3 am and I'm wide awake
And not sleepy or tired. I think I'm definitely hypomanic, triggered by my menstrual cycle. I was depressed for days prior to my menses and especially during, and as it almost finished I felt...
View ArticleFeeling better today
Happy and having a good day, but not too high and weird. I went to the pharmacy after work and got some medicine for a friend, and then another friend paid for us to have a meal at Long John Silver's....
View ArticleThis is a sad commentary on our society
Endangered baby dolphin dies after swimmers pass it around for selfiesVideo footage of last week’s incident shows the animal being scooped up by a man and quickly surrounded by a curious mob eager to...
View ArticleNesting and purging
So, all the going in and out this winter has left my house a bit of a wreck, and although I went through a good period of keeping it neat, now there’s stuff everywhere, getting slowly worse over the...
View ArticleBy the way
I sent off my taxes today. Yes, it will take awhile to get my refund compared to electronic filing, but it took less time than the frustrating day I had with TurboTax and they don't get $106 of it. Yay!
View ArticleNot a bad two hours' work
The plants are watered, I've done the dishwasher dishes, and I've moved a table over by the door and set up a landing point for mail, along with the sorting box and an 'out' divider. I've also found a...
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Oooh
I am excited because at work an orchid that a coworker gave me two years ago that was ailing, and which is now green and healthy and well-rooted, is about to bloom. She thinks it was yellow. I have...
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Meanwhile
This is happening at home. It bloomed at the holidays and is having another go. Beautiful, yes?
View ArticleSo much for going on to bed
But I did get the fish tanks filled, so that's one task for tomorrow that's already finished. Of course, I may have overdone it. I'm using a five pound dry weight bucket and the first trip I didn't...
View ArticleA slow day
But now it's over. Work was kind of slow, but tomorrow will be busy because I'm back in scheduling. Same goes for Wednesday. Today after work I took a friend to physical therapy, but I didn't have...
View ArticleYesterday I learned a new Latin word
Crustulum -- cookie or small cake/pastry, as in 'Mater puella crustulum dat.' :) I never came across that in school, and I had five semesters of Classical Latin and one of Mediaeval Latin. But it...
View ArticleFor some reason
Google Chrome has not been loading on my laptop when I try to get on the Internet, which is one reason I haven't blogged much lately. Instead I've had to blog on my phone, which has certain limits on...
View ArticleI saw this yesterday, and I love it
Kids get shelter dogs' tails wagging by reading them tales Through a slide show, the kids learn to recognize stress signals in a dog's body language. They also learn how to approach such dogs — sitting...
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Seen on Facebook today
Okay, sometimes I do stray into politics, and those of you who have been reading for awhile know I am one of those over-educated unabashed liberals. But as far as I can tell, anyone with any sense...
View ArticleIn fact, this is the first candidate who really gels well with my beliefs
Say what you will about Bernie Sanders, he is incredibly consistent, as opposed to his opponent, a woman, yes, but one I don't trust at all. I really believe that Sanders will do everything in his...
View ArticleI'm alone tonight
And I seriously considered going to the library, as tomorrow is the last day the Eagle Creek branch is open. They're encouraging people to check out lots of books and keep them until Eastside opens...
View ArticleOkay, so much for a half-hour nap
But I am finally warm. It just took awhile. That’s not like me, but I’ve been cold all day. We’re in a cold snap sandwiched between two warm weekends, and this morning I inadvisably did dishes before...
View ArticleI feel
Like I've run all over Creation today (and nearly got stuck in the unholy morass that is Tiverton Way). Today I have gone:1) To pick up a friend at his house 2) Taken him to the pharmacy 3) Dropped him...
View ArticleHappy leap day, or
as my word of the day puts it, bissextus. Just a quick note to say hi, really. Yesterday we played the game again for the first time since before Christmas, and while it was fun, I got home late...
View ArticleLooking over the past few posts
and I realised that I totally forgot to blog this lovely bit of weird news from the other day: Pony dressed as unicorn leads Calif. authorities on wild chaseI wonder if it took a virgin to get her...
View ArticleI tried to blog last night
using the Blogger mobile application to share an updated picture of the buds on the orchid at work that’s getting ready to bloom, but it just kept saying ‘publishing’ and refused to upload the photo....
View ArticleTime for bed
It occurred to me that I meant to leave work early tomorrow afternoon so I can get my allergy shots, so I need to go in early. That means suspending some of the fun tonight and going on to bed. I did...
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The heat's back on, the fan is back in the bedroom, I've brushed my teeth and done my nightly routine. The door is chained, the aquaria lights and all the others are off, so both the fish and I...
View ArticleI had two projects to complete tonight by midnight in preparation for...
The game notes, which I finished about 2:30 pm (starting about 10 am with about a half-hour break at some point), and then a passage from a few years ago that was important that somehow never got...
View ArticleSo very tired
This was my day:7:45 am to 8:45 am--Gather laundry, eat breakfast, get ready, load up car with laundry, cups, computer, and backpack, drive to convenience store for soda, drive to friends'...
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