The fairly lengthy conversation with Marcia -- while I was waiting for Lee to come let me into the house -- sunk in overnight. I realized that I was confusing alone with waiting for someone to push me into something besides sitting around. Also realized that I was really the only one who could handle that chore.
So....today was an intentionally busy day as I tried out a variety of things that could become a routine part of my day. Started with the Wii -- weight is down slightly (I have been on a reduced eating plan -- focusing mostly on veggies and other healthy stuff). Then coffee and the paper on the lanai -- looking over the yard and enjoying the weather. While looking, I decided what the project of the day would be. Ate breakfast -- again trying to focus on the nutritious (honey nut cheerios and blueberries with milk), caught a little TV news (not long and not very interesting). Then the backyard. Emptied the yard wagon into the cans, swept the slab, picked up the fallen grapefruit, and fixed the access for the scooter to get to the lift without miring down in the sand.
Soon after getting back into the house, the mail came -- a couple of really nice cards (and some business, of course). Last evening I made some business cards for the blog and the memories site -- they looked cheap, so I redid them with graphics and color. Ended up pretty good. Send L.James some bookmarks and cards -- in the mail was his apology for not making it to the Memorial service, and some very caring support.
Decided to bake a loaf of Banana Nut bread -- had picked up a box from the Seattle Krusteez group. By this time I was ready for a late lunch -- veggies and a grilled cheese/hot dog sandwich. OK the sandwich wasn't on the healthy list, but the veggies (green beans and baked beans from BJ's) were -- kinda. I also had to do a quality control sample of the warm bread. That meal, of course, called for a nap -- and it wasn't a long one.
I'd meant to take some paperwork to Oscar last night, but that didn't happen. So I got out the compressor, pumped up my bicycle tires, and rode my bike to Oscar's house. By car, it would be about 3 blocks. But I wasn't going to ride on Lois, so I took a route that made the trip about 20 blocks (the back way and intentionally long). For an old man, I did pretty well. A Mom was walking with her little daughter who was learning to ride her little bike with training wheels. When I passed them (going in the opposite direction) the little girl giggled. I kinda sat up straighter and sucked in my gut just a little. It was a good ride and I felt surprisingly energized when I got home, parked the bike, put up the compressor, and went inside.
Had some desk work to finish (still haven't gotten the pix distributed: that's for tomorrow, then caught some of the news and of course the final round of the Jeopardy Celebrity challenge. As I think back on the day, there was very little time of just sitting around doing nothing. Everything that happened was interesting and repeatable. And, just as I was climbing into bed, I realized I had not written in the blog so I came back out to follow my commitment to write every day.
You know, Marcia -- that straight talking and direct feed back you did last night was really effective. You jogged me off dead center, I took charge of the day, thought of you and celebrated the time we had together while you were here.
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