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I'm Worried About Zara

Ugh. Feeling arthritis-y. Need to go to sleep.

Got up at 6:30 AM. Bella did her business quickly, so I decided to go back to sleep for an hour and shower at lunch. I overslept work an hour. Suckage.

Today is Friday, right? This week has been a blur.

I found a propane heater in case the power goes out in winter, but I need to think about how much money I want to spend on something that might never happen. (I could use it for camping though. Speaking of camping, I have the down sleeping bag for if the power goes out, but that won't help the critters.) On the other hand, this area has a danger of ice storms because we’re far enough south that snow can turn to freezing rain. And hmm, the food supplies would help being snowed in.

Fed everyone and took Bella and Gracie outside. It’s hot out (90F/32C). I think that I need to stop feeding Gracie kibble because it seems to give her loose stools. I'd have to feed her another can of wet food. Showered and put on shorts and a t-shirt and sandals.

Hmm. I should order some tubs in which to keep emergency supplies, but I should wait until I get them to see what size I need.

Medium doesn't allow you to make money off of AI-generated text, so I need to rewrite the blog entries. In that case, I might have to wait until retirement. We'll see. I am so busy right now. Maybe I could work on some in my hotel room at night during my trip. Or at the airport.

I have a strong urge to go back to Hawaii, to Maui, but it won't happen anytime soon. Plus, I want to wait until Lahaina is rebuilt. I wonder how long that will take. Maybe I should check out Molokai? That would be a nice sleepy place for "R&R". You have to take a commuter airline from Oahu or Maui to Molokai. I found a flight that I like. Hmm, should I go to Molokai next year? It would have to be a short trip because I will be taking a lot of time for my European trip in the fall. I was going to go see my dad though. Hum. I have three weeks of vacation and two personal holidays right now. I'll take two weeks in Italy and a day or two in January at the end of my cruise. I need to figure out how much time I'll take for the European trip (how many extra days I want to stay in Paris and Istanbul). I have airfare that I need to use up before mid-June. (Too bad that I already booked the flights for the cruise. But part of it was from the flight that I didn't take earlier this year after the full cruise.)

Oh. I forgot to mention that I bought a second travel vest the other day because I wear mine all the time for the pockets. They're very useful. I have a burgundy one and the new one is black.

Hmm. Do I want to go work downstairs now? It's 93F/34C and kind of miserable upstairs. Luckily, I'm not doing anything that requires two monitors.

Oh no. David Gergen died. I liked him on CNN. He was a presidential advisor that became a political commentator.

Bella is so jealous. If Oliver or Gracie jumps on my lap, Bella jumps on my lap (well, as much of her that will fit), chases them off, and kisses me. "I am YOUR DOG! And don't forget it!"

Zara didn’t eat most of her food (which is concerning), so I gave her food to Oliver and Lily. First Bella jumped up with her paws on the counter. I made her get down. Then Gracie jumped up. I made her get down. Then they both jumped up in unison, and I cracked up. I told them that they were dorks. I got Oliver and Lily to sort of share by moving the dish around so that Lily could get some food.

I ordered some dog DNA tests for Bella and Gracie. The results should be interesting.

One of the things that I need to do this weekend is find the chicken wire so that I can plug the gaps in the fence and let Gracie run around. She’s small enough that she could get out, and I don’t trust her to come back like Bella does.

I’ve added seeing the giant rubber duck that one_raido wrote about to my bucket list. Waukegan this year would be doable except that I’ll be in Italy. Sorry not sorry. I’ll have to bookmark its Web site. They should bring it to Chicago (if they haven’t already).

I started going through Amazon boxes. My emergency supplies are starting to arrive. Some will also work for camping, such as wipes to use in lieu of a shower. I got my weather radio and have set it up for alerts in my bedroom.

Note to self: go through my travel chargers this weekend and order anything that I need. Also check on my travel adapters and transfer them to my medium suitcase. I have my travel pillow and sleep mask, but I ordered a second sleep mask in case I lose one on the plane like I did on my last trip to Italy. Pack my swimsuits (or do I want to go swimming before I leave?)

