Day 12: This Might Be a Cop-Out

Today was a good day, we went to check out 3mile point (my first time there) where there was no swimming allowed today. We then went just to ride the carousel at the Farmer's Museum again, which was Brendan's first trip there since (I believe) high school. Then we stopped by the grocery store for some lunch supplies, came home and had a picnic in bed followed by a very nice soft spring (or is it summer yet?) nap.

Anyway, now, I am in an ultra RUSH to get things done before I can go to bed!
So.
Here is something I've wanted to post. It was sent to me via email by an uncle of mine. I've suspected as much for years, but here some professor has gone and done the research. Gotta love it.
Women, go get your girlfriends and hug 'em close!

Taught at Stanford


Someone reported:

"I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford. The last lecture
was on the mind-body connection - the relationship between stress and
disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said that one
of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married
to a woman, whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do
for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends.

At first everyone laughed, but he was serious.

Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems
that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life
experiences. Physically this quality “girlfriend time" helps us to
create more serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat
depression and can create a general feeling of well being. Women share
feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. They
rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about
certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes.
Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf? Yes. But their
feelings? Rarely.

Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our
sisters/mothers, and evidently that is very good for our health. He
said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our
general health
as jogging or working out at a gym.

There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing
something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with
friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively
engaged - not true. In fact, he said that failure to create and
maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as
dangerous to our physical health as smoking!

So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat
yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something
good for your health! We are indeed very, very lucky. Sooooo let's
toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good
for our health."