Mower guy

Woke up a little before 7 AM. Bella kept us out a long time before doing her business.

My neck is really stiff. I need to book a massage.

I'm trying to decide whether to take the train when I see my dad next year or fly. Probably fly so that it will take less time.

Made an appointment for Zara’s checkup at the vet.

I found a tall grow light on Amazon for wintering over the hibiscus, rosemary, and thyme. I might have to put the rosemary and thyme on buckets to get them close to the light.

I asked ChatGPT for a list of college towns near water to retire in. It mentioned Athens, GA, which intrigued me, but I didn't see any water on the map. In that case, I might as well stay in Urbana. It does have a senior living place that interests me.

None of my food sounds good to me.

A guy is coming over to do an estimate for mowing at 6:30 PM. He came and we did a walkthrough. His price was reasonable. The only thing is that he’ll be here on Monday, which is later than I had hoped.

My recycled paper products arrived.

I’m trying to get up the energy to get the recycling out (done, and my back hurts ).

I’m looking into getting my gutters cleaned. They need it badly.

Napped, and slept until a little after 1 AM.

A Hometown Pope!

I did think of a college town to check out for retirement: Clemson, South Carolina. It ticks all my boxes. I found a senior living community to check out. The place doesn't seem to allow pets, and I'm likely to still have Oliver and Lily when I would move there. So I started to look in Greenville, SC, and found a place that I like that allows pets. It sounds pretty perfect.

Booked a massage. My neck is killing me.

Woke up at 7 AM. Bella was too distracted by the outside world to do her business. She finally peed at least. Bella was being totally manic and she scratched me in the face. I gave her a Munchie Bone and she settled down. I’ve decided to take my shower at lunchtime because my clothes aren’t dry yet. So now I have time to kill.

Cool. I got The Economist's Guide to Investment Strategies for $4 on eBay. I'm going to have quite an investment library. And I received The Economist’s Guide to Analyzing Companies, which I will read first.

The arthritis in my toes is bugging me.

Had my therapy session. I told her that the increased meds were helping somewhat, but that I'm still tired. I looked tired. I asked how to force myself to clean up the kitchen, and we decided that I would make an appointment with a cleaner, and then I would clean up the dog debris in there before the appointment. She recommended that I get the security cameras put up and contact the garage people in the next two weeks.

The new pope is from my hometown of Chicago! There are jokes on Facebook about a deep-dish* Eucharist :)

I watered my plants outside and took the new plants out of their boxes and watered them too. Opened some Amazon boxes and my investment books are coming in. Now I just need time to read them!

My digestive system is roiling. I need to get to bed early anyway because I need to drop the car off to be fixed tomorrow.

I think that I'm going to hire someone to walk Bella because I've been so drained. I found someone who also does cat sitting, which I will need when I go to a conference in June. Also I'm going to hire an organizer to keep me working on decluttering and organizing.

* Deep-dish pizza is a thing in Chicago. It's several inches high and filled with cheese, meat, and other items such as mushrooms. Jon Stewart derisively called it a "casserole," but it's quite good.