Oh good. I’m yawning. I want to get to bed early so that I can get out early to do some weeding and planting.

Shit. Zara isn't eating at all. I'm really worried. The vet gave me some appetite enhancers, but I was going to crush the pills and mix them in her food. I wonder if she would take one mixed with a Churu. I also ordered some pill pockets, but I remember in the past that she would eat the pill pocket and spit out the pill. I'll call the vet on Monday if I can't get her to eat.

my formerly empty freezer

As I written about here about a million times, the food scheme at the cult involves my getting an allowance of $600 on the 10th of every month. It does not roll over. So I have to eat $600 worth a month or lose it.

This is designed to be more or less one meal a day. Breakfast is $15 Lunch is $16 and Dinner ranges from $16 to $28. Once in a blue moon I have one of their lunches and one of their dinners (like today, probably) but more often, I skip entirely. This is mostly because their portions are generous and I have so many leftovers.

I have, in past months, trended towards skipping early on and then madly trying to cash in later. But, now I have a new plan. I'm going to strike when the iron is hot. Next week's menus do not look enticing. This week's teriyaki is still great so today I placed 6 orders. I ate one and put 5 in the freezer.

So now I have $502 and 26* days to eat it. So my spreadsheet says I have to eat more than $19 every day. See the problem!? It's so not easy living in the lap of luxury. *They serve brunch on Sunday but I never eat it.

The dinner buffet looks good tonight so that will help.

Also I went to Safeway and got ice cream and some other frozen stuff. So now my freezer is packed to the gills. Which is perfectly fine.

Current Music: David Bowie

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PG&E doubled their damn rates. My landlady told me my electric bills should go down once they hook up the solar panels, which I thought they already did. There's supposed to be a bldg meeting about that Thursday, the odd thing is they're having the meeting 2 and a half hours after they normally leave.
I also got a new watch, the band on my old one broke, I was just going to have the band replaced but I found a nice watch in this second hand store that sends its money to cancer patients and they only wanted 5 dollars for it. It probably would have cost a lot more than 5 dollars if I just got a watchband at some other store. Plus, of course I'm all for helping cancer patients.
Looking forward to tonight, I'm going to the East Bay Gay Men's chorus concert!

Here comes the sun

It's actually already here. To stay. Oh well, everyone else will enjoy it. And I have shades and air conditioning.

I made a concerted effort yesterday to keep my head up and my posture good and shockingly, I think it worked. My neck and shoulders feel very much better. And I slept soundly - my bed app, Fitbit and me - we all agree. I used Prime Day to get a new pillow and I think it's a winner.

I can never use my cellphone in dreams. Sometimes I can't find it. Last night I had two cellphones and they were both very old technology and I couldn't find the info I was looking for. I couldn't text or call. Happens a lot in my dreams.

Today is a trip to UPS and then a stop at Safeway. And probably a load of laundry. It's also new menu day, which is always exciting. I want to get the errands out of the way early before the hot really kicks in.

But, I should get dressed first.

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Heat Threat?

ChatGPT came up with a good blog post on intentionality as a spiritual practice. I might be able to start a blog before I retire in that case (if I come up with enough ideas). It also asked me if I wanted to create a workshop from it. Maybe I should consider creating workshops when I retire? It would be a fun way to make some money. I asked it to create a couple more blog posts.

I asked ChatGPT about WordPress themes for a blog and found two that I liked. We were working on colors when I ran out of ChatGPT time.

Fed the critters and took Bella and Gracie outside. Bella found a large stick and Gracie was trying to get it away from her. But Bella is stronger.

I looked at a site that analyzes your address for risks, and the highest risk at my place is heat. I should see if I have an air mattress in the basement in case the power goes out. Oh, but it has an electric pump! I need one that uses a battery-operated one. It would be good to have some water and a small litter box there as well. Is there a battery-operated fan? Anyway, I ordered a weather radio for my bedroom. I should have one.

I’m out of caffeinated soda. I need to submit a grocery order (done).

