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I went to schedule a new German lesson, only to find that my teacher is off for two months. She didn't tell me that. I guess that I could work on vocabulary on my own.

Dropped my box of donated books at the library and checked out more books. Bought almost all of Dollar Tree's stock of diet cola. Picked up Zara's meds. Picked up my grocery order. Realized that I forgot to get cash for mowing. I didn't want to back track (not that Lincoln's all that big), so I decided to go to the ATM near the highway and eat dinner at Steak and Shake.

Steak and Shake has cut their staff to the bone. You order and pay at a kiosk, even if you're going to eat in the dining room. You pick up your food at the counter and get your own drinks. You can then sit at a table if you want. Basically, they've turned it into your average fast food place, but they used to have dining room service. I ate too much and now have a stomachache. Maybe that will keep me from eating out (although these days, I almost never eat out).

I put away the perishable groceries, and I think that will be it for tonight. I really need to lie down soon. Maybe I'll lie down and read for a while.

Well, I didn't lie down. I'm looking at Python books because one of my classes in the fall will be in Python. I need to carve out some time this summer to review Python. Hey, the books are available online for free! Excellent! I do want to get some Python flash cards though.

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Got up early and got my hair cut. And then I dropped off the dead printer and monitor for recycling after getting a little confused as to where to go. And the recycling didn't cost me anything! And the printer and monitor are out of my kitchen!

Had a nice nap. Started laundry. Went to the storage place and went through four boxes of books and brought two back to get rid of, plus a bookcase to replace the one that crumbled and the basket for my yoga stuff. I'm beat, so I need to sit a while. Maybe I should post some books to sell.

Hmm. I'm poking at airfares to Seattle and Washington DC, and Seattle is cheaper (which makes no sense because it's a longer trip). I've heard some horror stories about Airbnbs, so I need to look at hotels. It's kind of looking like the Extended Stay America for Seattle. Then I could eat breakfast there and maybe some dinners. Hmm, another advantage of Seattle is the time change. I'll have classes on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and they would be over earlier and I'd still have some time to do things.

Filled a bag of garbage from the kitchen. Brought in the basket and a box of books. Just remembered that I need to put clothes in the dryer, but I need to sit for a moment. Went through the box, but there were only a couple of books worth selling. I need to find out if the public library is taking donations for their sale. Put the clothes in the dryer. Emailed the library director at the public library, who is a former colleague of mine, to ask if they are accepting donations. Went to sell some books, only to find that Amazon wants me to verify my charge method, and it'll take a couple of days. Sigh. Maybe I should just sell on eBay.

Not sure what to do now. I'm feeling tired but not sleepy. Make German flashcards, maybe (done)? I'm going to eat some soup and go to bed.

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I went to sleep at 1:30 AM and woke up at 11:30 AM. I'm feeling better than yesterday, so I must have needed it.

Today is delivery day. I got the cat litter from Walmart plus my yoga stuff. I told Zara that I bought her some boxes. She and Mimi have already checked out the box that the litter came in.

Studied German. And I've been rereading the Harry Potter books again (in English). I should tackle them in Italian.

Talked to Mom. She's at home and is feeling better due to her transfusion. She's setting up a bunch of appointments with her various doctors.

German went okay. I have a tough time understanding the spoken language though. We listened to some audio recordings. I have a bunch of prepositions to study. I need to make flashcards, but not tonight.

No Italian tomorrow because of Easter, so I can sleep in.

Lost Day

Apr. 15th, 2022 10:52 pm
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I made an appointment to get my hair cut, finally, on Tuesday morning. It looks pretty bad.

I couldn't find Zara anywhere and was walking around calling her. I finally noticed her on top of the wicker chest in the bedroom. She didn't make a sound.

Napped. And I overslept and lost the afternoon, so I'm going to stay home.

Napped again. Ate dinner. I was reading DW when someone mentioned their COVID booster, so I went online to make an appointment for Sunday. I'm kind of surprised that they're open on Easter. Filled out their consent form. Printed off some German to study. Now I'm feeling dizzy. I'm wondering if I just need to go to bed and get up early and make the quinoa.

Ouch

Apr. 10th, 2022 12:24 am
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I did something to my left eye last night and it's bothering me. I'll close my eyes after breakfast.

I requested some of Denis Waitley's writing (mentioned by [profile] kensmind on LJ) from the library. Cool, the books have shipped already.

Mimi wanted some lap time, so I'm busy being a lap.

