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My Musings & Lists
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Monday, August 3, 2026
Lost & found
I couldn’t find my book or headphones to take to the gym. After the gym, I found them.
Meanwhile, coming back from the gym, I thought I lost my phone, leaving it at the gym. But I found it in the van before we drove all the way back to the gym.
And I had taken my work laptop to my daughter‘s house this weekend. And had to re-set it up in my workspace today. At first, I couldn’t find where I put my laptop case, but found it eventually. Then I couldn’t figure out why the monitors weren’t working, and then realized the cable I needed had fallen behind the desk.
So yes, a busy morning spent looking for things
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Phone addiction v 2
I’m wasting lot of time on a dumb phone game lately — I keep saying I’ll quit when the harassment to buy upgrades gets bad but it hasn’t yet (I haven’t spent anything yet) — but I’m enjoying being less on social media. Trading one phone addiction for another. 🤷♀️😜😆
Saturday, August 1, 2026
August Ins & Outs
In:
- Drinking water
- Strength training
- Walking 16 miles a week
- Planning vacations
- Tax work
- Unpacking
- Finishing half-read books
- Finish half-done cross stitch projects
- Hermiting
- Gratitude
Out:
- Staying up past midnight
- Expecting every gathering to be a core memory
- Over-scheduled weekends
Friday, July 31, 2026
Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Took son to doctor, dealt with subsequent meltdown
2. Did two hours tax continuing ed
3. Figured out dates & hotels for two autumn trips
4. Labeled bags inside board for ease of clean up
5. Discussed a potential cease & desist letter for trademark infringement against Disney, of all places!
6. Napped with my daughter’s dog
7. Listened to book 5 of Dungeon Crawler Carl series
Dog sitting Kenji
Kenji and I are lounging in bed, enjoying the pretty flowers out the window! Now I want a flower bed right outside my office window…

Thursday, July 30, 2026
Unproductive day
Since I so often brag about my productive moments... for balance: today I had blood drawn for a blood test in the morning, looked at cruises we wouldn’t ever want to pay for, paid one bill online, and made 3 phone calls (one of which was annoying). That’s it.
Otherwise I mostly played a dumb addictive game on my phone and laid around listening to the rain.
I even forgot to take my morning pills.
Chinese food for the second night this week and listening to book 5 of Dungeon Crawler Carl and falling asleep on the couch… good end to a slow, rainy day.


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Library events with crafts to share with Nora
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