Vacuuming the fridge

 

Wednesday

I got up at 7:30, having been awake for quite awhile. Chris still hadn't quite left for work. I prepared for coffee morning. I exercised and read. I meditated and tapped. The door bell rang. I was annoyed, but then they gave me a bag of cotton fabric, so I forgave them.

I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen. I washed dishes. I laid out in the sun, then sat for a steam session. I took a shower and did a load of towels and washcloths.

I ate 4 kinds of yogurt. I went to 607 to clean. I had to vacuum pet hair from the fridge. I cleaned the shelves.

John did not come over till almost 7. Michele came with him. We chatted as John cleaned. I picked some peppers and cherry tomatoes from the lady's garden. Then Michele walked me back to her house to give me some plants that someone had given her. When we got back to 607, I asked them to turn the lights off and close the garage door when John was done.

I went to the garden even though it was getting dark. I took a pic of the bird bowl as requested. I also was able to locate two cherry tomatoes. Then I went home.

I read some e-mail and worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched another episode of Blue Bloods. Chris went to bed and I stayed up to read.

Shopping with Jenni

 

Tuesday

I slept well at first, then awoke early and could not go back to sleep. I got up at 7:30. I went through the usual morning routine. I started a new batch of sprouts. Peas this time. I ate yogurts, then added milk to most of them to use up the milk. I put those yogurts in the dehydrator to cure.

I packed a bag with swim suit and towel. I made breakfast and packed it in a bowl. I filled two water bottles. Jenni came over to pick me up. She took me to the dentist. I was half an hour early, but it took that long to read through all the fine print and explain why I would not sign the consent form.

I waited a few minutes, then was called back. The lady cleaned my teeth with sonic water or something like that. I waited again, then the dentist came and checked my teeth. He said one tooth was worn, but there was no decay so I was free to go. An appointment was made for the next cleaning.

When I got out, Jenni was waiting for me. We went to a fast food place for her to buy lunch. Then we sat in a park and she ate hers while I ate the breakfast I had made. Then we went to the Aquatic Center. But the pool she wanted to use was closed until the filter system could be fixed.

So we went shopping, starting with Hobby Lobby. Then I looked for a professional grade pumice stone. I found it at Macey's. I got pomegranates at WalMart. Someone texted me that she wanted me to clean some toilet rings because she failed inspection and was reinspecting tomorrow. My phone knew her name, but I couldn't think who she was. I told her I would do it. Then Michelle called to tell me what a bad day she had. She wanted me to come to her house later, but I said I had to clean two toilets. She asked if I would let her do it and keep her company.

So, when Jenni and I got back to post, I ate some seed crackers and met Michelle over at the house on Pinyon. She cleaned the toilets while I talked to her. She didn't want me to help, so I found other surfaces to wipe.

When we finished, she wanted me to come to her house, but I said I had to meet John over at 607. I agreed to meet her at 7:30. I texted John and headed over. He arrived half an hour later. I cleaned in the kitchen and he cleaned upstairs. I texted the lady about the toilets and she came over to pay me. She was not the name that came up on my phone. But whatever.

After John left, I packed up and came home. It was 7:30, but I was tired and hungry and it was our anniversary. When I told Michelle that, she understood. Chris had supper in the toaster oven for me. I ate and checked e-mail. I told him about my day. Then I worked on my blog.

 I made tea and we watched the pilot episode for Blue Bloods. This might be good. Later Chris went to bed and I stayed up to read.

 

Back home, and all the usual things to do

 

Monday

I woke up earlier than I wanted to, but had slept better up to that point because the room was cool. I puttered around in the room while Chris read online. Then I washed up and got dressed. I took my water bottles to get refilled. I chatted with another woman who was doing the same thing. When I got back to the room, I noticed that it smelled stuffy.

I checked my messages. I jotted notes for my blog. I added to my to-do list. I made breakfast and ate it while listening to some podcast.

Then we packed up all our stuff and moved it to the car. We headed home. We stopped somewhere for a bathroom break, then continued on. The whole time we listened to a book on CD. The writing was so dramatic that I could not sleep through it. No one was ever mildly irritated or concerned. People were furious, or heartbroken, or ecstatic, or paralyzed with fear.

