Uncomfortable position

Wednesday

I got up at 7:30, having slept better than usual. I got ready for coffee morning and watered the plants. I exercised and drybrushed. I made coffee and read for half an hour. I meditated and tapped.

With the energy from the coffee, I cleaned the bathrooms and then the kitchen. I washed the dishes. I mopped the floor and vacuumed carpets. I went to my laptop to order vacuum belts. Then I vacuumed the hall and took a shower.

I got dressed and grabbed my yoga bag and headed to the post office. Yoga class is right across the hall. The chaplain and his wife were there. We sat on our mats and chatted for 20 minutes before class started. Then Jessa led us through a series of uncomfortable positions. (I'll pay for it tomorrow). Afterward, we all chatted a little longer and then I went home.

I sat at my laptop to finish up the tapping presentations from yesterday. Michelle texted me about walking, so I went to the gym to meet her. We walked around the block. Her husband drove by and gave her the dog, so then the dog walked with us. When we got back to the gym, we sat and talked. Finally we headed home.

I finished all the tapping videos around 5:30. Chris didn't come home and I forgot about Mass. Silvia texted because she was getting strange e-mails from me. I confirmed that they were not from me.

I read e-mail, then started the next day of tapping. Chris came home just before 7. He changed clothes and made himself some supper. I finished one tapping video and started the second one. I worked on my blog post.

I heated tea and we watched two episodes of SGA. Later he set out his clothes for the morning, and went to bed with a book. By the time I got there, he had turned out the lights. I brushed my teeth and got ready for bed, then snuggled in.

Last minute trip to Tooele

Tuesday

I got up around 8. I did the usual, then listened to the last two presentations from the TWS. Then I found a bunch of other interviews and such to listen to.

I checked e-mail, and used the Kaatsu device on my arms. I took a break to go to the inspection of the apartment. It passed. I went home and did more rounds with the Kaatsu while listening to a podcast.

CJ dropped off two dozen eggs. Then I made and ate breakfast. Chris came home for lunch and went back to work. At 2, I went to Saronna's house to play. We did, but there was more talking than playing. But as always, we had a good time.

I went to the swap shop to move the cardboard boxes from the little closet with the water heater to another small room in the furniture place. This was to prepare for the fire departments inspection on Thursday. Anka came to get her mail and her kids wanted to come in the swap shop. I had to tell them it wasn't open.

I went home and read e-mail. I saw Michelle posted to the Facebook page looking for someone to pick up her meds in town, but no one did. So when Chris came home, we went over there She said she had to go along and to take her car.

So we drove her to WallMart, but the pharmacy had already closed. She didn't want to tell Chris, so we got snacks and returned to the car. Chris drove us back to base, chatting with her. When we got to her house, her husband had just gotten home. We got out of her car, chatted with them for a bit, then got in Chris' car and went home.

Chris finished steaming the beets while I made tea and rinsed the sprouts. I ate some cheese squares. Then we watched one episode of SGA. The beets were done and Chris offered me some, but I didn't want to eat right before bed. He went to bed while I worked on my blog.

Finishing off the apartment

Monday

I got up after 7:30. I did the usual to get ready for the day. I checked messages. I went cleaning at 9. I worked for an hour, then went home for a jug of vinegar.

From there I went to bible study at 10:15 at the club. The chaplain's wife had large print Bibles and handouts. Anka had her own Bible. We read from the book of Esther. She gave us some background information. At 11, we wrapped it up.

I went back to cleaning for an hour, then went home for breakfast, and watched lots of news videos. When I finished eating, I went back to the apartment for another hour, finishing the kitchen. Jamie had done everything else. So I went to Housing to set up inspection for tomorrow.

I proceeded home and watered the tower garden. I checked messages. Jerry came by with his replacement for loaner stuff. Afterward, I went back to messages.

Chris came home. We had supper at 6. I made a salad and ate some steak. I listened to the first part of the Tapping World Summit.

I paused it to go to the chapel for band practice. The piano player was sick so Saronna and I played hymns from the hymnal, accompanied by Sophia on djimbe. After 45 minutes, we packed up and went home.

I worked on my blog and heated tea. I mixed a scoop of magnesium in the tea because I am having RLS regularly at night. We watched two episodes of SGA. Later Chris laid out his suit for tomorrow, and went to bed. I stayed up to finish presentations from the Tapping World Summit. Then I went to bed and did not have RLS.

Practicing our Spanish

Sunday

I got up around 8:30. I went to the kitchen to rinse the sprouts, and take supplements, etc. I read e-mail and Telegram messages. I made a batch of seed crackers. While they were baking, I made more seed cracker mixes. Then I did something else that escapes me now.