I dozed for a extra hour because having my eyes closed was helping my eye. It's feeling better.

I'm trying to decide what to do today. I need to study German and Italian. I'm pondering going for a walk or going to the gym to get exercise. And I need to go to Aldi. And I need to do laundry and work on the kitchen. Step 1: laundry.

I got my Fitbit connected to My Fitness Pal, which is costing money now. I guess that they have to make money somehow.

I joined a bunch of Reddit groups about yoga. And I subscribed to Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. I looked into yoga classes in Springfield, but I'd either have to bail out early in Mondays or skip piano on Tuesdays. And it's $20 a class plus the cost of gas. Hmm. Maybe it's better to wait until I move to Champaign.

I've decided to nix Ramen and make carrot soup and Cherry-Almond-Quinoa salad for lunches. And put frozen berries in my oatmeal instead of sugar-free syrup. I need to eat what I already have for dinners, however. And [personal profile] dame_grise on DW mentioned Refuge Recovery, a Buddhist approach to addiction, and they have online meetings about food. I'm going to try them. I think that I'm going to go to the store tomorrow because my eye is still bothering me, however.

I lay down for a while to rest my eye.

Studied German. Made strawberry muffins from a mix. They were pretty good.

Talked to Mom. She's feeling exhausted. Her doctor wants to give her the antibody treatment more slowly and see how it goes.

German went okay. We're studying the past perfect.

Now I'm going to eat something and study Italian.

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I waited for my laundry to dry before taking a nap. Rain is coming our way. It's a good day to stay home and get things done.

I'm lying down for a nap. Mimi is stressed out because Zara is on the same bed! I tried to calm Mimi down, and it seems to have worked. Cats! Mimi apparently left though.

Really zonked out. The next thing that I knew, my alarm went off. Apparently I slept though the rain. Zara was rolling around on the bed looking relaxed, but I took one step towards the kitchen and zoom, she was there. I gave her her snack.

I never mentioned that my dad had a chance to join FedEx when it was first starting up as their CTO, but he turned it down because he didn't want to move to Memphis. I asked him if he ever regretted turning it down, and he said no, becoming filthy rich was never one of his goals. So there you have it.

Hmm. A local gym has Zumba classes, which I would have to pay for out of pocket, but I've always wanted to try it. I should find out how much it costs.

I found some Yoga studios in Champaign that I'd like to try. One has classes for 50+ people!

I found a nice Airbnb in downtown Memphis. No parking though; I'd have to pay to park in a lot.

Apparently I'm gearing up for a diet. I'm checking out cookbooks on Kindle Unlimited (though I'd want print versions to actually use them).

Showered my grungy bod. Made German flashcards. Now I have a crashing headache, so I'm going to lie down for a while after I feed the beasties. Couldn't sleep. Studied German.

Talked to Mom. She's doing well, although she's been sleeping a lot. She approves of my checking out Memphis after I explained what interested me. My aunt is in the hospital because her legs swelled up. The doctors and nurses are treating it, but they don't know why at this point.

I've decided not to go to Springfield tomorrow because I'd have to pay Best Buy to take my busted monitor, and I'd rather have it come out of my next paycheck.

German went well. My studying is paying off a little. Now I think I'll do the dishes and go to sleep.

Tuesday

Mar. 30th, 2022 11:36 am
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Well, I fell down the rabbit hole last night of finding German and Italian television channels and stayed up later. Than I drastically overslept this morning and worried my work partner. Note to self: stop that!

The therapist set up a meeting at 2 on Thursday. Now that I'm more aware of it, I seem to be caught in a bad self-esteem/depression spiral. I hope that she can help.

I skipped piano class because I worked late and wanted to eat. Now I'm going to nap. Slept through until morning.

Therapist?

Mar. 28th, 2022 11:20 pm
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Talked to Mom. She's getting a transfusion today and one tomorrow, and then she'll be discharged. Her doctor wants to see her right away though. She's antsy to get out.

I found some free German courses online. I want to hear the language more.

I think that I found a therapist whom I'd like to try. She's in Bloomington, but she's taking virtual appointments right now. She takes my current and future insurance. And she's LGBT friendly. I guess that I need to find out how the insurance will work with virtual appointments. I did email her, so we'll see. She emailed me back and wants to do an initial consultation with me. I emailed her back with my availability. She said that she'd connect me with her payment manager to check on my insurance if I want to work with her.

Well, I went to take a nap but couldn't sleep. So I noodled around on my phone until past the time for my nap. I did get some laundry started.