When we got back to base, we brought our luggage into the house and unpacked. We went to the post office for mail, then the commissary for food. Tiffany was there and we talked about putting out water for the birds so they won't eat the tomatoes. Then we stopped at the library to return the book on CD and get a more reserved one.

I checked e-mail, then went to clean 607 for an hour. It smelled like something had died in there. I opened the windows, and put water down all the drains. Finally I flushed out the insinkerator. I cleaned the oven as best I could, then put some hot water and ammonia inside to lift the last of it and to loosen the grease on the racks. I also picked some peppers in the garden she left behind. 

A man came to the door and asked for the swing. I told him if it was still here when I took the house to Inspection, he could have it. He also asked for the microwave in the garage and I let him have that.

On the way home, I stopped to inspect my garden. Lots of gopher mounds. Also, lots of cherry tomatoes. I guess the birds went for the water bowl after all. Also, I picked 4 squash and a spherical cucumber. When I got home, I washed the tomatoes and ate them. I watered my outdoor plants and refilled the jugs. Chris made ground beef with the small potatoes from our garden. I ate that for supper and some cashews. I opened the packages from the post office and gave Chris the one with the new remote.

I took two squash and went to the chapel for band practice. At first it was just Keli and me. Then Sophia came. Later Jenni showed up. We played through the hymns and Christmas songs. We discussed what we needed copies of. They left and Jenni stayed to talk. She is taking me to the dentist tomorrow and said to pack a bathing suit for walking the lazy river.

When I got home, I read messages and worked on my blog. I ate chia seed and blueberries.  I made tea and we watched the last episode of Criminal Minds season 14.  But that's all the library has, so we will have to find something else to watch.  

I read online.  Chris went to bed and later so did I. 

Last hike

 

Sunday

It was another long night with little AC. I counted the seconds that each cycle lasted – only 70: not long enough to cool the room. The toilet continued to run and the bathroom smelled like cigarettes. Opening the front door let in cool air, but Chris didn't like the door being open.

We talked about getting another room and if not possible, just going home. I didn't want to stay here another night, but wasn't ready to go back to Dugway either. After eating his breakfast, he went downstairs to request another room while I dressed and made breakfast. He came back with a new room number. So I packed up everything that I could. He moved a few things at a time to the new room, and then we took the last boxes together. The new room was much like the old room, but the AC was digital and the toilet didn't run.

We prepared for hiking by filling my water bottles. Then we headed to a butte where we walked around, climbed on rocks and spoke to people. We both took pictures. Then we went back to Fruita to walk along the river. The e coli count was high so we did not put our feet in the water. The path followed the flowing water for awhile, then veered to the left and went up the side of a mountain. We followed the path to a big vista. It continued higher, but my legs had had enough. So we took pics and walked back.

I watched the trees for signs of apples. There were none and then there was one covered in apples. I walked up to it and picked one while stumbling over all the ones that had dropped. The deer did not seem to mind how close we were.

When we got back to the hotel, I washed and ate the apple. I downloaded several days worth of pictures to my laptop. We read online for awhile, then I took a long shower. I got dressed and we went to the Broken Spur steakhouse. It was lovely. I would recommend it.

When we got back to the hotel, Chris hooked up his DVD player. We read online and I worked on my blog. Later we watched three episodes of Criminal Minds. I spent over an hour working on entering hours into VMIS and resetting my password. Then I got ready for bed.

Farmers Market

 

Saturday

Another night of little sleep, even though I remembered to take my magnesium supplements. Chris had turned the water off to the toilet, but somehow it still refilled it self all night. I turned the AC all the way up, but it still didn't cool off and kept running intermittently through the night. In the morning, Chris turned the AC off because my laptop sits right next to it. I took a shower and made tea. I sat down at my laptop to jot some notes and read messages. I made and ate breakfast, then we walked to the convenience store where he bought sun screen.

For hiking, we went to Chimney Rock, and took the trail that seemed most level. We did not make it to the end (however far that might be) till I decided that my legs had had enough. We walked back to the car and drove back to the hotel. It was hard to walk up the steps to our second floor room. Chris refilled my water bottles, while I read online.

