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I'm feeling draggy and mildly depressed today. I just made a cup of coffee, and we'll see if that jump-starts me. (There actually was a study that said that people who drink coffee get less depressed. Way to go caffeine.)

Mimi has been fighting with Zara non-stop today. I separated them, but I still heard them fighting through the gate. I don't know what's with Mimi today. They have been getting along better, and they even have slept on the same bed.

My next-door neighbors are fighting too.

I'm waiting for my clothes to get out of the wash to go grocery shopping. Maybe getting out of the house will help. Maybe I should try meditation. But this place is anything but serene today.

Altar

I used to have an altar in my bedroom with Kwan Yin, Nike, and a statue with an old female symbol. Right now, my clocks are on it, but I think that I want to set it up again. I also found a statue of a meditating Buddha that I like. I can't afford it, but I might ask for it for Christmas. (Asking for a statue of Buddha at Christmas. Hmm. Oh, why not :))

My bedroom is my meditation room. It's also the room that is closest to being organized in the house. Maybe I should finish it to have one serene room.

Chop Broccoli, Carry Groceries

Some day, I'll get to the grocery stores early and won't have to run around. Today wasn't that day. I blew out of here a little after 7 PM, stopped briefly at Dollar Tree to pick up body wash and soda, dashed to Aldi to pick up a few things (I always get there around 7:30 PM--they close at 8--and dash around), and went to WalMart. I still need to get green onions at Kroger, but I'm going to wait until tomorrow and pick them up after work. I talk to my mom at 9, so I had to dash home.

I want to add more veggies to my diet, so I bought some broccoli to chop into scrambled eggs. I eyed some cherry tomatoes to add too, but they are kind of pricey given that it's off-season. (I might change my mind and get some tomorrow. It does sound kind of good. I should look for a recipe for a veggie scramble.) I also bought the ingredients for the delicious crockpot mushroom and spinach lasagna. (I also did buy ingredients for spaghetti with meatballs and chicken salad though.)

Right now, I'm drinking peppermint tea.

Mimi was following me around all day. I told her that I had to go to the store, but that she could sit on my lap while I talked to my mom. She did sit on my lap the whole time, and now she seems much calmer. Mimi might be calmer, but my mom and I are biting our nails about the election. My mom didn't want to hang up because, by our phone call next week, the election will be over and we'll know what happened. We agreed to talk on Tuesday night when we'll have a better idea of what's going on. One of the things that I need to do tonight is to find out information about the local elections.

I was looking at items at the Buddha Groove store. They have a bracelet that says "no mud, no lotus," which I want to get sometime. They had a beautiful altar cloth, but I think that Zara would shred it. (Maybe I should get a cheap runner, and see what she does with it.) They also have a set of small, cheap Tibetan prayer flags, which I'm considering getting and hanging up in my bedroom. I think that one of the things that I want to do is work on the altar.