Installing a transom window tomorrow
Finish sheetrock on 3 walls (halfway there)
Make a wooden platform (to seat a slab of granite, about the height of a coffee table) for my wood stove to prop on by cutting down solid oak Newell posts for the legs. (Got the posts for CHEAP. they should make perfect heavy duty legs for holding a wood stove)
Get the space ready for my hired help to hang sheetrock on ceiling
Take a muscle relaxer!

My agenda went real south today and also the art I created was garbage. Back to the drawing board tomorrow, literally.

Work this morning/early afternoon. If all goes as planned I'm leaving early. It's supposed to be in the 60s this afternoon. I just want to go home and get my dog and go for a long long long walk in the sun.

I am working lunch to help make up hours for doctor visits this week.

Then make it to five o'clock. I intend to sleep all weekend! Last night I slept through a tornado dancing in my County. Woke up this morning to several texts inquiring if the babies and I were okay. I think pain makes me extra tired. A lady at work received damage to her home last night but thank goodness everyone was safe.

Art--done.
Tarot--done.
Fill dishwasher.
Pen pal writing.
Binge watch Shrill.
Call doctor(s)--done.

Knowing how busy you are at work and all the massive exercise you get during inclement winter weather, I say it's an easy decision: Play your card games and Mahjong and fire up some movies (in the background) and get some R & R, while you can. You deserve it, Gemme.

<<<<<<<<---- relaxing tonight in the arcade (gotta see if I can win a better score while playing my favorite arcade games).

I'm dealing with a check engine light on/inspection due by end of month situation. I drove 100 miles this morning trying to re-set all the sensors but the light stayed on. (I only drive an average of 8 miles a day so every time I have to get my car inspected I have to do a long drive to cycle everything through) Stopped at Autozone to check the code and it's the Catalytic Converter. Went to my mechanic to get a quote. They said they would call me with it. On my way out, one of my regular mechanics was like pssst c'mere. He whispered at me to go get some Cataclean and drive 20 miles, re-fuel, empty my tank driving and come back. He seemed to think that would fix my problem. I really hope it does because the quote was $1,400 and that's not funny. So I've spent a lot of time today driving.

I have now hung up my driving hat. Had a quick workout to get out some angst. It is now time for weekend cooking and cleaning and then time with my spouse tonight.

Thank you! So far, the engine light is still out. Have to empty the tank, re-fill, drive some more, and test it with the mechanic. Fingers crossed.

I've been up cooking since early this morning. We're having a big Irish lunch with a friend, paired with an afternoon of playing board games. I made a big batch of Boxty with two toppings. One of smoked fish, and another of sauteed mushrooms and a whiskey gravy.

After that, we're coming home to take care of animals and then heading out to see the Indigo Girls.

Happy day!

I got about a third of my bermuda grass sprayed with my mixture of vinagar, salt and Dawn dish washing lotion. The Dawn makes it stick to the grass. I mowed it short yesterday late. I am killing all my bermuda grass in my yards. It will come back next year. Takes forever to mow the lawns having to sit down every 8 minutes and prop up my legs for a few.

Washed my back brace.

Sat in a chair in the front yard and used my shot gun to do a liitle practice ... shot towards the ground at piles of pinestraw mulch that I raked up over a year ago. I was busy pulling logs out of the woods and would have already been rid of the mulch a little later ... but got the harsh awakening to quit logging. I believe I will be able to go on bag it and haul it to garbage this fall.

My neighbor sent me a photo of a snake she killed today in her front yard. I was hoping to stir up one out of the piles of pine straw mulch with my shots today. I am begging for excitment. Do you hear me? She got her excitment today ... why not me??? LOL!

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My sleep schedule always gets a bit wonky after flying and spending several days in a different time zone.....it's 3 a.m. and here I sit wide awake, bright eyed and bushy tailed.......which is a shame because it's WAY to early to do any of the things on my agenda today......

