Cleaning for Tina

 

Friday

I got up at 8, didn't sleep great, but no RLS. I went through the morning list, except for yogurt. I went to the chapel for Math Morning. Saronna brought a math game. So we all played it, helping Jedediah as needed. We finished after 10, then packed up and locked the chapel. We chatted in the parking lot for a bit, then I went home to eat fiber gel and pick up the stepstool.

I went to the commissary for groceries. The clerk asked for advice on how to clean his oven. Then I went to 203 to clean in the kitchen for an hour-ish. I brought home the frozen goods left behind in the freezer. I put the groceries away, then made and ate breakfast. I looked at sets of directions for making a cat crinkle toy.

I went to Tina's house with a squash and some yogurt. She wanted a lesson on how to use her embroidery machine. So I did the best I could. She had an elaborate Singer and it was complicated. But we figured out enough for her to make name labels for clothing. Then I did some vacuuming and she paid me.

When I got home, I ate fiber gel, then went to 203 for another hour. I packed up food and soaps from the shelves into a bag for Saronna. I went to the garden to pick up the carrots that Jack left for me. I went home and heated some of the frozen food for supper. I read e-mail. I ate the vegetables, but the fish was still cold, so I put it back in the toaster oven. I worked on a supplement order, comparing prices from one site to another. I took notes for the game. I worked on my blog and ate the fish. I packed some of the carrots in a bag. I made tea, then headed to Michelle's house.

She wasn't there, but Casey and the kids were. He put up the game and I started to play without the notes at first, then I had to look to make sure I didn't miss anything. Michelle called him and they talked. I ran into trouble with the game and Casey got it back, but from then on, it ran very slowly. Finally, I found a ship and was supposed to go in through a hole, but after circling the ship several times, there was no hole to be found.

I exited the game, thanked Casey, and went home. I watched the walkthrough to see where the hole was. I took more notes, then went to bed.

Saving green tomatoes

 

Thursday

I got up at 7:30. Chris was just leaving for work. I went through the morning list. I added milk to some ferments and put them in the dehydrator.

I went to Bible Study at the ACS building. They decided that the chapel wasn't clean enough. We read and discussed the 49^th book of Genesis. Then we discussed community stuff, including writing ICE reports about the chapel.  We said a prayer and I left.

I went home to eat fiber gel, then I went to 607 to finish mopping and get most of my stuff out. Then I went home for breakfast and to watch The Highwire. It was short today. I stayed to eat egg salad and check e-mail. Chris came home to move his luggage to the car. He checked e-mail too, then kissed me and went back to work.

I went to 203 to spray down the bathroom to soak. I also checked the fridge and stove. I walked over to 207 and sprayed it down too. Then I went back to 607 to address the garden. There was a huge sprawling tomato plant. I cut it way back and kept the green tomatoes. I also pulled two flowering broccoli plants and some peppers that were done for the season. I left the zucchini plant and the spaghetti squash plant. I put what I pulled into a large bag. I raked up some of the shredded rubber, but needed a bag to put it in. I took the bag of plant debris and dumped it in my garden, saving the bag for shreds.

I went to Housing to schedule the inspection. I went home to lay out all the green tomatoes so they can ripen over time. I checked e-mail and jotted notes for my blog. I went to the library to get some boring books on CD.

I proceeded to the school where a bunch of us met to pick up neighborhood trash. Erynne and I were on a team and we went between First and Second street where we found lots of trash, then we went between second and third. When we got to the area behind the Clark's house, I saw Moira. She was burying ammonia that her mother found in a green spray bottle. I was so happy to see the bottle because I didn't remember what I had done with it. I finished picking up trash and met the others back at the school. Jack thanked us and we all went home.

I put leftover fish in the toaster oven. I worked on my blog while it heated. I ate supper and listened to a podcast. Chris called and we talked for a few minutes. Then he went to bed in his hotel room at the airport. I worked on a supplement order, then left it while I watched two episodes of Call the Midwife.  Then I went to bed.

Signed for another apartment

 

Wednesday

I woke up in the dark to use the bathroom. No RLS. But Chris was already gone. I went back to bed until 7:30. It was still dark when I got up. I prepared for Meditation Morning and rushed it just a little. I started cleaning the bathrooms, then got dressed and went to a sign-over at 11. After the signing, the man left and I stayed to chat with Jack and Sarah. Jack gave me back the irrigation timer I had lent him months ago.

