Schedule Shifts and Dreaming Big

 I was texting with a Canadian friend last night, and she asked for a phone conversation today. So, I did a quick schedule shift in my mind and agreed to an early morning call. It should be fun, but I did have to move things around to accommodate it. Not a problem, at all, because friends ALWAYS come first, but I skipped my exercise today to give myself a little extra time. I'm glad I did, emails were more time-consuming than I had expected. 

It's rarely a problem to shift schedules for a friend. I generally 
am on the treadmill six days a week. Skipping one day isn't 
a deal breaker and will let me have the time to spend with 
a long-distance friend. 

Voodoo's technician will be at the shop between 10-Noon to replace a board and look at the stylus, which hasn't been charging properly. When I bought the laptop, I also purchased a few years of premium support for it. I'm quite happy I did that. This is the first "trial by fire" and who knows what else may come up in the future? I'm considering it a wise decision. 

I absolutely LOVE my Yoga 9i by 
Lenovo. Voodoo is turning into a really 
good work-horse and I'm using it at the 
shop every day. I do need the stylus to 
work correctly, though. So that's the primary 
reason for today's service call. 

We're of course, still in the middle of a heat wave, but at least the shop has A/C, so it's comfortable to be at work. We've got fans for home, and they work fine. The heat will break within a couple of days and then we'll be back into more normal patterns, but I'm sure the drain on the power grid is at least as heavy as sub-zero days in the winter. It's always an experience to live up here in the Frozen Northlands, but it's a beautiful state and I wouldn't enjoy living anywhere else. 

Although I was thinking about even farther north, DH 
said he'd prefer somewhere on the Whitefish chain of 
lakes, about 2 toe 2-1/2 hours north of the cities. I'm 
totally on board with that. There are some really nice 
lakes in that chain - beautiful area of the state. 

DH and I were talking about a place on a lake - a summer cabin/cottage which wouldn't be too large, but which also could be shared with the nieces and nephews and their kids, so it would get more use than just from us. I'd be totally in with that. I think it would be a tremendous amount of fun to have a lake house and a boat. Maybe a dock, and fishing poles. I've always wanted to fish. It would allow us to get out of the Cities more often too, which would be wonderful. Dreams - they're always a good thing to have. 

It would be a nice thing, to have a lake house. It may 
well be one of those things we'll talk about but never 
do, but who knows? In a year or so, we'll have time 
to have vacations and take a few days here and there 
away from our city house. 

So, wrapping up for another day. Please stay comfortable - whatever climate is appropriate for you right now, and please, be kind and stay safe. I'll be back tomorrow for my Wednesday "Day Off".