I ordered a bunch of emergency supplies, many of which were on Prime sale. I just need some jugs of water and we'll be ready. Hmm, I should get an extra can opener to stash in case I misplace mine. Though I got MREs to eat in case of a power failure. But I need one just in case the pull tabs on the cat and dog food come off. Hmm, I should stash some extra cat and dog food too.

I overslept, but Bella did her business quickly, so I still managed to take a shower. I need to pick up my plants at 5 PM today. Gracie no longer has diarrhea, so I need to call the vet and cancel her appointment.

I have a bunch of deadlines at work today, but they depend on other people. I've reminded people of the info that I need, and I need to tell myself that I'm doing everything that I can to meet the deadlines and calm down. But I'm stressy. One task down.

We got an extension on the deadlines. In a way, that’s good because we aren’t going to make them, but I’m afraid that the data that’s owed me will get pushed out. I want this done. In other exciting news, IT was working most of the afternoon on my work computer. Windows 11 is installing V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W-L-Y. It finally installed.

Went and got my plants after the GPS on my phone led me astray. Returned a library book. Mailed my letters. The post office was still open, so I got a book of stamps because I don’t want to use all my mom’s elephant stamps because they’re so her. The postal clerk asked me if I wanted flags, and I said no because that would be a political statement right now. I got some dahlia stamps. A book of stamps is a lot smaller than it used to be, but I so seldom send letters that they should last for awhile.

Watered the garden while I was out with Bella and Gracie. Then the IT person with whom I'm working said to reboot my work computer, so I did that. Started laundry. I need to stay up until I can put it in the dryer.

Another inheritance

Myrna was my puzzle buddy. If the puzzle was too hard, she's busy herself organizing the pieces by color and/or by shape. She was always on the project. Bonny does some puzzle and more lately, I think to fill in.

BUT, Myrna's good friend, Dick (of Dick and Jan who moved into Myrna's apartment) LOVES puzzles!!! More than Myrna. More than me! He also suffers from One More Piece-itis. They came back from their doctor's appointment and Jan went in to pack and Dick said "I'll be in after I find a piece or two."

I have a new puzzle buddy.

Current Music: Nina Simone

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I was so out of it when I got up this morning that I turned on the wrong stove burner when I was trying to make tea and I got a bunch of smoke in my apt. that stupid smoke alarm goes off if I just turn the stove on to do anything more complicated than make tea or if I turn the oven on at all unless I open the window and turn the stove fan and box fan on full blast (and, yes, I cleaned the oven). It's a pain because I love to watch TV or listen to music when I cook and I can't do that anymore because the fans are very loud and I can't hear the TV or music at all well when they're on.
I think deviled eggs go great with barbecue ribs so I hard boiled some eggies and put them in the fridge and I will devil them later.

Tech neck - I haz it

Phone, tablets, laptops, knitting... my neck and shoulders are killing me. Probably the only thing saving me is volleyball, where my head is aimed upward for 2 solid hours 3 times a week. But, that's not enough. I need to concentrate on posture and my neck.

But, speaking of laptops. A while back, I spent a whole $30 on an Android tablet that was on sale. It was a generic one that has good specs but it's really a $30 piece of shit. Then Amazon cut off Google from their software. Google apps won't install on Fire tablets and Fire tablets won't install anything Google. I have one good but really ancient Lenovo tablet and I wanted to make sure it has an in house backup so I've been waiting for Prime Days for a decent price. I bought an 8 inch because they don't make 7 inchers any more. It was $60 and arrived yesterday. Especially after fucking with/fighting the $30 noname one, the Fire tablet is really excellent. It's fast and sharp with great graphics. I got it loaded up with everything I wanted and am delighted. It's very weird not to have Chrome but it's doable. I mostly use it for games and videos anyway.

It's another wonderful cloudy day. The last one for a while I think. It would be a perfect day to go out - make my latest Amazon return and stop in at Safeway. I might. I might not.

