This week, my stepmom, aka GrandMaureen, visited. We saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit at our local historic theater on Friday night, then saw Coyote vs Acme this morning — fantastic to see such similar movies and to celebrate toons.
I also worked on another painting from the kit Aunt Laurie sent and baked 3 loaves of bread and took a long nap on a rainy afternoon rather than go out and play board games.
Now Sean is in one room playing D&D with friends online, Peter is his room practicing his Russian for a class, and I’m listening to book 6 of Dungeon Crawler Carl series while looking at event options for Dragon*Con next week.
#LifeIsGood
I have about 8 outfits, 2 pairs of shoes, and 5 pairs of earrings. Less to choose from. I brought all the various face masks I’ve had laying around and some painting kits. No house projects. Half as many streaming services.
I buy food for only 4 days, not stocking the kitchen. Fewer choices, lots of work, less stress.
I’m thinking Mincemeat and Buena Vista
Clue! Hadestown! Tommy — maybe. But it’d be good to be early sponsor/supporter.
Lakeland Community theater
I’m thinking maybe Beetlejuice, Desth Becomes Her, Hamilton
Eh. Maybe Shucked.
Spamalot, oh Mary, Alicia Keys
You know what makes me happy lately?
Seeing news stories that I know nothing about — being out of the loop is lovely.
Compression socks. Because I am An Old.
Seeing Peter eager for classes again and being able to support him through this.
Getting to know Nora as an adult
Deleting project ideas from my To Do list app
Sleep
Getting things done around the house — hung up art in foyer! Getting a bid on porch expansion!
A reminder:
"The measure of a life is not what you consume, but what you contribute.
Spend less time owning, consuming, taking. Spend more time giving, creating, making."
— James Clear
Well … I’m buying this larger dough proofing bucket to make more bread for friends!
And I’m working on painting and cross stitching many already purchased projects, and not buying more.
What made you happy this week
Hubby is away for a boys weekend. I’m gonna play board games one night, go out for cocktails another night, and go to church with daughter on Sunday. And I have to work Saturday, cause I goofed off too much today.
Setting aside my To Do list that I’d had planned for weekend. #lifeisgood
Reading: Orbital, small novel set in space
Eating: not enough, want more veggies, looking forward to my tax season goulash
Playing: silly matching phone app game and Cribbage with someone in Boston
Obsessing Over: moving to Tampa again temporarily
Researching: amyloid lesions and the heart
Treating myself: letting go of plans to take a college class, join a Gasparilla Krewe, do jigsaw puzzles that don’t excite me, dress up for DragonCon… just letting go. Plus 90 minute massage on Weds.
Things I did this weekend instead of doom scrolling:
1. Played 2 games with Kathy & Miles & Casey
2. Played a few games with Ari & Holly
3. Played a game with Peter & Eric
4. Played several games with Mike
5. Played a game with Yves
6. Played 2 games with Deb, JT & Stephen
7. Played a game with Austin & strangers
8. Was fed lunch twice by Mike
9. Checked on Barbara and took photos of the con
10. Greeted new people, welcomed old friends, like Jay & Danielle & Christine & Garry
11. Demonstrated new games from a sponsor
12. Played game with Fred & Sara
13. Learned 2 games from Dan
14. Played a live action full-size game
15. Bought 3 used games
16. Repacked games amd tidied up
17. Drank several toasts with friends
18. Slept a little
I was hoping to share this once she has the job… but It’s too juicy: my daughter, the microbiologist, has an interview coming up for a job at a medical marijuana facility to do quality control.
My hippie dad is laughing his head off in the great beyond.
update: don't know if they ever offered the job, but she decided she wasn't interested in it.
Today’s work has been interrupted by
Despite that, I still finished up my giant 1065, started and finished a tiny brand-new 1041, reviewed open items for another messy client, discussed a 990 with manager, and started another 1041 before laying down.
New project:
Inventory tights:
Want:
But… I realize I don’t wear the tights I have. What am I buying more.
End project
Reading: The Last American Road Trip and Dungeon Crawler Carl 5
Eating: too much! Ginger cookies esp
Playing l: dump phone app game
Obsessing Over: getting fall travel arrangements finalized
Researching: body oil, rolling laundry carts, violin teachers
Treating myself: sleep!
Social media post today:
From baking bread … to getting my hair colored and cut … to shopping at a used book store for Lord of the Rings trio of books … to accompanying my mother-in-law to buy a family cemetery plot … to eating ice cream… to admiring my son in law’s collection of sardines. Just a regular day, right?
I’m exhausted. Who has time to work!
I’m laying down to rest before hubby and I go to a painting class for nerds.
I didn’t take photos of the cemetery plot. But it had a lovely tree.
(Answer to a friend about busy day:)
it started out a not busy day with two things planned — hair and art (see new photo). But the mother in law visit and other things came up. It was never rushed but it just struck me what a lot of amusing and fun and incongruous things in one day.
Hi Erin. I have always loved your sense of style, your house in Dillman Farms and your current house were/are both lovely. And you always seem to be able to pick the right colors for things. Don’t know if this will work with photos but we will see! I can always just use a little guidance. Or maybe just reassurance.
What made you happy this week
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
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. 🤷♀️😜😆
In:
Out:
8/27 Update: lots of tax work; several future vacations planned, lots of water until this week… also: not enough strength training or reading. And no cross stitching at all (but I have started painting instead).
Lots of late nights still but I have been better about less crazy scheduled weekends.
A mixed bag of success and not.
September will be less goals because I have lots of work.
