Tuesday evening
Commuted, but left two hours early because was feeling tired. I hit the Safeway on the way home and felt sticker shock at the prices of things -- I don't shop for groceries much. But I really needed to pick up some basics, such as bleach. Came home and ate my leftovers.
I might make up the work time after I digest my food ... there are some things I could read, some emails I could write. Or I might make it up in the morning.
I also want to quit early tomorrow to start my four-day staycation early.
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Election news is everywhere, of course, as we enter the final week. I've buttoned up my election donations, it's time to let it all play out and then count the votes per each district and state.
As of today, voters nationwide have returned a total of 51,348,922 advance ballots in the 2024 general election.
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It's been a week since I last ran. I think I can tell that my knee is healing, but also that it isn't totally better yet. My walking speed is increasing and I haven't had the crescendo of discomfort that seems to have followed my runs of the past few weeks. I'll definitely take at least one more week off from running. I've still been doing everything else: lifting, walking, stretching, etc. I bought new walking shoes in case my old ones had worn out.
I spoke with T, who has lots of experience with both gout and running, and he agrees with me that it is likely a combo of a gout injury that was worsened by running before it had healed.
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I think T is returning soon, such as on Sunday or Monday, but he hasn't given me details or for how long. K arrives on next Tuesday for a week, I expect to spend some time with him but we haven't worked out the details. I'll have to go clean the condo at some point during my four-day staycation -- it's an easy clean, because it's not big and I don't spend much time there.
At Ben's urging I bought a weekend pass for MAL. He always gets a room and the full weekend package, and recently I've spent some time with him there but not the entire weekend.
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I should do a little bit of work, but I'm feeling tired for some reason. Commuting wears me out nowadays. Also, I may be feeling a wave of pent-up sleepiness from the supervisor duties falling away. I can allow myself to feel like a lump.
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There's a $200 shipment of clothes I ordered nine days ago that appears to have been lost, not even delivered in error, just lost by the carrier, so I'm trying to make customer service bots pay attention to me. One item was something I wanted for Halloween, although I have no Halloween plans anyway. Few people in my neighborhood celebrate Halloween.
And I still need to schedule service for my car -- OK, just now did that for next week!
When T is here I'll ask him to assist me in scheduling a vet checkup for Astrid. We'll also need to deal with the sudden piles of leaves that have fallen from the trees :-)
I will drain and refill the hot tub during my staycation, that's overdue, I should've done it this past weekend but I fell asleep on Saturday night without remembering to open the drain. I wonder which night I'll spend at the condo ...
There are some other little things piled up that I should deal with during my time off, things I need to snail mail or schedule to sign up for. I can't just chill for four days straight LOL, hopefully I'll get caught up on some of the personal To Do List.
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I'm still tired, but if I go to bed now I'll wake at 3am.
zzzzz
I might make up the work time after I digest my food ... there are some things I could read, some emails I could write. Or I might make it up in the morning.
I also want to quit early tomorrow to start my four-day staycation early.
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Election news is everywhere, of course, as we enter the final week. I've buttoned up my election donations, it's time to let it all play out and then count the votes per each district and state.
As of today, voters nationwide have returned a total of 51,348,922 advance ballots in the 2024 general election.
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It's been a week since I last ran. I think I can tell that my knee is healing, but also that it isn't totally better yet. My walking speed is increasing and I haven't had the crescendo of discomfort that seems to have followed my runs of the past few weeks. I'll definitely take at least one more week off from running. I've still been doing everything else: lifting, walking, stretching, etc. I bought new walking shoes in case my old ones had worn out.
I spoke with T, who has lots of experience with both gout and running, and he agrees with me that it is likely a combo of a gout injury that was worsened by running before it had healed.
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I think T is returning soon, such as on Sunday or Monday, but he hasn't given me details or for how long. K arrives on next Tuesday for a week, I expect to spend some time with him but we haven't worked out the details. I'll have to go clean the condo at some point during my four-day staycation -- it's an easy clean, because it's not big and I don't spend much time there.
At Ben's urging I bought a weekend pass for MAL. He always gets a room and the full weekend package, and recently I've spent some time with him there but not the entire weekend.
-----
I should do a little bit of work, but I'm feeling tired for some reason. Commuting wears me out nowadays. Also, I may be feeling a wave of pent-up sleepiness from the supervisor duties falling away. I can allow myself to feel like a lump.
-----
There's a $200 shipment of clothes I ordered nine days ago that appears to have been lost, not even delivered in error, just lost by the carrier, so I'm trying to make customer service bots pay attention to me. One item was something I wanted for Halloween, although I have no Halloween plans anyway. Few people in my neighborhood celebrate Halloween.
And I still need to schedule service for my car -- OK, just now did that for next week!
When T is here I'll ask him to assist me in scheduling a vet checkup for Astrid. We'll also need to deal with the sudden piles of leaves that have fallen from the trees :-)
I will drain and refill the hot tub during my staycation, that's overdue, I should've done it this past weekend but I fell asleep on Saturday night without remembering to open the drain. I wonder which night I'll spend at the condo ...
There are some other little things piled up that I should deal with during my time off, things I need to snail mail or schedule to sign up for. I can't just chill for four days straight LOL, hopefully I'll get caught up on some of the personal To Do List.
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I'm still tired, but if I go to bed now I'll wake at 3am.
zzzzz