And I think that I should get ready for bed because I overslept today.

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Woke up, as usual, to two cats staring at me. "Mommy, are you going to get up and feed us?" I suppose that I'm lucky that they don't wake me up.

Napped and slept for an extra 1.5 hours. I'm feeling more well-rested. Woke up to the same two pairs of eyes staring :)

Studied some German. Made more German flashcards. Studied more German.

Mom called. She sounds a lot better and is feeling better. (She said that's because she's mad. She wants to leave!) They're keeping her there, though, until they talk to her doctor on Monday.

I took another nap. My justification was that you transfer things that you've studied into long-term memory when you sleep :)

German went okay. She thinks that I can hear something once and remember it, but I need to pound it into my brain. Now I need to study Italian.

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CNN is predicting that gas prices will go down a little in a week, so I'm going to skip my errands in Springfield today. I didn't realize that gas was up to $4.50 a gallon! Plus I was up late doing German homework. I have plenty of other things to do.

I'm looking at used Nissan Leafs as far as cars go, but they don't seem practical for driving to my mom's house. No, I'm not going to buy a new car right now! Plus I don't have a place to plug one in. My dad says that it's too early to get an electric car, plus it might not be better for the environment because coal plants are creating electricity. Now I'm wondering about a hybrid? Oh, the Hyundai IONIQ Plug-in Hybrid sounds interesting.

Best laid plans: My Italian teacher wanted me to have the lesson an hour early, so the lesson was back to back with German. Oh, never again. I managed to mix up German and Italian, which is quite a feat. But I got into the swing of Italian as the lesson progressed. I scheduled my next German lesson on Saturday night.

I need more pronunciation practice in German, so I started using Pimsleur. I also need to make more flashcards.

Had a nice long nap, but now I'm groggy. I need to return library books and get dots at Walmart. But I really want to stay home tonight.

I'm suffering from kitchen table overload. I have Italian and German grammar books there because I study there. And index cards for flashcards. And half-empty bottles of soda. And I dump the mail there. My task for tonight is to clear the basket on my cube organizer, which used to be for mail, but I stopped using it when it filled up. And I need a better spot for the grammar books (done).

Got the garbage out. Got the mail. I received my small plastic stool to sit on while I'm organizing.

I haven't finished emptying the mail basket, but made progress. I bought two more magazine holders because when I go through magazines, I rip out articles that I'd like to read and need a place to put them. I think that I'll take my decluttering picture and go make German flashcards (done).

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Aargh! It was a dark and rainy morning, and I drastically overslept. I logged onto my 10:00 meeting in pajamas.

Ran to the credit union at 5 PM. Planned to log on later, but I took a nap and slept through until morning. Woke up to ravening cats. Zara even meowed. (She's usually silent.)

Started laundry. Had to soak cat dishes, and Zara is climbing all over me asking to be fed. I told her that I rarely forget to feed her, so she'll get fed (done).

I'm mulling over whether to go to Springfield today instead of tomorrow. I need to drop the dead printer and dead monitor at Best Buy, which will recycle them. I also want to donate plasma. I'm kind of feeling like staying home though. It's gloomy today, and tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and very warm.

I'm keeping an eye on the weather to see when I can put the rosemary and thyme back outside. They wintered over well.

I wishlisted the new edition of Eyewitness London and Italian Sentence Builder and Conversation books. I think that the Italian books will help me.

Dozed lightly. Put the clothes in the dryer. Went through a box of papers that turned out to be a box of books! I'm not sure what to do with the ones that I don't want. I could probably sell some of them, well, two of them. I need to put dots on the boxes that I've gone through.

I did my remaining 1.5 hours of work. Then I wanted to list books on Amazon, only to find that they now charge a monthly fee. No. I did find my Amazon seller account, and Amazon had me jump though some hoops to reactivate my account. It'll take a couple of days before it is active. My understanding is that they won't charge you a monthly fee if you sell under a certain amount. I'd rather not sell the books on eBay because the books are kind of esoteric.

Assembled my magazine holders and organized my catalogs. Posted some sparkling water that I don't like in Facebook Marketplace. Someone on Reddit wants to be accountability partners for decluttering. Far out.

I got a headache, so I'm lying down for a little while. Couldn't sleep.

Did more decluttering of the kitchen. The picture diary really is motivating me. I want to get enough done for a visible change. The person who created the app knows what she's talking about. I decided to throw out the sparkling water instead of selling it. I wanted it out!

