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Friday, January 7, 2022

ow, wow, meow!

I stepped on something that threw me off balance backwards, landed hard on my butt...! Now, some hours later, my tail bone aches and so does my head that took solid a jolt up my back. I looked it up: Yes, you can get concussed from injuries other than blows to the head, but no, I don't have symptoms pointing in that direction. I took some tylenol along with taking it easy. Getting back up was fun, too. I took my at-home covid test this morning, got a negative result, so that's good news. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 6, 2022

Feeling really home again today!

Regardless of waking 3 or 4 times in the dark, I count it as a good night's rest, and I am feeling so much better today, ready to face the housekeeping necessities from being away 3 weeks. My cold is pretty much gone except for a bit of coughiness now and then. The exhaustion of travel followed by a 4-hour night of sleep was pretty evident all day yesterday, and it feels so good to have wakefulness and energy again! My plants have done well, me having left watering instructions with the next... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

...jiggity-jig!

Waking up at home... The adventure of the flights home began with Ubering to the airport as early as could be managed. This turned out to be a good move, arriving hours ahead of our SouthWest Airlines flight to Denver, as our booked flight got more and more delayed until it was an hour and a half delayed, and would surely have meant missing our Denver-to-CoSprings connection. The flight boarding while we waited was, in fact, another Denver flight, and had ~2 dozen empty seats, so we asked if we... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Flying out this evening...

Last day for a while in the PacNW. Planning the trip, I didn't plan to catch a nasty cold the day after I arrived. Didn't plan for Omicron covid to be a thing. Didn't plan for snow-days. So, heading home this morning without having seen all the people I'd hoped to connect with, without getting down to Oly a second time, without getting down to Pike Place Mkt... But I did have some great time with the family I haven't been in the room with for the past 2 years, had a safe and comfortable bed in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 2, 2022

1/2/22

Wind is up and so is the temperature. We expect rain later today. But the great shelf of snow on this one branch of a fir tree behind the house has resisted avalanching for a week now, since it first landed there. I have watched it, anticipating, this whole week, and now that the snow bombs have fallen from branches all around it, this one remains. Of course it will go. Sooner or later, and probably when I am not looking. I can see it from here, looking out the window above the desk where I sit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 30, 2021

Post Christmas days

Every day I'm feeling closer to the end of this cold in my head. The cold outside is not going away yet, and we are getting a little more snow even now. Earlier, though, some colorful birds were flitting around in the apple tree where there are still quite a few apples hanging, and I caught a couple of them in my camera's eye. (updated link in my Adventuring travelblogue here) The elder granddaughter and I played one of her favorite board games: SORRY! The win went to her which is not a bad... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Wednesday goings out

Today I went out of the house for the first time in a week. The sun has been shining on the snow, the roads are clear, at least, in the county. You can see very exactly where the county line stops! We went out to Ivar's for lunch... It is not as I remember. For one thing, the halibut which has been my previous favorite, is three small squares for $17! Way too much, for that little bit of food! But the coleslaw was fresh and not overly sweet, so there's that. I am hungry again anyway, 3 hours... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Surfacing for a few words...

Here it is, getting on towards the middle of night, and after days and nights of bad coughing, much tiredness, and all that goes with a cold, I'm starting to think by tomorrow I will wake feeling pretty much on the mend. Here I am, vaxxed and boosted, tested, and flu-shotted, and I get out here and catch a common cold from my granddaughter who kicked it in three days! I've had it a week now, and can only hope it's pretty much gone a week from now when we are to fly home. So far, Charlie has not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 26, 2021

Sunday, Snowday!

The snow has been falling fitfully all day, sometimes in real flurry, sometimes kinda lazy-like. Anyway, it's lovely to look at through any of the windows of the house, and I've taken a few pictures not yet ready for posting. This nasty cold that started a few days after I got here has moved down from sinuses to chest, and I am taking high-strength mucinex, hoping to keep it loose and not on the way to bronchitis or worse. I made soup tonight, starting with veg broth and adding random vegies,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 24, 2021

Christmas Eve 2021

Grey and damp in Seattle... could be snow tomorrow and almost certainly on Sunday! It is 3:33 and Charlie's flight should have touched down in Seattle now. We are happy his Southwest Airlines flights didn't get cancelled, as did the Delta and United flights--thousands, I hear--because crews got positive Covid tests, and can't fly as long as they are all under quarantine. That's a whole lot of holidays cancelled, a lot of Christmasses spoiled because people would not get the shots, or wear the... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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