Drop off film at Costco, run to the bank, and stop at the post office. I guess while I'm waiting for those places to open I could unpack, throw in a load or two of laundry, and play online!

Run to work early to grab signed eviction papers and drop them to the eviction center.
Grab co-worker and head to city for a homelessness support services symposium.
Back to the office to see what all has gone down in my absence and get ready for house meeting.
Facilitate said house meeting.
Go out for drink with my case manager because We. Have. Had.A.Week.
Home
Possibly work out after getting home. We shall see.

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Off to the post office to mail out a "care package" to my grandniece as well as a card with photos to a friend in Chicago. A quick trip into Walmart. A stop at Central Market in Poulsbo for Mary's meds. Pick up meats at Albertson for supper. There may or may not be a stop included at Starbucks....

As soon as it warms up tomorrow, bathe and trim 2 dirty dogs.

Dee the Bot & Spring blooms
 

I turned on the "Deebot" roomba and went out to do yard work. I attacked the spring garden with the electric hedge trimmer. Geraniums were so leggy they were trying to walk away. Down to the ground again. Relocated one of the fragrant lavender's to the back yard. Lipstick sage that the humming birds love, have been weed whacked back to cleanliness. The 15 year old ficus,( I received when I was in the hospital that long ago) looked all straggly, and has a new haircut. Now, after some tea n honey, back out to fill the yard waste container. :tea:

As the world turns, Dee the Bot just passed by and looks happy. All is well at Casa South. :typewriter: I smell of dirt and flowers, and the cats woke up long enough to see DeeBot and are ignoring us.

Text with my younger half sisters and talk crap on the older half sisters!

I know it sounds horrible but that's how we roll! I guess with family things are different.

If I'm ambitious, laundry and other chores. If I'm not, napping and procrastinating... Guess we'll see which side wins. :D

Return another air fryer I bought. I really don't have the room for it and I can't find one I like.

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Much needed spring cleaning, going thru closet, drawers, cupboards, etc. then on to either filing or shredding TONS of paperwork!

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Resting.........

OMGoodness.

Tight agenda today that started yesterday....
Bagels
cream cheese
bananas/strawberries
water/oj
napkins/plates/table cloth
ice for the cooler

Today: Donuts
fresh ice for the cooler
and Final Exam with a side of breakfast
for my students! Happy Final

Packing for our 5 day vacation, in a lovely hotel, in a lovely place!

Since we normally just hitch our house up and go, I forget how long it takes to pack up stuff you MIGHT need while on the road.:byebye:

Lucky students!

Wake up- check
Feed all of the freeloading animals- check
Coffee- check
Work out- check
Shower/dress/gussy up- check
Work and survive the experience- currently working on
Tonight- start grief counseling through Hospice
Go tuck nephews into bed
Go home and tuck myself into bed.

My agenda got hijacked and re-routed several times in mostly positive ways.

I woke up with a day ahead of me that was mine to decide upon.

I woke up with grief heavy on my chest making it hard to breathe right.

I drank coffee, I showered, I mowed the lawn, I ate half of a sandwich.

I got out on my bike with intentions of a good long ride. But the grief was so heavy on my chest that it was hard to breathe through it so I took the ride I could and told myself I was doing the best I can right now and I cut it short.

I came home and wandered around ADD style trying to decide what chore to do but nothing felt right.

The sun was out and it's beautiful and my mother and I have been having a really hard time deciding what to do for mother's day five weeks after my brother/her son dying. We are both having a really hard time doing anything that is "normal" around other people who don't know what is going on. I called her to see if she wanted to go to a green house to get some flowers and plant some gardens. She told me that she woke up wanting to do a garden with me. An herb garden that we share. (We live down the road from each other) So we did. I got us a really nice rustic barrel and we got basil and cilantro, lavender, and rosemary and thyme and dill and marigolds to keep the bugs away. We planted together. It was healing. It helped today.

I feel a little better now. A few more chores and reading on the porch for me tonight.