Talked to Mom. She's running out of steam and wonders if she needs another transfusion, but she's waiting to hear about her treatment. I hope that the doctor's office gets their act together soon.

I was looking to see if Subaru has electric vehicles, and they do, but there are no charging stations around here or in Champaign-Urbana. Or at least there are no EvGo stations. Oh! I looked on another site and there are some! I'm not in the market for a car right now, but it's something to keep in mind.

Gathered library books to return. I need to go study German and Italian.

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I overslept and figured out that Italian is at 11 now, so I skipped breakfast. The cats, of course, got their food because they rule. Well, my teacher isn't there, so I guess I got it wrong. He said that it's at 1. The extra sleep helped, anyway.

I read an article about the shortage of therapists right now. I found an online therapist in Better Help who sounds good, but I'm not sure if I can afford it. I need to keep working on my budget and see if I can squeeze out the money.

I also looked into professional organizers, but $125 an hour! Eeek! (But that would get me going.)

I also read an interesting article about why gas prices are high in the US.

I studied Italian, given that I had the time. Italian went well. We wound up comparing health insurance in Italy and the US. My teacher thinks that it's strange that we don't have single-payer insurance. Me too. He encouraged me to go study in Italy when I retire. We have been reading a story all in the conditional tense. The narrator was talking about a guy she was into, and it turned out to be her professor! Strange story.

Overslept my nap. Zara came in to tell me she's hungry. Now both cats are staring at me. Okay, okay. Kitty drama when we left my bedroom because they tried to leave at the same time. They were hissing and batting at each other.

William Hurt died. Bummer. Too young.

It's gotten late, so I've decided to stay home and go to the grocery store on Monday. I feel like puttering around. Got the garbage out. Zara is no longer into the printer box, but I decided it would be a good box for kitchen stuff, so I'll stash it in storage. I plan to work on more boxes and half-empty bottles of soda and such tonight, but my neighbors go to bed early, so I'll run the extra garbage out in the morning.

Practiced piano. I have a book of short, simplified excerpts from classical pieces, so I worked on an excerpt from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, which I love. I think that it's more haunting in clarinet though. (I tried learning clarinet in grade school, but I really wanted to learn flute, so it didn't last long.)

Put a cat litter box to soak overnight. Finished sorting through a box. My back hurt, so I went to create more German flashcards for numbers. I want to review my Italian numbers, but I want to be done with German numbers first. I also found Web sites with how to tell time in German and days of the week in German. Useful!

Anyway, it's gotten late, so I need to do my nighttime chores and get to sleep. Morning will come too quickly with the time change.

Lazy Day

Mar. 12th, 2022 11:32 pm
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It's a lazy day in which I overslept my nap. It's supposed to be 54 F tomorrow, so I'm going to postpone my errands until then and let the temperature deal with clearing the snow. Did I say that I was lazy?

I was mulling over the differences in my cats. Mimi will settle somewhere: on my lap, next to me, or on the floor. Zara is on my lap, off my lap, on the back of the chair, on my lap again, on the floor, all in rapid succession. And Zara is the older of the two of them! When she was younger, she used to race my mom and I down the stairs, and she always won and looked so pleased with herself.

Mixed up the poppy seed bread mix and baked it. Worked for a couple of hours while it baked and cooled. It's good.

Well, hell. I went to make a claim for my pet insurance, only to find that I have a $250 deductible for each cat. I wouldn't get any money back.

Talked to Mom. She's doing okay. The health insurance company okayed her treatment, so she's waiting for it to get set up.

I'm exhausted, so I skipped German.

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Zara is a little off her feed. I'm not surprised, given the ordeal (in her mind) yesterday. I put the carrier away so Zara won't worry about my grabbing her while she eats. (I grabbed her while she was eating yesterday.)

I read an article about a couple who got student visas to go to Italy and study Italian for a year. That's another idea if I can't get a Lithuanian passport. If we go remote, I could work from Italy if I could get a visa. 8 AM here is 3 PM there, and I'm a night owl.

The Wanderlust in Berlin book looks good. It has a picture of a place on each page and a short description.

Zara popped out of her box (she's freaked me out by doing that when I've walked by) and polished off her food. Good.

I want to see the movie Drive My Car. I've heard good things about it, and it's available for $6 on Amazon Prime.

Got my library books ready to return. Ran out and picked up prescriptions, returned the library books, and bought cat litter. I've discovered that the local Farm and Home has cat litter cheaper than Walmart. They also have the Hill's weight loss food for a dollar cheaper than Amazon. But I want Mimi to eat the food that I have first.

