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Friday, June 17, 2022

Peachy Morning

Already getting warm on the way to hot this morning... Woke around 7:30 after a tough time getting to sleep last night, and went back to bed for another half hour. Now I'm up again, waiting for the morning pills to take effect before breakfast of cottage cheese and peach! My friend Joanne came over last night to share dinner and watch the last episode of ELIZABETH R. We have been missing our regular get-together for the past few weeks as other things got in the way. Her whole family came up from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Thursday morning

Up early again... a nice clear, cool morning! It will get near 90F this afternoon, but mostly mid-80s from noon to 5pm. No storms expected, though some downpours would be nice. It is so, so dry here! For now, the door to the deck is open and I can hear the birds of morning twittering away, and the noise of the traffic flowing along I-25, about a mile west of here as crows fly. It moves, this sound, like an ocean that is ever in motion, sometimes surging, sometimes going soft, but never stopping.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Keeping cool...

So much cooler today! I woke up way early around 5:30, did the morning blood sugar testing, took the half-hour-before-eating pills, managed the half-hour-after-waking breaking of the fast... And went back to bed until Alexa reminded me at 10 that it was insulin time. It was good this morning to discover that today's Jan 6 hearings have been pushed to Thursday. Charlie and I have been watching together, and he also will be glad when he wakes up to have not missed it today. I've been hearing that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 12, 2022

the return of Zool

Another hot one here, and we are only on the edge of the terrible heat across the midwest, east, and south! Charlie is planning on attending a boffer/fighting practice today, and will take lots of water with him. I'm not so sure strenuous activity is a good idea. Maybe they will just sit around and swap boffer stories! We watched GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE last night. It was pretty good, actually, and it is clearly the set up for a new series or movie. One line I am saving up for future use as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Keeping cool...

Preparing for a hot day: closing doors and windows mostly (The Agent of Chaos reserves 7 inches of space to go out to the deck); a/c is on in the living room to better resist the rising temps outside; I'm doing some cleaning up of the downstairs spaces where it will be maybe 10 degrees cooler than upstairs; making ice for iced tea/coffee/water through the day. The movie-going has been postponed to Monday when we can hope for a less occupied theater, and will still be seeking heat-beating spaces... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 10, 2022

Gonna be a hot weekend...

Another too-early waking, though a solid night of sleep was accomplished, led to an early snack, a few minutes of online review of overnight stuff, and going back to bed with a book, and a nap for another couple of hours. It's a lovely day, temps still not quite to 80F, and sunshine filtering through high cloud cover. It will climb through the afternoon to mid/high 80s, and tomorrow they promise 90s. I think tomorrow I will find things to do downstairs in the cool. Some of the day will be in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

Slow starting Thursday

Unsettled and insufficient sleep last night... Nap this morning after breakfast! Weird little dreams... It's in the 80s today, not nearly as hot as other places but hot enough for me! It's a low-key kind of day... I may go out and shop for some purple potatoes and purple sweet potatoes at Sprouts today, and make a stop at Trader Joe's for some other things I can only find there. I am thinking of their jars of grilled artichoke hearts. Another project for today: trimming the wicked claws of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Wednesday's slow start

It's well on towards noon, and I still have wisps of headache since waking 4 hours ago. If today's cup of coffee doesn't banish it, I'll take a tylenol, or a nap. Possibly both. Today I am watching a show from the UK--PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR, a contest of amateur and pro portrait artists. The artists in groups of three have 4 hours in the preliminary rounds to do a portrait of one of three celebrity sitters. At the moment, it's Sian Phillips, Phil Davis, and a guy I don't know of. Previously... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 4, 2022

Saturday shenanigans!

Anyone know how to disable the autolock feature on a vehicle? I would really like to know! For the second time ever, I managed to close the door with the key in the ignition. It only takes a couple of seconds. So I called AAA and was informed as of this week there is a new policy: You have to call your own service provider and try to get a reimbursement by providing a receipt to AAA. Guess who is going to drop AAA after several years of membership. Back to the yellow pages to find a local... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 3, 2022

Friday shenanigans

Here it is, finally getting down to my morning writing at 5:30 in the afternoon! Pixiechops and I are finding a nice balance between us. Her digestive disagreeables seem to have been solved with the change in her food, she has filled out a bit, and is calming down just enough. She still ambushes me at every opportunity, but now I regard it as play, and now and then, I ambush her back! She is less of a parakeet-botherer, which makes things nicer for everyone. She is smarter than I expected when... Sign in to see full entry.

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