I had several dreams last night that I remembered. In one of them, my brother came over to my house late at night and we were watching a TV show together about people who enlisted in the military but they only served for one week of actual time because of some time dilation technology. One week of their normal life, but years in service.
In the morning, I ate breakfast and showered and got ready to go to Nampa. I spent the morning hanging out with my favorite 3 year old and his parents. I got some exercise as we ran up and down the sidewalk chasing him on his stride bike. And I learned that there is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles version of Hungry Hungry Hippos which we played quite a bit.
After lunch, I left their house. First stop was gas. I chose the station based on the lowest price in the area. Then over to WinCo for groceries. Mostly I bought things that aren’t available locally, like the Darigold Fit Milk that is filtered for extra protein and ultra pasteurized so it lasts a lot longer. The cartons I bought are dated April 8th. I’m going to try making tortilla pizzas for dinner this week, with some whole wheat tortillas, which is an idea I got from my friend.
I got home a little before 4 pm. Since Ambrose died, I’ve had a hard time listening to music in the car. Before he died, I would listen to music in the car all the time. I love singing along, and he loved listening to me sing. But after, singing would make me too emotional to drive safely. I’ve been listening to audiobooks instead, even on short trips into town or to the hot springs. Today, on the way out and the way back, I did some music. Some singing along. And it felt good. A few songs got me teary, but I either skipped them or let a few tears fall without fully crying. My voice isn’t used to it yet, but I’m happy that I can do that again.
I really wanted to skip the trash run. I was tired when I got home. But I ended up doing it. I had two weeks worth of stinky trash that I didn’t want hanging out on my porch for another week. Along with a good amount of cardboard and a used furnace filter.
Then it was time for dinner. My last leftovers from Tuesday, still delicious. Tomorrow, I’m going to pre-cook some vegetables for the week’s pizzas. Oh, I want to get some mushrooms soaking so I can add them as well. I think I’ll like them if I chop them up a bit so they aren’t big chunks.
After eating, I did my exercises. Then I did dishes. I need the oatmeal cups to be clean for tomorrow’s prep, but I didn’t want to run the washer for so few dishes so I just did hand washing. My heel was kind of twinging so I took a hot bath and then massaged my shin muscles with Vicks Vaporub. I need to keep working on that.
I don’t want to sleep in too much tomorrow. I’d like to do my exercises in the morning before family zoom. I’m planning on a hike after the zoom, and when I get home from that, I’m not going to want to do exercises on top of meal prep for the week. The hot bath was partly because this week’s exercises are hitting my neck muscles and I don’t want them to tense into a headache.
Some of the songs that came on my YouTube Music felt like they were messages from Ambrose. And even that didn’t make me cry. It just made it feel like he was with me. Listening to me sing.