At noon, I started on breakfast. After eating, I got dressed for church. My jacket had a hole in it so I quickly sewed it up. I warmed up on trombone. I put the seed crackers in a container and took them to the chapel.

The chaplain and another lady were practicing one of the praise songs when I got there. I put my trombone together and added some water to the slide. I played a few notes to get going. By then they were done. So I chatted with them as others came in.

Ginger gave me a small package that she picked up in San Antonio. It was an ornament with the shape of Texas in a horseshoe. It was very thoughtful. Then Gary started the service with three praise songs. I didn't know any of them. Then Pastor Chris preached on the last few chapters of Revelation. He went over time but I don't think anyone minded.

Saronna and I closed the service with two hymns. Then there was much chatting and snacking. And we didn't leave until 3. Chris was wrapping up his game as I got home.

I sat outside, barefoot, reading. Then we called Jessica and chatted with her and with Gabriel. It was good practice in English and Spanish. It went better once I got on the translation app. I didn't pronounce the Spanish words correctly, but they figured out what I was trying to say. We agreed to talk again next week.

Chris cooked steaks. He got online with the other Damours. Then we played the family game: searching an abandoned village and running into children that had been turned into wraiths. After the game, I made tea and rinsed both sets of sprouts. Then we watched two episodes of SGA season 4. Later, Chris went to bed. I stayed up to post to my blog. I also posted to Facebook for band practice tomorrow. It took way too long because the Facebook window is running so slowly.

Barefoot in February

Saturday

I got up before 9. I did some watering, and took supplements. I read e-mail for a bit. I parsed out a week's worth of supplements. Then Chris gave me a massage and we chatted about the Pareto principle. He took his shower while I started making breakfast. Then I took my shower.

I got dressed and ate breakfast while looking at Telegram messages and watching part of a Myst IV walkthrough that explained what I encountered in the game last night and gave me a hint of what to do next.

Chris started the laundry. We took the apt rugs and sheets from the dryer and folded them. I wondered if they were good enough for the swap shop. I jotted notes for my blog.

I met Jamie at a house on Mustang to talk to the occupant about regular cleaning. We decided that Jamie will start next Saturday. Then I went to the company house to dress the bed and clean the bathroom and kitchens. I went home to get the mop head, then went back to mop the floors.

It was a sunny day so I went home, and sat outside with my bare feet in the grass, reading a book. When I tired of that, I went to the swap shop and dropped off the rugs and a bag of clothes that Michelle gave me last night.

When I got back, it was still nice out, so I mixed up some concrete that Brittany had given me on Thursday night. I used a lettuce container for a mold. I pressed broken pieces of tile into the top, then left it outside to dry.

I was tired of my jacket sleeves getting into everything (like the concrete), so I took the jacket into my sewing room and found some elastic. I threaded it through a channel with a large safety pin. I had to do some sewing to secure it, but the fit was much better. I finished listening to a presentation on near infrared light and photobiomodulation.

I put the last of the steak in the toaster oven with some mushroom and squash. I put away the laundry that Chris had folded. After eating, I listened to something on Youtube. I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched SGA. Later he went to bed. I watched the fake news awards by James Corbett. Then I went to bed.

Tandem dental visits

Friday

I got up after 8. I got ready for the day, and watered a few things. I rinsed the sprouts. I checked messages online, then went to the chapel for Math Morning. I got there just as Saronna was driving up.

I unlocked the doors and we set our stuff on the tables in the fellowship hall. I sat, waiting for the kids to ask questions. Casey came in and sat down. Sophia asked for help. Then, because it was 9:30, I asked Casey to help her and lock up at 10.

I went home. Chris had the cooler and list ready. We got in his car and headed to Tooele and the dentist. We got there early and neither of us had a book. I was going to walk to the grocery store, but the receptionist said they might take us early.

And they did. Chris got in after a few minutes and me a few minutes later. In fact, they were done with me by 11 and my appt was 11:30. They said I could stay in the chair watching TV until Chris was done. Then we both went to check-out.

After that, we went to Luckey's. While Chris checked out, I walked to Melanie's and shopped for a few things. Then we went to Macey's, then back to base. We stopped at the commissary, and then the post office. I took a moment to lock the swap shop, wondering if Summer had her usual Friday morning hours.

We went home and put the food away. Chris wanted hotdog buns because he bought cheese-filled hotdogs. So I started dough in the bread machine. Then I made breakfast and a week of breakfast mix. I ate while reading e-mail and watching sessions of Better Brain Blueprint. I took the dough out and made it into hotdog size rolls and put it in the oven to rise. Later I baked them.

