days_unfolding

I found a subscription site for virtual rowing workouts. Yeah, I think that I should get it and a tablet. I’m just looking for a good price on a tablet. Yeah, I found one on eBay for a good price. It has some scratches on the back, but that’s okay.

I was trying to take a picture of Mimi’s face with the iPhone, so she turned around with her butt towards me. Cats! Okay, I got a decent picture of her.

Overslept but managed to get myself together before 8:30 AM. Go me. And it’s after 8:30 and the guys aren’t here. Sigh. They’re here. They wanted me to move my car. The cats want nothing to do with this and ran off and hid.

And it's Friday. I don't know where the weeks go.

We got into a lively conversation about electric cars and solar panels at a "watercooler" meeting at work. Now I'm wondering if I should get an electric car as my next car and keep one of the gas cars for road trips. I'm trying to log into Consumer Reports to learn more about electric cars and hybrids, but I'm having problems logging in. I finally got into Consumer Reports (I don't buy a car without it) and there are no all-electric cars with lots of cargo room. So a hybrid it is. The Honda CR-V hybrid gets good ratings. I'm also considering the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, but it's currently being tested.

I have to say that the house looks neater without the ivy and with the trees trimmed.

However, the parts that had ivy look dirty. I was wondering if it needed tuckpointing, but the real estate guy thinks that it just needs power washing. He’s going to stop by to do an estimate. Well, I guess not. I'll get back in touch with him on Monday.

I attended a webinar about social connections. I thought that it would be more a meeting about how to meet people, but it was more about social anxiety and getting out of your comfort zone. I had started an online class about social anxiety, but I thought that would be more useful after I get back to Urbana. I started one about stress, anxiety, and worry. Depression would be useful too. Hmm, their screening questionnaire said that I didn't score high on anxiety and worry. But I do tend to get overwhelmed, which is related. I'm feeling less so now that we have a game plan and that things are moving along.

Now I'm looking at Apple watches on Reebelo. I don't need one. Cut it out, Adrienne. But the new ones have fall detection, which is a good thing for someone living alone and an SOS button! Hmm. Might be worth considering as I get older. It’s cooler than one of those buttons.

Oh cool. The hotel that I'm staying at in Chicago the night before the Kauai flight has a complimentary airport shuttle. That will help.

It looks like I fucked up at work. I made changes, but it looks like they didn't stick. Oh well.

I figured out the rowing machine. It has a tablet/phone holder instead of a counter. You need to log into an app to get stats. But it also needs to be plugged in (I just ordered a long extension cord) and it has Bluetooth. Once I get it plugged in, then I can pair it with the app. This is complicated :)

Did dishes and scrubbed the sink with Soft Scrub. I got the Soft Scrub on my clothes, so I rinsed it off and dumped my shirt in the laundry. I found that some clothes that I had in the laundry were wet. There are more leaks down there. Sigh.

The tablet has an estimated delivery of Sunday! Cool.

I’m thinking that I should go to bed and get up early. I got up fairly early this morning. But I need to do some things before my French lesson and the organizer. Okay, I’m prepared for my French lesson.

I ordered an anxiety workbook. Because boy, do I need it.

My potential therapist got back to me, and apparently it's going to cost me twice as much for therapy as I thought. Bummer. I could afford a few months (around six) though. Sometimes I feel like a bottomless money pit.

I was looking for a recipe to use up more basil, and found Basil-Lemon Chicken. That will enable me to use up more chicken too! And it sounds good. I've got chicken breasts thawing in the refrigerator. And I've added ingredients to my shopping list.

I want to make banana bread in my bread maker. I've got butter and eggs warming to room temperature.

I have a real taste for a Garlic Burger from Steak and Shake. I want to stay here while the banana bread bakes though, so I'm going to Door Dash it.

Got the banana bread going. Well, hell, Steak and Shake is closed. So I ordered a Frisco Burger from Hardee's. The Door Dash person had some problems with finding the place. The burger was pretty good.

The banana bread didn't work out so well. The bread mixer didn't mix it up very well. When I took it out, I first put it on a plate. Then I tried to flip it over onto a wire rack, and it completely fell apart. The part that I ate tasted pretty good, however.

Now I'm waiting for my laundry to finish. I need to clean up the kitchen too.