This morning when I woke up for the second time, I glanced out the window and saw the sky was lightening. So I checked the clock when I went back to the bedroom, and it was 5 am. No time to get more sleep before the alarm at 5:30, but I still tried. Maybe tomorrow I’ll just get up, though that will be a little too early to run. I’ll have to see if this waking up at 5 thing continues.
I had a dream with my mom in it, but we didn’t really interact. She was just there.
I need to write a story for this month’s submission to Pulphouse still. It’s due by Saturday midnight, so I really need to get it started tomorrow so I can finish it by the deadline. It’s hard for me to figure out how to write something following the theme. It’s like my brain rebels at the stricture and I can’t think of how to incorporate it.
After the alarm went off, I snoozed it a bit, and then got dressed for my run. I decided to do two miles by taking five laps of the top of the road, which got me 2.15 miles. I was really slow, but I got faster as I went on. Maybe next time I do laps I’ll try for three miles. I’m going to do the two mile hill run tomorrow and that might be slower still. It’s a choice of running while it’s in the 50’s or in the 90’s, and I choose 50’s.
Work went okay today. I’m feeling a bit down, which is likely due to the approach of my period. It’s due, though I haven’t seen physical signs that it will arrive soon. I have to put on a show tomorrow at work, hosting a little mini conference that I have been organizing for the past two years. Usually I just host, but this year I also have a presentation. I’ll get it done before lunch and can chill out after that.
I mowed after work. It was so windy, and the plants were much drier than the first round of mowing. There was so much flying debris. It got up my nose, in my eyes, and all over my face and body. I think I might have gotten my day’s serving of fiber up my nose. I feel like I’m getting larger areas done per tank so far on this second round. It’s probably partly due to there being less growth overall, but also I’m getting used to the work. Maybe getting a little stronger.
I’m thinking about taking my car in for an oil change on Saturday. They want me to do a service, but it’s for 4 and a half years or 48K miles, and I’m not at either of those points yet. But I am due for an oil change according to the sticker on my windshield, so I’ll see about getting that done. Then I can come back and do some hoeing around the yard, and get the trash taken out in the afternoon. I have plans to have dinner with my neighbors on Saturday night. And then I can go hiking on Sunday, which should be a cooler day.
I’m thinking about picking up some of the stuff in Ambrose’s space. Straightening things out. Boxing things. I don’t want to get rid of anything, but if I want to be able to use the space in that room, then it needs to be a bit more organized than it is right now. I’m feeling kind of numb about it, which I guess is better than being in pain over it.
I bought a weighted blanket from Amazon and it got delivered today. I don’t think I’ll sleep under it tonight because I don’t feel like changing my bed over. But I’ve got it. I had been meaning to buy one for several months now.
