Harvesting the dregs

Tuesday

I got up once during the night to pee, but otherwise slept. I heard Reveille go off and Chris was not in bed. I stayed in bed hoping to sleep again, but no. I heard Chris go in for his shower and just then the 7:30 alarm went off. Very odd. After he dressed and left the room, I got up to start my day.

I took supplements, then practiced my trombone and did chair squats. I sprinted in place. I made egg salad. I exchanged the $20 bill egg money for 5's and 1's. I checked e-mail and messages.

I put together some cleaning supplies and went to 83D to clean. First I stopped to pick up the mail. When I arrived, I sprayed the oven with ammonia and soaked the filter and knobs. I cleaned the fridge inside and out. I started on the cabinets.

I went home for fiber gel. I sat outside and read. Then I made and ate breakfast. I scrambled eggs and poured them into a muffin tin to freeze. I hardboiled a batch as well.

I called Michelle but she was eating lunch. Later she called back to say meet her at the pear tree. So I put more cleaning supplies in my car and drove over there. Casey brought a ladder and I climbed it to pick two remaining pears. But they were old and mushy. Still good for seed though. Then we sat it by the apple tree. We found a few remaining apples, but they weren't worth eating. Still good for seed. Then we went to their house. Casey pointed out the dead gopher. I picked it up with a baggie and sealed it.

I went back to 83D to clean. I finished the cabinets. I put the racks in the dishwasher and set the Self-clean cycle on the oven. I cleaned the utility room and the windows in the living room. I vacuumed all the baseboards.

At 5, I went to the library to return books and a CD. I also had some copies made of Sir Duke. We chatted for awhile, then I went home. Chris was frying up squash and onions. He heated up leftover pork and rice as well. I stake the gopher out by an ant hill. Then I ate while reading e-mail, and looking at reviews of leg compression devices. People claim they sleep better after using them.

I worked on my blog. I posted for the Wed. hour of prayer at the chapel. I made tea and we watched one episode of Criminal Minds. I drank water with electrolytes in it and read e-mail till 11, then took supplements and got ready for bed. Sadly I had a hard time getting to sleep. THEN RLS kicked in. Sigh.