In 2021 I’m micro-blogging my daily thoughts and capturing a few photos. Why, and why should you care? In answer to the first question: because I’m challenging myself to write every day (which I should be doing anyway) and also because I want to see how my thoughts and life progress (or regress), evolve (or devolve) over the course of 365 days. The answer to the second question is: you don’t have to care, but if you’re interested, it’s all here.
June 11, 2021
Couldn’t sleep last night for running all the bathroom punch list items through my head. I got up just before midnight to watch TV (part 1 of Life at the Waterhole on PBS; highly recommend). There’s something soothing about watching … Continue reading →
June 10, 2021
Sometimes even the simplest seeming things can go wrong and create bigger problems down the line. Take the new bathtub install last week. The contractor failed to properly align the drain. Today, I noticed some drips on my piano in … Continue reading →
June 9, 2021
I’ve been increasingly frustrated at work because of a few issues brewing on my team. I thought I’d chill by participating in a social team meeting where we did an online escape room via video conference. It only made me … Continue reading →
June 8, 2021
Happy World Oceans Day. I haven’t been near an ocean since last September (the Atlantic) but nevertheless, they influence all of us every day everywhere. So take care of them. I did, however, capture some scenes from the garden today: … Continue reading →
June 7, 2021
Today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day, and had I bothered to check earlier, I would have procured some, raising a spoonful in recognition. Those of you who know my mama may be thinking there is no way I’m my … Continue reading →
June 6, 2021
Any healing my ankle has done over the past few weeks was probably all shot out the window today after I spent from 7:30 AM until 2 PM on my feet (properly booted) doing things I wanted to do but … Continue reading →
June 5, 2021
Busy, busy, busy. We started the day with a 10-mile (each way) bike ride to a neighboring town, stopping at a brewery to eat breakfast on the patio. While we ate we talked on the phone with Hubby’s daughter in … Continue reading →
June 4, 2021
Yesterday I said that if today the foot doctor didn’t release me from this boot, I’d indulge in today’s National Cognac Day and National Donut Day to drown my sorrows. Well, she didn’t release me from the boot, and after … Continue reading →
June 3, 2021
Another quiet day, at least in theory, but not if you count the incessant whirring of my Brood X neighbors who have been nonstop soliciting for sex in my yard—and everyone else’s yards. To get some peace, I headed out … Continue reading →
June 2, 2021
Slow day, which is good because I’ve been so tired lately. I think it’s the hobbling around for the past three weeks and feeling somewhat frustrated because I don’t have the full use of my foot. (And my eyes have … Continue reading →