Small Joys — subtitles!

Day 279

# 520

see a foreign film

Saw Dracula, a 2025 Romanian film that uses/mocks AI. It’s nearly 3 hours long and mildly insane.

Small Joys — stepping back

Day 278

#519

empower Peter

I helped Peter today by not helping so much. Took him to registrar’s office, let him deal with bureaucratic nonsense. Later, we stopped at the grocery store — one he hadn’t even been to before — and I stayed in the car to make phone calls and he went in to do the shopping.

I do love it when he steps up. I’m so happy to keep building his confidence.

Things I did today instead of Doom Scrolling

Things I did today instead of Doom Scrolling

1. took son to correct university office, and sat back to let him cope with a bureaucratic matter
2. attended house inspection, thought about paint colors, and when to do various projects
3. talked to a house painter
4. rescheduled an online book club meeting that was going to conflict with an e-bike trip
5. had lunch and a walk around the mall with my daughter
6. Washed two days worth of dishes
7. refilled pill box with a month of pills
8. Went to grocery store, and let son go in and do all the shopping (especially since the whole list was for him and the cat)
9. enjoyed an elegant crystal goblet of limoncello
10. cuddled the cat

Small Joys — hats on!

Day 277

#180

Wear a hat

Not as exciting as it could be. I only brought three hats here to Tampa. I was going to wear my red Mangy Moose hat (from my fave gift shop, in Freeport Maine), but I discovered it is broken! As in missing the button at top of cap. Very odd. So while I love the idea of that hat, I’m also practical and I rarely wear it and now it’s damaged so… I threw it out. *sad trombone*

Instead I wore my black baseball hat with a flamingo painted on it…. That is covered in cat fur. So tomorrow, I’ll clean it!

Things I did today instead of Doom Scrolling

Things I did today instead of Doom Scrolling:

1. wrote out and addressed 19 birthday cards covering the next two months
2. organized and weeded out birthday card and postcard supplies
3. went to bank for 3rd time in a month to fix something again on documents because they forgot. Hmph.
4. Researched costs of one-way rental cars
5. Started a new loaf of sour dough
6. Listened to 3 chapters of Thursday Murder Club (book 4… 5?)
7. talked to a local cardiologist specialist’s office about moving my care to this coast. And the person I spoke with was so helpful, thorough, reassuring, efficient and smart… I can’t wait to get my old medical records and start fresh!
8. I actually worked some today. Imagine that.
9. Enjoyed son’s enthusiasm for NYC mayor election results
10. Admired the full moon

Small Joys — fancy!

Day 276

#232

buy something fancy

I picked up two lovely crystal wine glasses at the thrift store for $6 total. Always fun to do retail therapy but get a great bargain.

Things I did today instead of Doom Scrolling

Things I did today instead of Doom Scrolling

1. Cleaned two bathrooms
2. Listened to new Florence & The Machine album
3. Cleaned up a tech issue for website for event in January
4. Bought two crystal wine glasses at thrift store for $6 total
5. Watched all of season 1 North of North — great Canadian show, highly recommend.
6. Went grocery shopping with son
7. Drank half a bottle of wine
8. Blessedly managed to forget about election results, until husband told me about Virginia governor! Woo!
9. Discussed with husband what rooms of new house to have painted before move in
10. Checked weather in SW Florida for next week — brrr. I’ll definitely be wearing socks.