I couldn't sleep past 2:30 am. My mind was whirling with my schedule for today - how much I could actually get done and when I needed to be where. I'll relax in the pool while doing my laps - which sounds odd, I'm sure. After all, swimming a mile+ in the pool first thing in the morning isn't necessarily relaxing, but I'm working my body and listening to a good book, and frankly, there's nothing much better. But today will be hell, for sure.
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The goal today is to manage all of the tasks I can do and still work for Chickie as soon as I can safely get behind the wheel of my car after my eye doctor appointment. I'm hoping I won't be too busy at the shop for a while after I get there, while my eyes manage to return to normal. |
I've already got my personal load of laundry going. I won't get a chance to do DH's load or the household load today at all, they'll have to wait until Friday. I will try to change the sheets on DH's bed tonight, though. He shouldn't have to put up with sheets for more than a week without fresh ones. I figured I would have enough time to do one load for myself this morning, if I started it right away. Because I couldn't sleep, I might even be able to transfer it from the washer to the dryer before I leave for the gym.
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Today's stage of Le Tour de France puts the boys squarely in the middle of the Pyrenees with some hefty mountain climbing and a summit finish yet again. They'll have one more day in the Pyrenees tomorrow. I don't have the time to watch live, so I've been watching it on Peacock. Thank goodness for Peacock. I'd miss it all if it wasn't for streaming. |
Thus are the thoughts whirling around in my head - boring, mundane, and concentrated because there's a lot I have to be able to get done today. Which reminds me - I'm going to set up the laptop quickly and get the masterlist I've been working on for the past week printed out. I finally finished it yesterday afternoon. It's a 50-page document and my printer at home is much faster and more powerful than the emergency printer I keep at the shop.
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I have a small HP Deskjet printer at the shop that looks similar to this (not the exact same model, but quite similar). I basically got it on sale, with a credit I had, and I've kept the prints per month in the free range, so although I've had it for more than two years, I haven't spent a penny on it yet. Score! |
My shop printer is an HP and I call it my "free" printer. More than two years ago, DH purchased a new chair for me to use at my desk at home. My old chair was in really bad shape and it hurt to sit for any serious length of time. So that left us with a credit at the office supply store which I used on a new printer for the shop. HP has an ink program - if I print less than 15 pages a month, my ink is free. I haven't passed 10 pages a month since I got the printer. It's my "free" printer and it does just fine for us at the shop. Anything major, I print at home on my Epson.
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We are all pieces of kintsugi, in many ways. We all have cracks and fissures in our lives that we patch up to the best of our ability. Sometimes we can patch them on our own, and sometimes others help. None of us are perfect. |
I got my story posted yesterday evening, worked on in on and off throughout the day yesterday with numerous revisions. I'm pleased with it, but I did put warnings on for everyone - it can be a disturbing thing for some people to read. It's violent and could be a trigger for some people. I'm pleased with it, though. It's a human view of kintsugi. On DreamWidth you can find it here - https://erulissedances.dreamwidth.org/881248.html and on Live Journal you can find it here - https://engarian.livejournal.com/1085042.html . I'll let you know when the voting has opened. Hopefully I can do better than the six votes I got for the last story.
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I'm going to miss my usual routine, and my weekly conversation with Aearwen. Such are the sacrifices I make for a friend, and ChickieMama has been a friend for many years. I don't blame her for wanting Chickie at her side while she meets with her doctors. The two of them will have different questions, and between them they'll get a thorough understanding of the options and choices ahead of her. |
I'm out of here. Swimming, then groceries, then the eye doctor, then the shop, and then I can come home and collapse. What a day! I'm feeling the pressure and I really HATE messing with my schedule. But, it's for ChickieMama and she's a good friend, so I might bitch and moan, but there was never a question that I'd work for Chickie so that she could accompany her Mama to Mayo for her meeting with the doctors. Have a good Wednesday, I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully with a less crowded schedule. Slava Ukraini.
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