Time for an update post
It's a gray achy kind of day, weather-wise, and a grey foggy day, brainwise, but I have taken a dose of my fancy ibuprofen+acetaminophen OTC pills (they are magic, btw, better even than prescription naproxen) and I am doing things I can get done instead of gnawing at myself over things I am not doing.
That's the idea, anyhow.
I knew I would be wiped today after a yesterday that started 2 hours earlier than usual. It was worth losing sleep to accompany Spouseman to a car maintenance appointment & walk home w/him afterwards, but adding to an already-long 'brar day had me dragging by the end. That's on top of the way this week's "Chill Drear to Sunny & Back Again" rollercoaster weather is kicking my ass.
So far so good. I got up earlier than I planned--7:30 according to my body, 8:30 according to the semi-annual clock fuckery--but it was a "I feel rested & awake & have Things to do" kind of wakeup, not the ass-dragging kind.
AND I have crossed off all but one thing I hoped to achieve. Granted, it was a short list. Laundry, Chili, Spread Clover Seed. And I don't want to start the chili until closer to supper time. But it still feels good.
Getting in a blog post, too? EXTRA BONUS ACHIEVEMENT.
To-Do Lists are wonderful organizing tools, but days like today are why I rarely make "normal" ones with assigned priorities & firm timelines. That would be setting myself up to fail, given my inconsistent energy level & focus. Instead, I just list All The Things & then pick my way through them like it's a smorgabord.
This week I evidently have an appetite for tactile, physical tasks. Writing has happened, as it often does when I stop putting pressure on myself, but I'm mainly indulging in Hand-intensive activities. Fingertip splits are making typing an annoyance, but otherwise my hands are staying in pretty good shape.
And wet weather sucks for me, but the garden loves it. Rainy days are good planting days, actually, and I've been plugging through seasonally-sensitive but generally time-forgiving tasks.
Here's a tidy summation of Various Things I've done in the last week:
- spread lettuce seed in improvised cold frames (planters covered w/recycled plastic greehouse roofing)
- took down old, broken yard lights
- stow the last of the holiday lights
- reset bird feeders
- removed squirrel-guard wire toppers off the bulb plantings
- cleared all the herb beds are clear
- overseeded front & back lawn w/a red clover and grass mix. (today!)
And now I can make new lists, all about starting seedlings, shopping for patio furniture & a pergola, researching low-decibel leaf blowers, and dreaming about MOAR PRAIRIE PERENNIALS.
Inside things I'm working on:
Restocking things I have to order online, like tea & replacement storage container lids.
Baking: I've already done biscotti & banana muffins this week. Apple crisp might get made tonight, depending on energy level. Otherwise tomorrow.
And adding things to grocery lists for curbside pickup to minimize in-person shopping. Because yes, I'm still minimizing in-person shopping & yes, I'm still masking in public spaces, including my workplace. (The one exception being a (VERY) few restaurants w/excellent ventilation & mitigations where I'll unmask to enjoy a meal w/a trusted friends.)
Yeah, I'm vaxxed & boosted. But I also know how to calculate risk. If and/or when the local case count & positivity rates drop below the thresholds we hit last June, I'll enjoy wandering around stores unmasked like I did last June. But we aren't there.
Until then, I'll just keep making that extra set of lists.
That's enough blathering for one post. Have a photo of Pippin being angry I emptied the humidifier in my office.
Until later!