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flexagonThe weeks are tumbling over each other like fat, happy, stupid puppies. I've gotten a little bit out of the habit of keeping daily snippets, as these last two weeks especially have been very "go, go, go". I had the thought, a couple of nights ago, that as I fall asleep the things I regret not doing more of tend to be a) self-care type exercise, b) reading, c) email; that last one not because I love it, but because I dislike feeling behind on it.
This week, same as last week, I again bounced around between condos. At the new one I finished installing coat hooks and then headed, at last, into the attic... ah yes, the dark and cramped attic where the boards stretched out across joists were not secure, and where the light from the single bulb did not reach the furnace. Where there actually were no spiderwebs at all, but a lot of stupid garbage that surely didn't need to be strewn about and left up there. It was hard to get myself to go into the dark, stay long enough to be comfortable, and stay on the unsafe planking enough to work on making it more safe; and I was working alone, so falling or putting a foot down through the ceiling would have actually been fairly bad. However, future me is going to have to go up there to change the air filters or to check for things being wrong, and I'd like her to have an easy time, so I persisted. All the boards are secured now, there's a little LED lantern living up there, and I brought down two trash bags of random crap. Today I finally decided and documented exactly the right thing to do with the wooden hatch in order to get it fully out of the way (lift it; turn it 90 degrees; slide it to one side where I nailed sliders to the top of the joists). And that's that for the attic, at least until my electronic spider repellers come in the mail and I pop one up there.
I also changed the lock this week (to a combo lock), and brought home the power tools and air mattress and, generally, most of the heavy stuff that was over there. A nice milestone. And the locksmith amused me by being interested in renting the place, which will probably be going on the market for Jan 1.
Physically, I did my TGUs at 55lb for the third week in a row and then touched the back of my head to both feet while in a backbend; only the second time in my life I've done that. I also had a walkover lesson that was surprisingly pleasant.
Spent an afternoon atapfelsingail's place, helping with winter window treatments and discovering an excellent hole-in-the-wall bakery. And painting our nails with the results of a recent mooncat order. (There's a peachy-pink color that it surprises me to really love.) I also had lunch with mindways, and was extremely tickled to learn that he's dating another kind, helpful, competent person I've known for a few years... sometimes the universe makes a very satisfying click, as pieces settle into place.
Media recommendation for those who like philosophical TV shows: I watched the first two episodes of Pluribus with the squirrel, and really like it so far. It's like a darker version of The Good Place, and holds up American hyper-individualism very effectively against a world that is largely a lot more collectivist. So it appears that the squirrels have a new show! The bug and I also just finished up the single season that exists of Scavengers Reign, which was recommended to me by someone at Zillian and which went delightfully all-out on the alien botany. Text is still my medium of choice, but my recent string of 2-star reviews on Goodreads says I'm doing weirdly better with TV lately.
Did I mention I've been training a lot? Off to the Epsom salt bath with me.
This week, same as last week, I again bounced around between condos. At the new one I finished installing coat hooks and then headed, at last, into the attic... ah yes, the dark and cramped attic where the boards stretched out across joists were not secure, and where the light from the single bulb did not reach the furnace. Where there actually were no spiderwebs at all, but a lot of stupid garbage that surely didn't need to be strewn about and left up there. It was hard to get myself to go into the dark, stay long enough to be comfortable, and stay on the unsafe planking enough to work on making it more safe; and I was working alone, so falling or putting a foot down through the ceiling would have actually been fairly bad. However, future me is going to have to go up there to change the air filters or to check for things being wrong, and I'd like her to have an easy time, so I persisted. All the boards are secured now, there's a little LED lantern living up there, and I brought down two trash bags of random crap. Today I finally decided and documented exactly the right thing to do with the wooden hatch in order to get it fully out of the way (lift it; turn it 90 degrees; slide it to one side where I nailed sliders to the top of the joists). And that's that for the attic, at least until my electronic spider repellers come in the mail and I pop one up there.
I also changed the lock this week (to a combo lock), and brought home the power tools and air mattress and, generally, most of the heavy stuff that was over there. A nice milestone. And the locksmith amused me by being interested in renting the place, which will probably be going on the market for Jan 1.
Physically, I did my TGUs at 55lb for the third week in a row and then touched the back of my head to both feet while in a backbend; only the second time in my life I've done that. I also had a walkover lesson that was surprisingly pleasant.
Spent an afternoon at
apfelsingail's place, helping with winter window treatments and discovering an excellent hole-in-the-wall bakery. And painting our nails with the results of a recent mooncat order. (There's a peachy-pink color that it surprises me to really love.) I also had lunch with mindways, and was extremely tickled to learn that he's dating another kind, helpful, competent person I've known for a few years... sometimes the universe makes a very satisfying click, as pieces settle into place. Media recommendation for those who like philosophical TV shows: I watched the first two episodes of Pluribus with the squirrel, and really like it so far. It's like a darker version of The Good Place, and holds up American hyper-individualism very effectively against a world that is largely a lot more collectivist. So it appears that the squirrels have a new show! The bug and I also just finished up the single season that exists of Scavengers Reign, which was recommended to me by someone at Zillian and which went delightfully all-out on the alien botany. Text is still my medium of choice, but my recent string of 2-star reviews on Goodreads says I'm doing weirdly better with TV lately.
Did I mention I've been training a lot? Off to the Epsom salt bath with me.
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