All in all, it has been a pleasant day. Yay! We like those. Lovely weather, no committments, a few accomplishments, food shopping, book listening etc. Woo hoo!
I got up and had a message from AD apropos of nothing. He told me he appreciated my help with driving him around now and again. That was sweet. I also had a message from SM asking me if I could pick CM up from the train station on Sunday. I agreed, though I wasn’t really happy about it. Later she asked me if he could stay here – I told her no – because I have a border and only have two bathrooms. And then a little later, she told me that CM had decided not to come after all. I think it was because his daughter didn’t want him staying in the house that she is living in. The house that belongs to CM. Sigh. People are weird. But at least I don’t have to pick him up from the train station tomorrow. Yippee!
My friend and contractor, true to his word, came by at around 12:30 to install my new light fixture. It is an LED and it only took him about half an hour. I helped. Sort of. He didn’t charge me much, which was nice of him. I was, actually, tempted to pay him more, but restrained myself. I can be too generous at times.
Next up, my typical lunch and some YouTube – nothing exciting. Then more book listening. And some farting around on my computer. I now can listen to books either with headphones and my phone – or I can use my iPad and listen through my Apple HomePod mini. I couldn’t get the headphones to pair with the iPad for some reason. Not a bit deal.
At some point, I decided that I needed to do some work in the kitchen. I had already, last night?, washed the dishes in the sink. Mostly from my boarder who has taken to leaving her dishes there. Even when she cooks and uses many pans. Or on the dining room table. Sigh. Anyway, I noticed that the floor in the kitchen was looking a bit worse for wear – especially with the teeny bit of construction that my contractor had done. So I ran the Roomba. And headed to the grocery store.
My list was short – mostly vegetables. But…I decided to add more snackage to my basket. Four small, but not teeny, Charleston Chews (they are in the freezer as I type this), some cheez-its – cheddar and parmesan mixed together, and a package of Fig Newtons. It seems like the packages of Fig Newtons are getting smaller and smaller as they try to keep the price the same. Capitalism sucks. I can’t wait till I am hungry after dinner. Or maybe I won’t even wait to be hungry to dig in to some of those! Yum city!
Back home, I did some more dishes, set the Roomba to charge (it had done a decent job in the kitchen) and continued listening to my book.
Now I have done a teeny bit of DuoLingo. And I am about done with my blog. Soon it will be dinner time – chicken, broccoli and Corn are on the menu again tonight.
A.S.S. for President: I told my friend and contractor that I was running for president and he didn’t laugh. That was a pleasant surprise! I also did some work on organizing my thoughts on my run. Baby Steps for the time being. I am so looking forward to taking the campaign on the road. Informal at first and later – maybe in January, if I can get my ducks in a row, formal events. We shall see.
Still Life 