I woke up a little after 5, but decided that since it was Saturday, I should sleep until the alarm. I had some intense dreams last night. In one of them, I got mauled by a tiger, twice, and then astral projected into the past to watch it happen.
I had a plan for today, and I executed it pretty well. I drove down to Fruitland to get an oil change done. I got there just after 8, and, without an appointment, was out of there before 9:30. It suited me fine to wait awhile, because I was trying to get my story done for this month’s Pulphouse submission. I managed to get myself to over 1000 words while I waited. The service guy asked if I’d been in before, and I had to say that the car had though I hadn’t. I said that my husband had brought it in, but didn’t mention why he wasn’t here now.
Then I went shopping in Ontario, stopping at a Mexican bakery to pick up some cookies to bring to my neighbor’s house for dinner. I also got myself a massive croissant. Then I went shopping at the Waremart in Ontario. I remembered going there with Ambrose for the first time, and I felt sad and down while I shopped. Then I learned that they don’t have the tap to pay, which meant I had to put some things back since I only had $75 in cash on me. Having spent all my cash, I went back to downtown Ontario to get some more cash to have on hand.
After I got home, I ate lunch. Then I did a tank’s worth of mowing. It was hot outside, but I wanted to get it done today. I feel like I got a pretty good sized area done. I’m already done with two corners with only three sessions. My next session will probably be Monday after work. It’s supposed to cool down next week, starting tomorrow, so that should be quite comfortable. As long as it’s not too windy…
Next up was a trash run. There’s a one lane signal on 95 through the canyon for some roadwork, so I took the long way around for the trash. I’d rather go slow on dirt roads than have to sit and wait for that signal. When I got home, I showered off and then got ready to head to my neighbor’s for cards and dinner.
All day, my back has been aching, so I put some hot rub on it and took some Aleve before I went over. Those seem to have helped a bit, but it’s still pretty achy. I suspect this has to do with my period, which is stubbornly not appearing. There’s been intermittent spotting today, but no actual bleed.
My neighbors made tacos and salad for dinner, and I brought the cookies for dessert. We played a few hands of cards before eating. The food was excellent. After dinner, I managed to win at cribbage twice, and they joked that it was time for me to leave. I thought they were being serious so I did get up to leave, but I also needed to get home to write my story for May, which I explained to them.
I’m kind of surprised that I did manage to finish some kind of story. I’m staying up a bit past my bedtime because of getting it done, but I got it done. And well before the midnight Pacific deadline. But I still need to do my Move U exercises for today. I think I’ll focus on slow spinal oscillations because of my back ache.
Overall a very good and full day. Tomorrow I’m going to do some hoeing in the morning, then family zoom, then a hike. I might mow when I get back from the hike, but I probably won’t. Got to get a little rest in my weekend.