My car is getting near it's annual checkup time. I got a text from the repair place this morning. But, I think I'll wait until the 'repair time' light comes on. Or at least not get all fretty about it until then. It's so easy to do here in Issaquah that it's also easy to not do.

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Near the End of my Rope

ChatGPT came up with an excellent blog post about decluttering as a spiritual practice, but I wasn't logged in and lost it. I tried several times but it didn't come up with anything as good. I modified the prompt, and it came up with something that I like. I just need to edit it slightly.

Woke up at 6:30 AM. Bella did her business quickly, so I’m going to take a nap.

I don’t think that I can do dog training today; I need to go pick up my plants. In addition, my foot hurts. I’m a mess. I ordered a bunch of dog training books instead. Yeah, I'm overwhelmed at work too. Cannot cope.

I forgot to take out the garbage last night.

I was trying to nap at lunch, but Gracie started barking. It was close to the time that I needed to get up, so I gave up. Sigh. Gracie is a loudmouth.

Had a vet appointment for Zara. She was hiding in the closet, and the door went off the track, so I thought that I wouldn't be able to get her out, but I got it open. Her mouth healed well from the dental work. She still has an ear infection. They gave me some gabapentin to calm her down before I treat her ears. We made an appointment on Friday for Gracie because she's having diarrhea, but they gave me some probiotics to try first.

Oh! I need to pick up the plants tomorrow! I could have gone to the dog training in that case, but I'm still swamped and stressed out, so no. PetSmart has training at more convenient times for me, but their next class starts right before I leave for Italy. I found a place with Saturday classes with a session that will start in the beginning of September. That will work.

I read a Quora article about a doctor who wouldn't give a guy drugs, and he took a horrific revenge on her pet (I won't say more so that you won't have the awful images that are now in my mind) and I feel like crying.

Bella is teasing Gracie. She seems to know that Gracie is on a leash, and Bella runs around, stopping just out of Gracie’s reach. Gracie gets mad and barks. I think that Bella is finding Gracie a little annoying.

Article in the BBC: “US lawmakers write to Canada to complain their wildfire smoke is spoiling summer.” Oy. Like it was a plan.

Fed us all. Got the recycling out. I need to scoop litter boxes, but I need to cool off first, so I thought that I'd post. I also need to check my work computer to see if I got messages about the stuff that I'm working on.

Printed out bank statements to analyze. Bella got into some of the highlighters (I swear that she has a radar for stuff that she'd like to chew), so I ordered more. It's supposed to rain this weekend, so that will give me time to work on them.

you reek of rhubarb

It looks like the axis of PlanetChip Will be shifting in the near future. After weeks of consternation and heavy discussions Erica and I have agreed to move. Our building has taken a nose dive with the new management. Erica is not comfortable with the quality of people here now. Neither am I but I really like our apartment, and that’s more important to me. But her mental health is even more important.

3When I got out of the hospital I convinced Erica to cut her workload by a day thinking it would alleviate some of her anxiety. Instead she filled that space with other anxieties. Between the building, growing disillusionment with work and a few hundred other things she’s having a very tough time. If getting out of here will help put a smile on her face then the sacrifice was obvious.

We settled on a place on 6 Forks Rd. near North Hills mall. I’ve lived in every corner of Raleigh except 6 Forks. It’s my least liked part of town. The traffic is ridiculous and most of the people have an undeserved sense of entitlement. Turns out the apartment building is actually a 55+ Community.

It’s tough for me to give up this apartment but even tougher to reconcile I am moving in to a gray hairs building. They offer a lot of cool things catered towards the older set. Yeah, that includes bingo! I wouldn’t move if they didn’t offer bingo. I guess there are a few benefits to moving over to this joint. No more screaming kids at the pool. No more police cars and firetrucks every weekend. I imagine the number of EMS vehicles we see will double though.

The biggest benefit though is monetary. We pay $1500 a month rent here. Our electric bill teeters around $100. Throwing an additional $90 for YouTube TV and $50 for Wi-Fi. Then groceries and a social life. We are making it here but that’s still fuckton of money. The new place is charging us $904 rent. Most of the utilities are included in the rent. We will be responsible for cable and Wi-Fi. The complex is working on a deal with a major cable provider to supply cable and modem for a bundle price of $40. That’s it. Thems the bills. Dayum!

