Errand/Italian Day

I finished the most amazing book, If I Live Until Morning. It's about a woman who almost died in a mountaineering accident, but it's about so much more. She got involved in Tibetan Buddhism, which also interests me, and it's about how she healed her wounds from the past. I want to read it again after it sinks in. It also makes me want to hike.

Threw laundry in the wash on the way out the door. Ran out to get soda, body wash, and a few other things at Dollar Tree. Mailed my vote-by-mail application. It looks like the only postal box outside of the post office was taken out.

I'm busy trying to memorize the song in Italian that my teacher wants me to sing. I won't have it ready tonight for sure. It's hard to learn a song when you don't understand the words.

Shambhala is having an Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism online class a week from tomorrow. I'm considering it, although I was planning to hike. OTOH, it's supposed to rain.

Italian was a fiasco. My teacher couldn't hear me, so she suggested trying Firefox. I did try it twice, and my computer crashed both times. When I came back into the classroom on Chrome, she could then hear me, but a lot of the class was over. Oh well.

Found some more hiking books on Kindle Unlimited. I kind of don't want to blunt the aura left over from the book that I just read though. Also requested some hiking books from the public library, which is opening up again next week.

I looked at travel to Tibet just for kicks, and it's actually not that expensive. Something to consider.

Kind of a Rainy, Blah Day

One of my winter coats is missing. I wore it last year, so it has to be here somewhere. Or could it be in the car? Found it. It was in the car.

Apparently my eating breakfast is a signal to both cats to use the kitchen litter box. Thanks, girls.

I received a package from Amazon, and couldn't figure out what it was. It was the girls' chicken cat food. That was fast. I ordered it Thursday night.

I think that I need something to use as a cookie jar. I just had a package of cookies self-destruct and fall on the floor. I don't think that I have anything big enough though.

Had a nice nap and even woke up before the alarm. Now it's raining hard, and I'm glad that I'm not out hiking in it. Had a bite to eat. Did 20 minutes on the FitDesk.

Threw myself together and picked up my groceries. Typically, I forgot to order a couple of things, but they can wait until I next have to get milk. I'll be very happy when Walmart will be open late again, but I'm not holding my breath.

Talked to Mom. She's concerned about my going back to the library in a week. She's wondering how the fall is going to go for us. Don't we all. I talked about a possible Nepal-Tibet trip, and we both agree that Kathmandu sounds exotic and interesting. She said that Africa was kind of the same thing for her when she was growing up.

I've been having some weird nerve twinges around my face. It feels a little like being poked with a pin. I have no idea what that's about.

I'm feeling a smidge depressed, but that's been true for a while. Need to get under the florescent lights at work. They help.

Poking around what to do in Seattle is perking me up a bit. But it's in a COVID phase that limits "non-essential travel". Oh well. I hope that the prices still stay low when we get out of this mess.