The joys of RAKs

Part of the fun of being in the Reclaiming the Home group on Ravelry is the Random Acts of Kindness. Not receiving them .. though that's always a happy shiny in my day .. but the sending of them. I get a special joy out of putting together big and little packages alike. I put a total of $5 (postage not included yet) into seven packages now waiting to be mailed, which I will do tomorrow. Nearly everything is something I already had, that I'm not using/not enjoying/have too much of that is much better used by someone else.

Because the theme of the month is saved, I thought I'd comment on my recently rocky friendships. Friend 1 and Friend 2 are both male - I often get along better with men than women, which I'm told is a trait of my astrological signs (Scorpio/Tiger) - but Friend 1 is about 12 years younger than I, while Friend 2 is my age. Friend 1 was with me through the evilness I experienced in WoW when supposed-friends turned into backstabbing psychos and I paid a serious price for it, in the form of my sanity and a nasty bout of depression. Friend 2 is a more recent find, but has still been there for me through some rocky times.  

Both of them have given me cause to struggle mightily with keeping said friendships, but I feel like they're both worth the effort. Friend 1, though young, is always there for me to vent to, whine to, and generally to lift my spirits. Friend 2 has been the same, for the most part. both of them are people who I connected to pretty instantly, as though we'd always known one another, and considering my beliefs, I'm not shocked by that feeling. I'm certain I've known them both before, and that I'll continue to know them in future lives. I just with that they'd be a little less frustrating sometimes.

Two of the lovely ladies in RTH said something that made dealing with both of these problematic boys so much easier. The idea that they .. specifically Friend 2 lately .. may be dealing with something they don't want to talk to me about for whatever reason and it's causing the snappiness and friction that's giving me fits makes it easier to understand, and now that I have some understanding of what's possibly going on, I feel less stress about their sometimes inexplicable behavior.  Thank you Wench and April, for your unplanned kindnesses!