I went home to finish cleaning and washing dishes. I vacuumed, then checked e-mail. I prepared for the sauna and sweated for 20 minutes. Then I took a shower and got dressed. I made egg salad.

I went to 607 to clean. I tried new ways to get the blue ring out of the toilet but to no avail. I mopped some floors and down the steps. I checked the backyard garden but there was nothing to pick. I poured cleaning vinegar and Dawn on a grease spot in the garage, then went to my garden. There was nothing to pick there either.

I went to the post office for the mail, then headed home. Chris was folding laundry, so I pitched in. Then he told me Michele and John were coming over.

And they did. We started chatting and Chris reminded me that I wanted to refill the water jugs. So Michele and Chris and I went to the Primo machine to fill all three 5-gallon jugs. I noted that the gallon price went up to 70 cents.

When we got back, we talked about movies and games. Then John got hungry and they went home. I worked on my blog. Later I made tea and we watched an episode of Blue Bloods. He went to bed and I stayed up to read.

Cleaning Tarah's house

 

Tuesday

I got up at 8, having gotten up multiple times during the night to address RLS. After Sudoku, I went through the morning list. It rained again. I took a bucket of cleaners to Tarah's house about 9:30. She called me an expert. Eryne was there to help as well. As we cleaned, other ladies arrived. I got a call for a quote and ran over to Steve's building to look around and name a price. He accepted and told me the sign-over is tomorrow at 11.

I went back to Tarah's house. I cleaned here and there, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, the front and back doors, etc. I could not clean her oven because she had the self-clean cycle going. I wondered how she would pass inspection at 2.

At noon I went home for breakfast and hardboiled two batches of eggs. After eating and checking e-mail, I checked the garden at 607, then mopped upstairs, left the toilet ring to soak again, and cleaned walls and steps.

At 5, I went to the garden. There were a few cherry tomatoes which were almost ripe. A bird was caught in the netting and was surrounded by feathers. I wondered if it tried to hide from a larger bird.

I went to the post office for mail, then went to the library. Michele was there to print out mask parts. The printer was giving the clerk trouble. But Michele eventually got the copy she needed. Then I handed over a thumb drive. It took awhile but I got the copies I needed. I stayed to chat then went home for supper.

As I ate, I read RLS remedies on the Earth Clinic site and took notes. I worked on my blog, then made tea. We watched Blue Bloods. I went back to reading what has worked for other people with RLS. I tried a few at bedtime and they must have worked.

Band is a no-show

 

Monday

I got up at 8, having had to get up several times during the night. I went through the morning list. It was sunny at first, but then it rained most of the day so I did not water the plants.

I chose hymns for Sunday. I made a copy of one, then cut it up into pieces to just have the descant for the bells to play. But my copier wasn't cooperating well and it doesn't enlarge. So I asked Chris to do it at work, but he said his isn't working right either. I texted Saronna and hers wasn't being helpful either.

So I went to Michelle. I brought my cut and pasted copy and a container of cheese squares. Hers wasn't communicating with the laptop so she took a pic of the paper, then went to Canva and used that AI to clean it up. Then she printed copies for me. I thanked her, chatted with Casey and went home.

I made and ate breakfast. I texted with Kurt. I sent him the pic that Michelle took of the music. He put it through AI and it came out better. In fact, I compared the two results and found out the Canva AI changed some of the notes.

I went to 607 to clean for an hour and a half. I stopped by my garden and picked a squash. Then I went home for fiber gel. Chris put leftovers in the toaster oven for me.

At 6:30, I went to the chapel for band. But no one showed up. I got out the bells for bell practice at 7. Michelle arrived at 7 and we chatted. Then Michele and John arrived at 7:15. They colored in some of the bell music, then we all chatted till 8. Michelle had to go to a class and the rest of us put stuff away, turned off the lights and went home.

I told Chris that I might want to quit band. He was ok with it. I worked on my blog and made tea. We watched Blue Bloods. I did some Sudoku, then read on my laptop.

Sometimes a cheat code is the answer

 

Sunday

I got up at 9, never having heard my alarms in the guest room. And it was raining. I went through the morning list. I got started on cheese squares. Michelle called, having a reaction to something. All I had to offer was charcoal, so I told her to call EMS. She did and they gave her benedryl.

I pulled the cheese squares out of the oven. I posted to my blog for Friday. I made and ate breakfast. I got dressed for church, then took the cheese squares and a zucchini to church.

