Tuesday’s VisionQuest episode, S01E07 “Immolation” was interesting, if not wholly satisfying. The finale will arrive 3 nights from now, and I’ll be better able to judge the series overall at that point. It’s doing all the things I wanted, and it’s giving me more than I expected, yet it reuses so much of the older footage, which I have memorized that it’s hard to not feel slightly cheated. It’s probably a lot better for someone who doesn’t keep this stuff in their brains constantly. lol It’s very good, but it’s my least favorite bit of the trilogy so far. I prefer “Agatha All Along”, then “WandaVision”, then “VisionQuest”. But perhaps the ending will change that? I doubt it. But this isn’t bad. I just don’t love it the way I did the others. I worked on several projects on Wednesday but didn’t get anything done.
Thursday I had therapy in person after non having seen my therapist in 2 weeks. The trip downtown was pleasant, and seeing Anna in person is always nice, but it was extra special this time as I was able to show her one of the engagement videos from Halloween. The appointment went well overall. On my way home I stopped at Quest Diagnostics to pick up some equipment for a test that I’m having done – and that trip took a bit longer than I expected, and it was raining, and I was unexpectedly exhausted when I got home. I just relaxed. Aaron and I watched another Strange New Worlds episode (S04E09 “Once La’An a Time”), which I had been warned about and assumed I would hate – but I didn’t. It wasn’t a great episode, and I think if I had gone in blind I would have been much more judgmental, but given some of the shit this show had pulled in recent installments, this was far from the worst.
Friday I went with Aaron to one of his treatments. I’d slept well the night before (and most of this week) but I was very tired and worried I wouldn’t wake up enough to drive us home – but I did. It was my first time driving in New York in the rain, which was challenging at times, but I got us home. We relaxed for much of the day. That night we finished Season 4 of Strange New Worlds. both of us feeling that the finale (S04E10 “Tomorrow’s Enterprise”) was quite good, and a bit disappointed that the series isn’t more often like this. But we also both feel a bit more hopeful about next year’s 6 episode Season 5, which will end the series and this era of Trek overall.
I slept well again last night. We cuddled this morning, as we try to do most mornings. We’ve been working on different things in different parts of the apartment today, but we pass each other and share a kiss, or a hug, some affection. I was thinking of Aaron Kogut earlier, as I sometimes do. I think about a lot of people but usually don’t reach out. Partially because I feel like I think about others way more than they think about me…and partially because I don’t always have the energy to do so. I spoke to my grandmother today. I still haven’t heard from my step-father. Today would have been my mother’s 76th birthday. She died on July 12, 2021. I miss her, but I feel like we parted on very good terms, which could easily have not been the case, given our often volatile history, so I’ll always be grateful for that.
Today’s journal entry song quote title is from “Promise to Try” by American singer and songwriter Madonna, from her 1989 fourth studio album, “Like a Prayer”.