Studied German numbers while Zara was eating.

Talked to Mom. The doctor said that her body was trying to make red blood cells, but then multiple myeloma was introducing errors into the cells. Her doctor wants to put her on an antibody treatment. So, it's better than I had feared. My aunt is still in the hospital with a partial bowel obstruction.

Hmm. I've been studying German, and I'm ready for my lesson with a half-hour to go. I need to study Italian, but I don't want to crowd out the German swirling in my head. Maybe I'll post. I know, I'll look at my book on Munich and Bavaria that just arrived. German went well. I'm learning slowly.

I watched a couple of videos on eating on a budget. It gave me some ideas. One person had a book that's free to me with Kindle Unlimited, so I checked it out.

I think that I'll get up early and study Italian before my lesson.

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I'm feeling freezing cold this morning. I don't know why because it's in the 40s F. I really want to lie down under warm blankets but have no reason to go out sick. I'll lie down over lunch.

I found a website with German numbers, so I'll work on flashcards for that. I also need to review Italian numbers.

My printer had a paper jam that was a bear to get out. I finally flipped the printer over and got the paper out. But it still said that it had a jam. Rebooting the printer and computer fixed the "jam," but the printer isn't pulling the paper from the paper drawer. I really don't want to replace the printer.

I read an article by a feline behaviorist that said that cats want a bunch of small meals throughout the day. That's what Zara is training me to do. She gets a big meal at breakfast, a little meal at lunch, a big meal at dinner, and a small meal late at night. As long as I keep working from home, I can do that.

I'm tired and don't want to comb my hair and put on makeup and go get cat food. I have just enough cat food to make it to tomorrow, so I'll hang out at home tonight. And so I napped and overslept. I don't know why I'm so tired. Stress? I'm worried about Mom as well as the state of the world.

I've been doomscrolling, well, reading the news, which I do anyway when there isn't a war. I read an interesting article about the noises that creatures make underground. I wouldn't have thought that they'd use noise to communicate.

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Tired today. I was up late watching the news and reading the news and reading my book. I already took a nap, but might lie down for another hour (done).

I've aborted my trip out, mostly because I'm wearing a pair of jeans that slide down on me. I don't want to wrangle them in a store. And I have my carrot cake mix to make for dessert.

Got the carrot cake in the oven after spattering the oven with batter as I mixed it. Sigh. Need to go clean up in a minute.

Freshly baked carrot cake is delish.

Talked to Mom. My aunt has been in the hospital because she collapsed, but the doctors think it was anxiety. Anyway, she's having a tough time finding someone to help her when she goes home, and she's taking her frustrations out on my mom.

German was typically hard. I'm at the point when I kind of dread the lessons, but it will get better. I don't dread Italian anymore.

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Oh! The pairs free skate is on Saturday at 5 AM. I was thinking that it was Sunday. I'll try to pry myself out of bed. I overslept the skating. Oh well.

I'm having the opposite of losing your sense of smell; it's becoming more acute. Weird.

Did my morning routine and napped. Woke up when mower guy came by to clean out the snow. He said, "Shit, I might need my chisel," when he looked at the snow that stopped me. He said that he could make it so that I could get out though. He's going to get a chisel and some salt to clean out by the street. I thanked him and he thanked my for my patience because his tools got stolen. It's kind of nice to stay inside and have someone else worry about getting the snow out.

I received an enormous mop pail with wheels. Except two of the wheels keep falling off. Hmm.

Ugh. I feel like napping again, but I need to set up my veggie lasagna in the crock pot. Done! The lasagna is cooking. I'm resting a moment before loading the dishwasher (done). Had a nice second nap. I was out cold, so I must have needed it.

Studied German and Italian. The German homework was hard.

Watched the rebroadcast of the pairs figure skating. I'm glad that I got a chance to see it.

Talked to Mom. Her bone marrow biopsy went well. And now we wait. She's trying to get stuff done while she's waiting. Her friend Kate wants to visit, but Mom doesn't feel up to it.

I'm feeling dizzy and headachy. A delayed reaction to my fall yesterday? I wrote my German teacher and told her I'm going to miss the lesson. I need to lie down.

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Now they're saying a wintry mix and snow combination on Thursday. I need to get back to the grocery store today (I get paid today.) Now they're saying 3 to 5 inches of snow. I rescheduled my vet appointment on Friday to the following week to have more time to dig out. I'm trying to decide whether to have my mower guy dig me out or not.