Only a handful of people showed up, and the chaplain and Keli were not amongst them. Apparent the chaplain went to the hospital this morning and they were concerned he might have giant cell arteritis. Idk. Anyway, Popken led the service and I played hymns afterward. Then we all chatted and had cheese squares and went home. I stayed to check for my chenille pumpkin project but still couldn't find it.

When I got home, I ate some fruit and laid down and fell asleep. Chris woke me at 5 for the game. He had supper waiting for me. I listened to the Integrated Tapping Summit until everyone was present, then we played the game.

Our intrepid explorers were in the middle of a fight, but they handily won. Then we tracked down a revised will and delivered it to the council. It named the bastard daughter as heir. So we informed her of her parentage and inheritance and new place on the council of 5. Then two other members of the council asked to speak with us, separately. They each had a task to ask us to perform. Neither of which appealed to me but which would probably involve fighting.

After the game, I started working on my blog. Then we made the bed with a clean cover and sheets and blankets. I finished my blog and made tea. I jotted down all cleaning hours for yesterday.

Michelle invited me over for another game night, and also to be home with Isadora so she could go to the gym. So I went over. But then Michelle decided to stay home and chat. I played the game, always getting killed by the ice monster. Then I asked her if there were cheat codes for the game and she looked it up. Yes, there was a code to type in that made me invincible. That was a big help. But I still had to make almost impossible jumps. There was also a code to get all the weapons at once. But it turns out that the ice monster is invulnerable to bazookas.

Casey and Cedric came home from their trip. Casey unpacked the car and Cedric put himself to bed. The game seized and Casey freed it up. I kept missing the jumps and reloading the game. I succeeded a few times, then Casey did the last jump for me. From there, I got Urgon's part, slid back down to the first level and used it to defeat the ice monster and move to the ending of the level. Then I got the opportunity to buy ammo and med kits. I bought ammo but the screen seized so I didn't get med kits. I figured I didn't need them anyway, being invincible, but later decided I should have turned the invincibility off.

I made the next level at 11, thanked them, and went home. Chris and I retired to bed together.

Project and Game Night

Saturday

It was a horrible night. RLS kept visiting me. The treatments worked, but not for more than an hour or so. Therefore, I got up late, like around 8. I did Sudoku. Chris took his shower and went to Mass. I started my morning list. I was out watering plants when he got home. I planted the 4 seedlings that Michele gave me into the 4 empty spots in the tower garden. I also reset the traps and added mint leaves to one of them. It seems the gophers are digging a nexus of tunnels so that the water doesn't fill one tunnel, but spreads out among several.

When I came in, I asked Chris for a massage. After the massage, I took a shower. I made a bowl of yogurts with pumpkin seeds. I read e-mail, then made and ate breakfast. I went to 607 just before 2. Davis was there mowing the lawn. I went upstairs to work on baseboards. Isadora arrived to finish the master bathroom and to clean the other two bathrooms. After I had cleaned all the baseboards, I discovered that the walls needed scrubbing as well. The dirt was in between all the little lumps of paint - at least in the master bedroom and under the windows in the other bedrooms. Probably from a dog. I gave up trying to wipe away all the pet hair clinging to the walls. After I finished scrubbing, I went back with a vacuum and swept the hairs off.

Davis left. Isadora called her mom to pick her up. But by the time she arrived, I was leaving as well. I talked to her through the passenger window, then saw Michele and John pull out of their driveway. I knew they were going to my house for dinner so I wrapped up the conversation and went home.

Chris had cooked cod in a coconut curry sauce. So we all had dinner together. We chatted until I noticed the time, jumped up and headed to the chapel. When I got there, I realized I didnt have my phone. I went through my project bag looking for the chenille pumpkin. When John and Michele arrived, I went to 607 to pick it up. When I got back, I handsewed seams on a linen nightgown. John was gluing figures. Then they left early. So I packed up and called Michelle. She encouraged me to come over for a substitute Game Night. So I did. We chatted as the ice monster killed Indy over and over again. She looked up a walkthrough and we saw how Indy was supposed to get to the third floor. But it was an awful lot of big jumps in a row, all while getting shot at.

We stopped at 11, but kept talking. She was trying to convince me to pause all my community actvities until after Christmas.

I left at 11:30 and went home. Chris had washed the bedding but it wasn't dry yet, so we we slept in the guest room and sadly, RLS still found me.