A sleep-away

Tuesday

I was awake when Chris' alarm went off before 6. Then I heard him moving about the house. Michele got up too to get ready for work. Doors opened and closed. I could not go back to sleep and I thought really hard about what it would take to sleep over at 629 the next night.

I got up at 7:30. I made the fiber gel and took supplements, and brushed my teeth. I got dressed. I found what I think is Michele's favorite hymn and scanned it into the computer. Then I spent some time recreating the right hand side because it was near the fold of the book. When I went to print it out, the first half printed well and I guess it ran out of ink after that. I tried printing the test image, but it didn't print. So I wrestled with the printer to move the cartridges into the right place. I don't know why it was a problem. I tried several cartridges before I found one that worked. Still didn't print well so I had to do the test image again. It was almost 10 till I got that straightened out and picked another hymn to go with it.

Then I worked on parsing supplements for the week. Some ran low and I swear I had more, but couldn't find the new bottles. I was ready to go cleaning when I realized it was almost time for inspection. I looked for the key to 612 but didn't find it. I put a cleaning cloth in my purse just in case they find a spot. I jotted a few quick notes for my blog.

I unlocked the swap shop for Jack. I showed up at the inspection and one of the inspectors was parked in my spot. I let myself (and them) in with the key. They looked around and took pics of everything. Then I signed the papers giving it back to Housing. They asked how I liked having my daughter living so close and I told them the kids were still living with us because the new place didn't have internet. And that I was considering spending the night there myself.

I went to 79 to clean for an hour. Then I went home for breakfast. I left before 2 to lock the swap shop. Then I went by Housing to return the key. I stopped to talk to Jack who had found what he wanted. Then I went to Saronna's house to play music. We played through the two newly-picked hymns. We talked about stuff, then ended by playing When The Saints go Marching In.

I went home to post some pictures to Anka's swap shop announcement. But I had left my purse at Saronna's. I stayed home long enough to have a conversation with someone who wants patches sewn on their uniform on Facebook. Then I went back to 79 to clean. Saronna lives next door so I stopped by to pick up my purse and phone. I cleaned for an hour.

I went home and heated leftover soup. Michele was home and asked when the FRG meeting started. Then Chris came home from work. He waited until I finished my soup, then we all got in his car and went to the Community Club.

The three of them waited in line to order food so I went and sat by Steve and Shannon. She ran the FRG meeting after lots of others showed up. I am not sure why we had such a good turnout. There were lots of good questions and suggestions for activities. Then most people left but some of us stayed to continue discussing issues, particularly with the swap shop.

Finally, around 8 we left and came home. Chris dropped us off, then parked his car in the overflow lot and walked back. I made and ate a salad, then worked on my blog. We watched one episode of Atlantis. When it was over, we found the kids had retired to their room. Chris got ready for bed and I kind of did.

I packed a nightgown and blanket and book and red therapy light and put them in my car. Then I drove to 629. I parked in the garage, thinking how nice it will be not to have to scrap ice in the morning. I took my stuff upstairs. I dressed for bed and set up the red lamp by the bed. I also set up a CD player and got it started. Then I read my book until it was finished. I turned off the light and went to sleep.