A new volunteer for the swap shop

 

Monday

I got up at 7:30, hearing my alarm go off. I got ready for the day. Chris got up and made coffee. I parsed supplements for the next week, then went off to 627 to clean.

I finished cleaning the fridge and oven and started on the cabinets. Then I went home for fiber gel. Afterward, I sat in the sun and read a book. When I came back in, I made and ate breakfast.

Before 2, I went back to 627 to clean the rest of the cabinets and I started on the vertical blinds. Saronna and Randy came by to get the large trash can in the laundry room. Not long after they left, I had to leave, too. I used the stepstool as my 'bookmark' between the vertical blinds I had cleaned, and those still dirty.

I went to the swap shop to meet Jordan. But Jenni already had it open and was sorting clothes. So Jordan and I sorted clothes, too. Why do people donate clothes that are covered in pet hair? I didn't feel like taking them all home to wash, so we put them in bags to be donated.

After 5, I went home to make supper. John and Michele and Chris were watching some K-pop demon hunter movie. I watched a little of it, but was not interested. I ate a bowl of soup and some rice and mushrooms.

Then I went to the chapel for band. The first person to arrive was the doctor with his guitar. When it seemed no one else was coming, we played through the two hymns. Then Jenni showed up and got out her tambourine. We played the last hymn again, then went on to When the Saints Go Marching In. He played chords on his guitar while I tried the ornamented version that Saronna and I have been practicing. It didn't work so well, so he reverted to the box drum and a metronome. We worked up from 60 bpm to 90 bpm. Then I asked him to go back to guitar. It seemed to work. But then my lip was shot so we all packed up and went home.

When I walked in, the three of them were discussing the current administration and ICE. It was a heated discussion. After they left, I worked on my blogs (turns out I missed yesterday). I made tea and we watched TV.

Then I turned on the steam sauna and put an overturned wastebasket in to sit on. I also got a towel and bottle of water. I sat inside and put the towel over the opening behind me. I drank water as needed. When the timer rang, the steam turned off. I wiped off and dried out the sauna. I put on a nightgown and got ready for bed.