The apartment is also ADA accessible. Big wide doors for a wheelchair to get through. Lots of bars in the bathroom and a seat in the shower. I have not been in our bathroom since August 2023. I am stoked to take my first real shower in almost 2 years! Because it’s ADA the kitchen is wide-open and features spot where I can roll The wheelchair under the counter. I can start kitchen rehab duty with prep work. Did I mention one wall is entirely floor-to-ceiling windows? When Erica and I went to view the apartment she was only three steps in when she turned to look at me. I knew immediately we were moving.

It’s going to cost me more than I would like to move. First months rent, last months rent, safety deposit, pack and move by professionals. A comforting note though is with the amount of money I can save each month I can have all of that back in my account in six months or so.

I don’t wanna move but I will adapt. I will make the best of it. I hope moving to this new environment helps Erica find some inner peace. We will be surrounded by people who know how to act responsibly. No more empty beer cans in the parking lot. No more smells of pot wafting down the hallways (which I only was upset about because no one would share with me).

Maybe reaping the benefits of being an old turd isn't so bad.

Current Music: Johnny Cash

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Went to the grocery store, among other things I got some ketchup and whisky to make barbecue sauce, I have some baby back ribs I got out of the freezer and I'm gonna make cornbread.

I’ll never doubt you again

Started today with Plan 9, ending with The Princess Bride with one of my best grocery shops ever (spent $49, saved $76) tossed in between.

Dear Universe….more days like this, less like last weekend.

Back in the straddle again

Plan 9 From Outer Space just started!! Huzzah. Happy Sunday to ya!

Cloudy morning

It's rare to get a cloudy morning this time of year so I'm wallowing in this one. I can have the shades up and watch the world go by or watch my little tiny bit of it anyway.

Night before last, I slept like crap. I made up for it last night. When I woke up this morning, most of my quilt was just as it was when I crawled in. I not only slept but, apparently, didn't move.

Today I have nothing on the agenda at all. Nothing. Which is luxurious.

I had to call Key Bank today. The aim of their 800 number is to ensure no one ever ever ever calls it twice. They are, I'm sure, extremely successful. I know I won't be doing that again. I have a CD which matures in two weeks. I got a notice telling me to call with instructions unless I wanted it to roll over. I do not. So I called. I had to enter the last four of my social. Then I had to enter my 10 digit account number (which took me 3 tries) then I got a woman who wanted to know my name and what I wanted. She put me on hold twice. The hold music is volume 25 and includes a chipper voice telling me shit I do not care one single bit about. I got it twice. Then she transferred me to some dude who had the same chipper voice and I had to go through the whole thing again - name, what I wanted. Then he, in 3 paragraphs of words that were not at all needed and included his personal vacation plans(????), told me I had to call back after the maturation date. Yeah, no.

Key Bank is my backup bank. They have two physical branches here and have actual money at the branches. I figure some day that might come in handy so I keep the account open. When the CD matures, I will go into one of those branches and close the CD and find out exactly how much they want on deposit to starve off account fees and then move the rest to my main account at BECU which also has a branch here in town but that branch has no $.

I've made all my Amazon Prime Day purchases except 1 and I'm still thinking about it. No more shopping needed. And I'm caught up on returns.

The Phillies play at noon and I'm having chicken teriyaki for lunch again.

I might cut my hair this morning. Or at least take a little off the top.

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Different words / Разные миры

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Добрый день.
Надеюсь, мои записи ещё помнятся. Хочу оставить короткий очерк после долгого молчания.

За это время мне удалось побывать ДОМА — и это, без преувеличения, главное событие. Возвращение стало одновременно и радостью, и моментом внутреннего перелома. Война продолжается, и находиться на службе, при этом иногда иметь возможность переночевать в родных стенах — бесценно. Сотни тысяч людей лишены даже этой капли нормальности. Я стараюсь сосредоточиться на главном: противостоять внешним обстоятельствам и ценить каждый спокойный вечер.

