toe! I remember being so weirded out that the skeleton I was looking at was me. Then for a while afterwards, where ever I went I imagined everyone as just skeletons walking around!… like riding bikes or standing in line at the school cafeteria. I remember if a teacher was scolding our class I would just imagine her as a skeleton and then I didn’t really care as much, like “haha you’re just a skeleton”… I guess it worked kind of like the old “just imagine everyone naked” trick when you’re performing or giving a presentation or something. But the skeleton thing really worked for me.

 

some sad news…

The family cat Socks died this past week.  It was his time to go, and he waited until we were all home for spring break.  I’d known him longer than I’ve known my sisters Dorie and Sherie!  I helped my dad dig the grave next to Sock’s favorite tree, and he (dad) told me that I deal with loss a lot like him, by immediately wrapping myself up in some sort of physical activity.   My dad was especially close Socks.  I told dad that I read somewhere that the lifespan of a pet is like the death of an era, so people often grief not only for the pet, but also the loss of what feels the end of a period within their own life.  Dad that  it helped him understand how he was feeling.