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This has been a pretty good Thursday. I kept everything low-key, and accomplished more than I'd planned.
posted Thursday, Mar 20, 2025 at ~7:30 PM #QNMAR2025
This has been a pretty good Thursday. I kept everything low-key, and accomplished more than I'd planned.
posted Thursday, Mar 20, 2025 at ~7:30 PM #QNMAR2025
A pretty peaceful Wednesday winds down. I kept to my promise of granting this a rest day, following yesterday's work with the branches in the front yard. And I'm glad I did. Now if I can just grant myself a good night's sleep ...
posted Wednesday, Mar 19, 2025 at ~8:24 PM #QNMAR2025
A major chore has just presented itself. The big wind knocked a big branch off the tree in my front yard this morning. I dragged it around to the side yard a few minutes ago where I'll spend this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon cutting it up and loading it into the green organics bin for Thursday's collection.
posted Tuesday, Mar 18, 2025 at ~12:23 PM #QNMAR2025
Another quiet day. Which is a good thing and much appreciated. Dozed through most of the morning, though I did remember to haul the weekly trash out to the curb for its collection. Did my weekly laundry through most of the afternoon. Watched a few old game shows on TV and ate lunch at home with the wife, then spent most of the rest of the day listening to relaxing music and quietly reading.
posted Monday, Mar 17, 2025 at ~8:43 PM #QNMAR2025
As far as days of rest go (and Sundays are supposed to be days of rest, right?) this has been a pretty good one. Actually got a bit of yard work done in the morning: light trim at a few spots in the front yard. Neither strenuous nor very time-consuming work, but it did improve things a bit.
Was able to follow two interesting and enjoyable baseball games in the afternoon. The day's chess work went well, and nothing alarming showed up as I was monitoring news reports throughout the day. Can't ask for a whole lot more than that, ya' know?
posted Sunday, Mar 16, 2025 at ~7:35 PM #QNMAR2025
This has been a strange “sandwichy” sort of day, with one very good thing sandwiched between two disappointments. The first disappointment was the rain-out of a college softball game I'd been planning to follow. The game started well, but midway through the 2nd inning the rain came down in torrents. I monitored the channel carrying the game for hours but eventually gave up and moved on to other things. The other disappointment came when I tried to follow tonight's Svengoolie but found the movie so bad I wasn't able to suffer through it.
The one good thing happened late in the afternoon when Amazon delivered a small jar of new-to-me arthritis pain cream. Wow! This has proved to be the best thing for my aching hands that I've ever found! So I'll focus on that find and consider this Saturday a good one!
posted Saturday, Mar 15, 2025 at ~8:25 PM #QNMAR2025
Following yesterday's physical work, today has been a day of relative physical rest. Much needed. Steps taken late yesterday that will occupy more of my time on most days going forward include reactivating my membership in another online chess club and registering in more correspondence chess games there. I also purchased and loaded onto my Kindle a 24-book omnibus of light fiction that may take me many weeks, possibly months to read through.
posted Thursday, Mar 13, 2025 at ~5:00 PM #QNMAR2025
Spent an hour and a half midday doing yard work, picking up and cutting fallen branches in the back yard, mowing my half of the back alley, loading the green organics bin, then hauling it near the front of the house from where it will be easier to move it to the curb tomorrow morning for collection by the city. Hoping for a decent night's sleep tonight.
posted Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025 at ~7:30 PM #QNMAR2025
Following another night plagued with insomnia, this Tuesday hasn't been too bad. I did complete the weekly laundry chore that I'd let slide from yesterday. Kept up with my daily prayers and my chess games, and have no new major health complaints. Stayed acceptably active on my social media platforms, and generally stayed out of trouble. Really can't ask for much more than that.
posted Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025 at ~8:37 PM #QNMAR2025
So today is “National Nap Day.” At least that's what the guys on my morning radio said. And I did catch some nap time this morning rather than doing my weekly laundry, a regular Monday chore. The laundry can wait till tomorrow. This morning's nap helped catch up on sleep missed during last night's insomnia. I blame that insomnia on the time change. Hopefully tonight will bring a good sleep, leading into a good day tomorrow.
posted Monday, Mar 10, 2025 at ~6:16 PM #QNMAR2025