Сейчас борюсь с мыслями. Стараюсь снизить их шум, убрать лишнее.
Стоит отметить: уже несколько месяцев в Украине приостановлено финансирование многих программ, связанных с ментальным здоровьем и реабилитацией. Это серьёзно сказалось — мне не удалось найти психолога даже на волонтёрской основе, хотя бы онлайн. Но я не оставляю эту цель.

Больше всего изматывает количество лжи — и внутри страны, и за её пределами. Не хочу углубляться в подробности, но разве знают люди за границей, как выживают те, кто живёт вдоль линии фронта — от севера до юга? Кто им рассказывает об этом? Показывают ли?
Это похоже на то, как подаётся информация о Секторе Газы: в новостях — только шум, искажённая картинка, создающая иллюзию.
Для жителей прифронтовых районов артиллерийские обстрелы и удары дронов стали привычным фоном. Косить урожай под прицелами — норма. Уничтожение техники, жилых домов, жизни — преступления, за которыми не следуют действия. Только громкие слова.
Никто не говорит, когда это закончится. А у меня иногда ощущение, будто кто-то знает — с точностью до дня, когда земля перестанет насыщаться кровью.

Может, это совпадение, но недавний обмен ударами между Ираном и Израилем сразу отразился на фондовых рынках. Думаю, взаимосвязь очевидна.

И всё же — Одесса осталась Одессой. Столицей шаурмы, как я люблю шутить. Я наконец попробовал то, что хотел.
Наконец-то могу просто принять душ — с обычной, чистой водой без запаха из крана. Редкость. Даже выбрался на природу вместе с котами — всего на несколько часов, но это была радость.
Хочется многое успеть после долгого ограничения, но в то же время — я всё больше стремлюсь к тишине и покою. Даже под обстрелами я редко просыпаюсь, если рядом не падает. Но просыпаюсь от своих тревожных мыслей.
Внешние враги остались, но теперь опасность приходит изнутри. Хочу разобраться в этом, шаг за шагом — вылезти изнутри себя и снова увидеть мир.

И да… в последнее время я всё чаще слушаю просто фортепиано

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Good afternoon.
I hope these diary notes are still remembered. I'd like to leave a short reflection after a long break.

During my absence, the most important thing happened — I made it home. That return was both a joy and a kind of inner turning point. The war goes on, and being on duty while sometimes having the chance to sleep in my own house is priceless. Hundreds of thousands don’t even have that. So I focus on what I can: resisting external pressure and valuing every peaceful moment.

I keep wrestling with my thoughts, trying to quiet the noise in my head.
A few months ago, funding for mental health and rehabilitation programs in Ukraine was cut. This had a big impact — I couldn’t find a psychologist, even online or on a volunteer basis. But I haven’t given up.

What wears me down the most is the overwhelming amount of lies — both inside the country and beyond. I won’t get into details, but does the world truly know how people live near the frontlines? From the north to the south — across this whole country? Is that shown? Is it told?
It reminds me of how the media covers Gaza — just noise, a blur that distracts and misleads.
For people here, daily shelling and drone strikes are now routine. Harvesting crops under fire. The destruction of farming equipment, homes, and lives — war crimes, but with no real consequences. Just loud speeches.
No one says when it will end. Yet sometimes I feel like someone does know — right down to the exact day the land stops soaking in blood.

It might sound strange, but when Israel and Iran exchanged missile strikes recently, the global stock markets reacted instantly. There’s a connection — that much is clear.

And still, Odessa is Odessa — the shawarma capital. I finally got to try the one I’d been craving.
For the first time in months, I could take a normal shower with clean water — no strange smells from the tap. Even managed a short trip to nature with my cats.
After so many limitations, I want to do everything — yet crave silence and rest. Even during air raids, I rarely wake up unless it’s really close. But I do wake up from my own thoughts and fears.
The external enemy remains, but now there’s a threat within. I want to face it, sort it out — and step by step, climb out of myself and see the world again.

