Various Forms of Progress
I'm kind of groggy this morning. I'm dropping things and having problems reading. I also inhaled (literally) some soda.
Zara was being cute this morning. She was rolling around on the bed, showing me her belly. Then she left for a while. Then she jumped on the bed and bounded over to where I was lying down. Hi Zara.
Sigh. I'm lying down for a nap, and Zara says, "Time for zoomies!" Now she's settled down, thank goodness.
I read a blog post on using audiobooks to learn a language, so I wishlisted Breve Storia D'Italia (Short History of Italy). Hmm, I wonder if looking for Italian audiobooks on Italian Amazon counts as studying Italian.
Yikes. I changed my Amazon screen to Italian, and it took a while to change it back. I guess that's one way to learn Italian fast!
Napped with Zara. Got laundry in the washer, but am waiting 15 minutes for the Oxyclean on my t-shirt to work (done).
Created Italian flashcards for the names of vegetables. I mucked around with a document in Canva until I found a background and text boxes that I like.
Walked on the treadmill. Now Zara is on it warily, wondering how I make it move.
Started cleaning out the refrigerator. Soaked dishes. I want to clean out some plastic containers to use for carrot soup (and carrots if I cut them up tonight and make the soup tomorrow).
Talked to Mom. My aunt is still in the nursing home, and she is having stomach pains with no way to get to her doctor to have them checked out. The nursing home also wants to send her home, but she doesn't have anyone to stay with her, and she doesn't think that she can take care of the house by herself. Mom is doing projects at home with the thought that she might have to go to Chicago. I told her about the stuff that I'm doing to save money and the stuff that I'm cooking, and she said that my life sounded good.
I decided to make Cherry-Almond-Quinoa salad tonight so that I can have it for lunch tomorrow. The only thing is that I hadn't thawed frozen peas, so I thawed them with the microwave, and I'll be damned, it worked. Now I'm using Dawn Powerwash to see if I can get some scorch marks of a pot that I want to use for the quinoa. The Powerwash only kind of worked. I made quinoa in it anyway. Now the quinoa is cooling.
My plan is to make the quinoa salad, study Italian, and have a small bite to eat. Oh, and watch a little Italian TV. And then read a little and go to sleep.