At 3, we drove to the Saturday farmer's market. It was smaller than I expected or remembered. Then we walked to and around inside the local convenience store. I bought kombucha and a bag of pistachios.

I got dressed for dinner, and then we walked to the Mexican restaurant in front of our hotel. The booth seat was slanted so I changed sides with Chris. They had chicken in red salsa and pork in green salsa. I wanted pork in red salsa but they said no. So we ordered both and switched the meats. Chris brought some home. I ate pistachios for the salt.

Chris hooked a DVD player to his laptop and we watched the episodes of Criminal Minds that we couldn't see at home. Then I read on my laptop and posted to my blog. I think we went to bed early and put the AC on constant run. I fell asleep, but Chris could not take the noise so he turned it down.

Fruita Utah

 

Friday

I did not sleep well. I woke up in the middle of the night and could not go back to sleep. The toilet refilled itself several times an hour and the AC system came on with about the same frequency.

Because the drapes were drawn, I didn't realize it was morning until I checked at 8:45. I got up and took a shower. I plugged up the toilet. I did my exercises. We went to the lobby for coffee and to refill my water bottles. I got some hot water to make tea with. Then I made breakfast with the tea. A man came to work on the toilet. But he said he needed a new part to stop the water from draining out.

After breakfast, we went to Fruita. It is a place a bit secluded which means it is partially protected from late frost which kills blossoms in other places. We parked and walked the Fremont Gorge Trail. We never did find the gorge even though we walked for quite a while. In order to save some energy for tomorrow, we turned around and came back. We sat at a table in a park and chatted with another couple while drinking water. Then we walked back to our car and returned to the hotel.

I refilled my water bottle and laid down for a nap. Did I fall asleep? Didn't seem like it. I got online to finish listening to a lecture and jot notes for my blog.

Later, I washed up and we went to a Mexican restaurant in town for an early dinner. I got the octopus taco and the vegetable soup. The plan was to eat half our meal and save the other half for tomorrow. But I ate all of mine. Then we went to the ice creamery. I got the sample platter with chocolate, berry, and juniper flavors. Chris got a large cone with butter pecan and coffee.

After dessert, we went back to the hotel. I read online, then read outside in the fading sunlight. I took a short walk around the hotel second floor balconies. When I got back, I came inside and watched some health videos. I made tea and worked on my blog. We did not watch TV because of all the commercials. Later we went to bed.

Trip to Capitol Reef

 

Thursday

I got up at 7:30. I went through part of my morning list, skipping the things that won't be needed later. I put the seed crackers in the dehydrator hoping to improve the crispiness. I packed more breakfast things. I went to the chapel to unlock the door for Bible Study, then went back home to continue packing. Finally I watered the plants and then packed my laptop. We went to the post office, then his office, then the gas station.  We got on our way by 10:30.

As we rode, we listened to a book on CD. I dozed on and off, but not as much as I would have liked. When we got near our destination, we stopped at Curry Pizza for a late lunch. We both got Indian food. Since we didn't finish it, we took it to our hotel to also be supper.

We signed into the Noor hotel. I was disappointed to find out that they didn't have any kind of breakfast, or a pool. We carried our luggage and breakfast boxes up to the second floor. We set up our computers and read online for awhile. I watched over half of today's Highwire episode.

Then we went for a walk around the hotel and grounds. There wasn't much to see. After some discussion, we went to the Etta Place cidery. It had changed a lot in the last 3 years. Now it was a bar. We sat outside in the back. We ordered two sets of three ciders. We tasted each cider and talked about them. Then I suggested we take our pic against the mountains. A lady offered to take it for us, and a conversation started. After she left, we conversed with the two couples who took that table next.

When they left, we were leaving too, but got in a conversation with a couple inside the bar. She told me there would be a Stitch-n-bitch here tomorrow afternoon. So we talked about that and about picking apples. Then they had to leave, so we paid for our drinks and some bottles that Chris picked out and some chocolate that I picked out.

We went back to our hotel. I finished watching The Highwire. We ate our leftovers. We tried watching TV, such as they had. But there were so many commercials, that we eventually gave up. Chris went to bed and I stayed up to blog.