Lately, I’ve found myself listening more and more to solo piano music.

Watch on YouTube

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Stumbles on a Spiritual Path

I came up with an idea for a blog, Stumbles on a Spiritual Path. I was thinking and reading about the Society of Friends (“Quakers”) idea of cumber, possessions or philosophies that keep you from a spiritual path. Oh, do I have cumber. That led me to the thought about decluttering as a spiritual practice. All of this is aspirational, but interesting. (Note to self: another thought, intentionality.) I created a LiveJournal site to use as a scratch pad for ideas.

Woke up a little after 7 AM. I decided to go back to sleep for a half hour and take my shower during lunch.

Crud. Someone chewed off the pads on my headphones. Or anyway, they came off, I'm not sure how.

So freaking tired.

I'm not having a good day at work, and I keep falling farther behind. I'll need to log on later.

Fed us all. I’m going to try to take the short nap that I intended yesterday. I think that I need to do more self-care when I’m busy. Overslept my nap again. Sigh. At least, I'm well-rested. Chaos over here. Gracie is barking.

the temps are wrong

My body seems a bit erratic regarding its temperature control.

It was hot here, for a week or so, and the air conditioning was running a lot. I was busy and outdoors a lot, so I was fairly warm, and didn't mind a little cooler temperatures than normal (for me) indoors. One day it was on 77°, and I was warm so I turned it down to 75. Later than evening, I put on a flannel shirt because I was cooling off.

After the temps came down outside, the house started to cool off. One day it was 74°. Shorts and a t-shirt with my flannel shirt was too warm. I switched to jeans and a t-shirt, and it was too cold. Or was that the other way around? So 74 is the wrong temperature.

Last night I was too cold, but after I added one I woke up in a sweat. I think I need to adjust the blankets. That third one was too heavy.

Current Music: Tsaichovsky

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I'm just hanging around here until I have to go to physical therapy this afternoon, looking forward to going to skeptics in the pub tonight once I hear from Dave. My legs hurt too damn much to go swimming the other day. I wish my neighbors would shut up, they're yelling at eachother, I don't know what they're arguing about and it's none of my business anyway but one of them has a very annoying voice.

Tuesday

House cleaning day. And another trip to UPS for Amazon returns. But, I might hold off on that one as I have an order coming in today that might need to go back out. Hopefully not. But, no sense in making two trips if one will work.

I was out working on the puzzle yesterday when my neighbor Jim came by and showed me a photo. He has 2 full bathrooms, one of which only guests use and he hasn't had a guest in a month or so. Sunday night, he was watching TV and hear a very loud noise. Like a boom. He looked around the apartment and didn't see anything amiss. Then Monday, his house cleaning day, his cleaner said 'do you want me to clean up the mess in the bathroom?' He was quite perplexed so went to look. The glass shower door in his spare bathroom had shattered into a million pieces!!! Yikes on a stick.

Once word of this gets out, there will be repercussions and lots of discussions. I was telling my friend Steve about it and now he's REALLY looking forward to his Operations Committee Meeting this week. I'm going to keep using the showers in the gym. Nice, soft curtains there.

But it's early access to prime shit like this that keeps me working those puzzles.

I've been jonesin for some chicken teriyaki for a while. I've tried a couple of places around here that were ok but not fabulous. Then it popped up on the lunch menu this week so I tried it yesterday. Perfection!!! I may have it every day this week.

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Woke up at 6:30 AM. Bella did her business relatively quickly, so I’m going to go back to sleep for a half hour.

I changed the printer ink and got the return pages to print. Packaged up the laptop to return.

Called the guy about the garage to sign the contract tomorrow.

I’m in bed, and Bella and Gracie gave me a thorough face washing. Shit, Bella was trying to chew the new sheets!

Mailed my returns. And drat, I forgot to mail my letter.

Fed us all. I want to take a nap, but I need to log back onto work. I compromised on taking a "short" nap and slept for three hours. Oops.