Monday, May 2, 2022

So great to see Ocean Diane doing well. I hope she gets the divorce behind her soon.

I walk for the last time with my friends this morning. I feel very sad to leave them! Mike and I are going to Anna Maria Island for a day trip to check out the area as he is renting a 6 bedroom house there for his family during Thanksgiving week this year. It is supposed to be a great place and DH's daughters had suggested it based on their friend's experiences but none of us have been there. It looks like it could be a good beach day so we plan to poke around, go to the beach, and eat somewhere in the area.

One more day until closing. Tomorrow morning at this time I will be cleaning. The walkthrough is at 9:30 so we will clear out before that. Paper signing at 10, then we drive back to the other coast. It was nice to spend these last few days here though it was a little odd. I had already removed all personal items so I had to bring towels, toiletries, a coffee pot, etc. I guess it was also good that it didn't feel as much my place anymore.

Time to get ready to walk. Have a safe and healthy Monday!

Um.... I feel like I just can't get a break.... On the heels of the Norovirus comes the allergy/cold. I don't feel sick, but damn.... the snot and the cough are ridiculous....OH, and the SNEEZING..... Jeez.....

Dog show respite for most of this month. Now it is on to puppy prep.....

4 more weeks of school and like all teachers, I'm feeling the crunch.

Liz, congrats on the closing. Kind of the end of a part in the book of Liz. Bittersweet, I'm sure.

Not much else going on.

Oh no, I have the crud too! I don't want to have the crud! I want to do my workouts, and there is stuff at school I need to attend to, not good to be absent. I'll call in if I must, but I'm going to try to tough it out. Time for a nap.

I'm so sorry the crud is making the rounds!! How my friend managed not to catch it points to the mysterious unpredictable nature of germs... And not having been around anyone I knew was sick, how did I come by it? Still coughing...

My house smells like a nail salon - I dropped a bottle of clear (thank God) nail polish on the kitchen counter and it shattered. Fun clean up!

My friend leaves very early tomorrow morning. I love her dearly, but I'm so excited to be ALONE! I like people and I love my friends and family, but I am not used to constant company. Even in MI I can get away to my house. I think I'm just a lone wolf... And I'm weirdly critical of things like, how does a person go through so much toilet paper?? Or it is weird that I go through so little? And how much laundry can one person need to do? More mysteries.

I managed to complete the NYT Sunday crossword puzzle with the setting on that instantly tells you when you type a wrong letter. So training wheels, but still I felt like a champ. Also two days in a row of Queen Bee status on Spelling Bee. So fun.

Anyway, that's it. Seriously need to reign in my food and walk more too.

When my BFF stays here she would do a load of laundry every day: her pajamas,, the outfit she wore the day before and her towels. I've asked her to stop. If she wants a fresh towel everyday, we have plenty. I've asked her to limit her washing to twice a week, I don't like the wear and tear on my very old machines.

I like company, but I also like being alone, and home is where you can be alone. Much as I love her or other visitors, I love having the house to myself. DH is going out with friends tomorrow, and I don't mind at all.

That's just insanity!! And also shocks my California water conservation sensibilities!

Greetings all

Running late. More tomorrow.

diane S