Then I went to the company house to get the laundry going. The dryer was full of towels and pillow cases and I wondered if I had done that, but I don't think so. I went home and had supper: mushrooms and onions and squash. Again, I read articles. I looked up solutions to the fitted sheets entangling with pillowcases and wash cloths. All of them had problems. I wondered if I were to sew a short lingerie loop to each corner, then thread them on a safety pin, if that would stop the tangling.

I worked on my blog post. I finished a few articles. I put some goat cheese in a jar for Michelle. I added some Myst IV hints to my phone. I stopped by the company house to throw the laundry in the dryer. Then I showed up at Michelle's house. Casey put the game on the TV. I gave her the cheese and she added some spices and ate it. We chatted for awhile, then I loaded the game and started to play. From time to time I read hints, but there wasn't really anything to solve. I guess I was just collecting clues for later?

About 10:30 I found myself in the same spot I started, so I saved the game for next week. However, we continued to chat for an hour, so it was 11:30 till I got home. I turned stuff off, then got ready for bed and turned in.

Community Game Night

Thursday

I got up before 8. I got ready for the day. I put the 4 quarts of goat milk in the big black pot and started it heating on the stove. I stirred periodically. I filled out a cleaning contract. I figured out how much I owed Jamie and added $20. Then I went to apt 105 to sign for it.

We all met in the hallway. Then Connie knocked on the door. The man let us in. He was still moving stuff out. I looked around, waiting for Jamie. Then I decided on $225. He only had $20's but I had change. We all signed papers. I offered to move the next inspection time from 11 to 10. I paid Jamie for her work on apt 215, then we left.

I went home to stir the milk and read e-mail. I broke down some boxes and took them out to recycling. Jamie was out front, getting some yard stuff that she left over month ago. We talked, then I went to the inspection at 215.

The inspection went well. No issues discovered. Connie said she would put in an order for dimmer switches for my LED lights since I noted that they are too bright at night. They tell your brain that it is daytime. She said I could use ARMA for replacing the toilet at the swap shop. So when I got home, I signed into ARMA and submitted the work order.

I spent the rest of the morning making goat cheese and straining out the curds. Then I made breakfast and listened to The Highwire. Jamie texted, wanting to get into apt 105. So I went over there to unlock it and we discussed what to do with what the occupant left behind. She took some stuff and I took the kitchen rugs home to wash. I went back for the sheets.

I put the rugs and sheets in the washing machine. Then I got texts from people wanting to get into the swap shop. So I ran down there to open it. Mariah was right there and I had to ask her to turn around while I removed the key from its hidden spot so I could open the door. Sigh. She dropped off some rugs and got an adjustable chair. Then Anka came in with her 4 kids. I called Jenni twice to find out why she wasn't there. No answer. I went to apt 105 to get the food out because there wasn't much. I put the best stuff in a bag for Saronna and went to her house, but she wasn't home.

I went home. The washer was finished, but the rugs were still dirty. So I put them back in to soak in Borax. I saw Jenni had posted that the swap shop IS open from 4 to 7. So I figured I must have just missed her, but then she texted me asking me to open the swap shop because she was at the dentist (an hour away) and needed to get a prescription filled. I just don't understand her thinking! At least it was already open.

I read e-mail until Chris texted, asking when I wanted to go to Game Night at the club. I said 6:30. I ate some steak and took the supper supplements. I worked on my blog. I took the food to Saronna and stopped at the swap shop on the way back to drop off the coffee and creamer which she wouldn't use.

When I got home, Chris was having supper. I started having a niacin flush. We went to the club for Game Night. The Clark's were finishing up with their walkway stones. Bethany gave me the leftover cement mix so I could make one, too, later. The CSM came in with a stack of games. I went over to look, but didn't see any I knew how to play. However, there were two decks of cards, so I asked him what card games he knows. I didn't know any of them so he offered to teach me 3-5-9.

As he was explaining, the colonel and his family arrived. The colonel came over to play, which was good because 3-5-9 is a three player game. As I listened to the rules, it reminded me of Fizzbin. I mentioned that, but neither of them knew the reference. We played about 4 rounds. Then Chris and I went home.

I made tea and we watched two episodes of SGA. I was sorry to see the doctor get killed off. But it was interesting to see his friend talk to him at the end of the show, telling him he would have liked the funeral. Chris went to bed but I stayed up later. I thought about reading a book to make myself sleepy, but all of our lighting is too bright. So I read articles online, then went to bed.