I bought a commercial-grade mop and bucket on eBay. I hope that will keep me from scrubbing on my hands and knees. Booked my next two German lessons and paid my Italian teacher. Bought three books on Berlin.

I talked to Mom, who had an appointment with her oncologist yesterday. Her hemoglobin is too low again to get chemo. Her doctor is going to do a bone-marrow biopsy on Friday to find out why her body isn't making enough red blood cells. She also had another transfusion today.

Got my teeth cleaned at the dentist. And the rain started. Mailed a letter. Went to Dollar Tree, Aldi, and Walmart.

The cats were unhappy with me when I got home because they hadn't been fed yet. Dropped everything and remedied that. I exist to serve :) Now I'm sitting for a moment before I put the groceries away (done).

I'm tired, and the skating is tomorrow morning, so I'm going to go to sleep early.

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I tackled the German pronunciation course. It's hard and assumes that you know some German. But I'm learning from it although I know almost nothing. I also printed off the lesson from last time and the chat. And I reviewed the Web page with pronunciation rules. I'm game for the lesson.

I finally found a name for my Etsy printables shop that hasn't been taken. I need to create stock for it first though, which is why I'm messing with Canva. The Udemy course is good though.

I stayed up 25 hours (except for a brief nap at lunch) to watch the ice dancing. I would only do that for ice dancing because I love it so much. Shaun White was in the audience, and some skaters asked for pictures with him. The top people were impossibly good. Now I'm going to collapse in a heap after feeding the cats.

Slept for three hours. Got up, fed the cats their lunchtime snack and did other cat chores. Ate. Now I'm going to lie down for two more hours and call it good. I'm probably going to hate myself tomorrow, but I can nap after Italian.

Poor Mimi stayed up with me and is exhausted. Zara, on the other hand, slept and is manic.

Slept for three hours. I've decided to go to the store tomorrow because the snow is supposed to be minor and it's freezing out now (wind chill of 6 F).

I can't find the charger for my Fitbit anywhere. I've pretty well torn my bedroom apart.

Talked to Mom. We were discussing the protest on the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, which is near her. She said that she asked her friend Kate, who lives on Vancouver Island, what the heck is going on with the Canadians. We also discussed politics in general and food. Mom is going to see her oncologist on Tuesday and will let me know what he says.

German went well. My teacher is challenging but keeps me learning. Pronunciation is still hard. And I'm learning to conjugate regular present tense.

Now I'm going to have soup and crash.

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Holy cow, my item on eBay sold. I need to run out on Monday and mail it. Only $25, but that will pay for a book on Berlin. Or a German lesson.

It's pouring out. I need to go to the grocery store and the post office to pick up a mailing box, but I'm a wimp, so I'll go tomorrow.

The earliest that I'll hear from iCAN is on February 15th, and it could be up to May. I hope it won't take that long.

The cats crack me up. I worked a little late and saw them running back and forth in front of my office door to see if I was getting up yet to feed them. Clearly my priorities are wrong!

I studied German and Italian flashcards. I need to start putting the stars on my calendar again.

Tonight is my usual night for the Wondrium photography classes, but I'm putting them on hiatus during the Olympics because I'm watching a ton of television. Maybe I'll work with Canva instead. I'd like to become an expert in it, and create and sell templates.

Score! I previously found an Udemy class on German pronunciation, but it was too expensive. I was looking at Canva classes tonight and checked the German course, and it was on sale! Bought it! I also bought the Canva course too.

I was looking at Udemy to get ideas for courses to create. Ideas: Writing on Medium (once I have some success at it), Saving Money on Travel, and Creating a Budget. I'd like to write about software too because that's what I'm trained to do.

I just spent a bunch of time looking up librarians on Medium and following them.

Zara has decided that the box that I have almost emptied is HER box. I'll never get the last stuff out of there. I rescued some old posters that I don't know what to do with but are too cool to get rid of. (They are drawings of Paris.)

The short program (rhythm dance) for the ice dancing is at 5 AM. Ugh. I don't think that I can stay up that late because I got up at 8 AM today. But it's even less likely that I'll get up that early. And I need to go to the grocery store tomorrow because it's going to snow on Sunday (only one to three inches though).

Okay, I'm going to go play with Canva. Maybe I'll see if I can stay up until 5 AM and crash if I fade out. I have plenty of stuff to do. And I need to practice German for my lesson tomorrow at midnight. So now I can't stop yawning....

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