Clearing old e-mail

 

Tuesday

I got up at 7:30. I did Sudoku until almost 8. I went through the morning list. I practiced Christmas music. I texted with Randy. I read e-mail and tried TRE. I was unable to get the reaction to start. I played a podcast.

I ate fiber gel. I read online, and cleared e-mail.. I made up payment envelops for the people who help me clean.

After lunch, I read outside in the sun. I walked to the post office and back. I cleared more e-mail, then went to the garden where I pulled a few weeds and picked two cherry tomatoes. I went back to listening to podcasts while clearing old e-mail.

Chris came home a little early from work. Michele had asked him to drive her home because her back hurt. We chatted. He made himself supper and put a bowl of ground beef in the toaster oven for me. After I ate, I continued to clear old e-mail. Then I worked on my blog.

I made tea and we watched the first episode of Season 14. Chris said it was the last season that the library had. Afterward, he went to bed and I stayed up to listen to James Corbett.

First day of parasite cleanse

 

Monday

I got up at 7:35. I followed the morning list. I ate yogurt with pumpkin seeds. I practiced last week's hymns and some Christmas songs. I started a parasite cleanse by pulling out supplements and placing them where I would see them at the appropriate times.

I ate fiber gel. I read out in the sun, then came in and made breakfast. I posted for band and picked hymns. Never a quick task. I went to the post office, and then to the library to return a book. I stopped by the chapel to pick up my trombone, then proceeded to the garden.

I went home. I tried to nap inside. Nothing. I put my slides in soapy water to soak, then tried to nap outside with a book. Nope. I did Sudoku, then washed the slides. My fingernail could feel stuff on the slide. Odd. I cleaned them as best I could, then rinsed and oiled them. I put the trombone in the car.

I heated supper. Keli texted that she could not come to band tonight. I ate supper, then went to the chapel for band. No one came but Jenni and she was frustrated over being reported for something she didn't do as a sub. She was frustrated that she couldn't get into the site where she could explain her side of the story. We talked for 2 hours.

When I got home, I worked on my blog, then made tea. We watched the first episode of The Librarians because we didn't have the next season of Criminal Minds. Later Chris went to bed and I stayed up to listen to an interview on Trauma Release Exercises.

Baptism at the pool

 

Sunday

I got up around 8. I went through my morning list. I didn't practice much because Chris was listening to something. I ate yogurts and added milk to the ferments, then put them in the dehydrator to grow. I checked e-mail.

It was after 10:30 when I went by the kids house to pick up some empty boxes that I'd left. Then I went to the garden to weed. I picked a squash and some cherry tomatoes.

I went home, ate fiber gel, then read outside in the sun. I made and ate breakfast. I got dressed for church and took cheese squares with me.

I was surprised to see Eryne in church. The praise team sang 4 songs at the beginning of the service. Chaplain talked about the revival. He started his sermon at 1:45 and the band played hymns at 2:15. That didn't give us much time to go home and change clothes for the baptism at 2:30.

I had put on my bathing suit and a shirt and shorts. Then I headed to the pool for baptism. But Michelle and Casey had just pulled up to the chapel. They flagged me down to get the key. So I was late to the pool.

Chaplain and two of Janet's kids were already in the pool. Their dad read a scripture, then Chaplain asked them questions and dunked them backward in the water. The parents toweled them off. We all chatted by the pool while Jenni got changed into her suit. We discussed the up and downsides of buying a 5' inflatable hamster wheel. John said he could get one by next weekend – which is the last weekend that the pool is open. Then Jenni, John, and I got in the pool to swim. The water wasn't warm, but tolerable. Mostly we floated and chatted for an hour. When Jenni and I got cold, we climbed out, toweled off, and drove home.

I ate fiber gel and laid out on the front lawn. Then I came in and ate what Chris cooked, which was chicken soup, zucchini fried with onions, and rice. I checked e-mail and composed a message for the docket of HHS. Today is the deadline. I fielded texts from Michelle and John M. I worked on my blog.

I made tea and we watched the season ender of Criminal Minds. Then we both went to bed. I woke up in the night to shut down the router and put my phone to sleep and brush my teeth. I went back to bed, used the RLS treatments, and slept on and off till morning.

No-show for both sewing class and project night

 

Saturday

It was a bad night. Some random pain sprung up and my mind wouldn't stop cogitating. I got up at 7:30 and went through the morning list. I rinsed the sprouts in a big bowl to separate the sprouted seeds from the ones that were not going to sprout – which was a lot! I also washed the carrot greens and stuck them in the dehydrator. I practiced and ate yogurt.

I looked up the next steps in the game and made notes. I went out to water plants and annoy gophers and eliminate the mounds. When I came in, I washed off, then Chris gave me a massage. Afterward, he took his shower and I took mine.

I ate fiber gel. I looked up the sewing project for today and made a template. I made and ate breakfast. I checked e-mail. I picked fabrics and sandwiched them. I came back to find out how far apart the stitching lines should be. Half an inch. I went back and did the stitching. I started cutting the rows apart and decided not to finish it so that the kids could see how it was done.

I took all my project stuff to the chapel. I set up a machine and got supplies out. Wendy arrived to help the kids, but the kids did not come. Michelle said they just wanted to watch TV. So Wendy and I talked for over an hour. Then we locked the chapel and left. I went to the Clark's house. I cleaned the fans, then the door of the stove. I swept and mopped my way from the library to the living room. I put the runners back down and vacuumed them. I tied up a few loose ends and moved my cleaning supplies out to the car.

I went home for supper and e-mail. Then I went back to the church for Project Night. But no one came. After half an hour, I went over to Michelle's house. She was putting highlights in the girls hair. I was exhausted and I think she was too, but she was taking caffeine pills. Isadora showed me her artwork.

Eventually I went home. Blogger sent me a message saying 6 of my videos would be deleted unless I went to some Google Takeout site and downloaded them, or something like that. Chris told me to find them myself and download them. Most were date-coded so finding them was easy, but one was not. I spent a lot of time looking for it.

Then I made tea and we watched TV. I went back to looking and then we dressed the bed with clean sheets. I finally found it and it was just a pic. No motion involved. I worked on my blog and got ready for bed.

Cleaning the boys room

 

Friday

I woke up early and waited for the 7:30 alarm. When I remembered that it doesn't ring on Fridays, I got up to find it was 7:50. I got ready for the day. I made egg salad from all the eggs I peeled last night. Chris sliced the bread for me. I packed egg salad, bread, 4 small bananas, and a bottle of water.

I went to Michelle's to put lunch in their fridge. Then the girls walked to their house while I drove there. I let us in. We worked on their room. Erin came over with the boys. A lady sent me pics of two dressers that she dropped off. The girls liked one of them. So I called Chris to come over and use Randy's truck to pick it up from the swap shop. Sophia pulled out of the truck the most enormous stuff bear I have ever seen. My heart dropped. Chris and Moira went to pick up the dresser. Erin helped Sophia and me prepare a space for the dresser. Erin unscrewed some hook racks. Chris and Moira carried the dresser in and set it down. Chris left.

Erin had the boys come in and go through all their stuff to weed out and organize. We also swept behind the beds and put sheets on. They did the closets while I swept the library. Finally I pooped out and just sat till she was finished with their room. A hail storm spun up quickly, spitting large balls of hail the size of blueberries into my car and everywhere. Erin called her husband and he drove us back to Michelle's house. They left, but the kids and I ate egg salad sandwiches and bananas. Michelle did not come home by 2, so we all walked back to the house. She arrived just as we did. I let us in. She was dismayed by the enormous bear as well. It took up the whole livingroom. Michelle told me to go home, so I did. I ate some nuts while checking e-mail. I looked up a sewing project for tomorrow. I got started, then decided to go to the garden while it was daylight. I checked my tomato plant and found a bird inside the netting. Somehow it got out while I pulled off red cherry tomatoes and ate them. I did some weeding. Jack showed up and gave me a hug. We looked at his garden and he picked some zucchini, carrots and a squash for me. I gave him an onion and some hot peppers.

When I got home, I made up supplements for the week. Then I made the breakfast I would have had, had I been home at noon. I worked on my blog. I prepared for game night. I wrote up today's notes. I put some greens in a bag for Casey and made myself a bottle of tea. I drove over to their house. Of course Michelle was not there, since she was with the kids at the rented house. Casey called up the game and I played it using the notes I took. Jumping was still the hardest thing.

I ran out of notes at 11, then thanked Casey and went home. Chris was in bed. I got ready for bed and joined him.

Cleaning the girls room

 

Thursday

I got up at 7:30. I went through the morning list quickly. I started a loaf of bread, then put the dough into the fridge before I went to Bible study. I think I hardboiled some eggs as well.

I opened the chapel at 9, letting Diane and Karen inside. We talked about Saronna's situation until Eryne arrived. Then she led the study of Genesis 42. We discussed it and Karen had to leave. We also discussed cleaning Saronna's house.

So after we prayed, two of them followed me to her house and we cleaned the couch and behind the couch and other furniture on the same wall. Then we broke for lunch.

I went home and made breakfast. I put the dough in the oven even though it was still in the bread pan. I watched The Highwire. Michelle called and we talked for awhile, then I went to her house with two dozen eggs that Diane gave me.

Then she walked and I drove to Saronna's house. We talked and Karen came over with Moira. Moira helped me clean the ferret cage and shred paper for it. Then Aubrey came over. Michelle and Aubrey cleaned the remaining bathroom while I cleaned behind the stove and ran the dishwasher.

Michelle left to get ready for staying overnight with Saronna's kids. Another lady came to clean. So we discussed what needed to be done and I left her and Aubrey to it. I went to Michelle's house to pick up the Korean meal she had bought me earlier in town. I stayed to talk a bit, then I went home. I ate the Korean meal cold and tried to catch up on e-mail.

Eventually Chris came home from AutumnFest. I worked on my blog, then made tea and we watched TV. I read online. Chris went to bed. I peeled all the hardboiled eggs and cracked some that weren't hardboiled but were in the box labeled hardboiled. Then I went to bed.

Meditating and cleaning

 

Wednesday

I got up at 7:35, not having slept well. I did a few morning chores, then prepared for coffee morning. After four rounds of meditation, I started cleaning the bathrooms. Michelle contacted me about cleaning. In fact while we were still talking, she walked into my house. So I quickly threw on regular clothing and she took me to Saronna's house. We stripped the beds and started a load of wash. We discussed. Then she took me home and went to sub at the school. I finished my bathrooms and washed dishes. I took a steam session and a shower. I ate some yogurt with pumpkin seeds. I also made a bit of egg salad.

I went over to Saronna's house and started cleaning. But Michelle never came. She couldn't leave the dog alone. So I worked mainly in the kitchen. Also I swept and mopped floors and washed more bedding and tossed stuffed animals in the dryer. I emptied the dishwasher and restacked it, but there were things that could not go in. Michelle told me that the kids were talking badly about her at school and she considered that maybe she shouldn't be alone with them.

Around 6, I went home. I heated leftovers and ate supper while catching up on e-mail. I posted to my blog. I thought we would watch TV, but Chris was gaming online till 10:30, so then we went to bed.