days_unfolding

Woke up around 6:30 AM. Got going close to 7:30.

More excessive heat warnings today, and I have to go to the dentist.

Zara was blocking Mimi's path, so she went under my chair to get around Zara. Mimi's off for a snooze in the TV room, now that she's had her breakfast. And Zara went off to snooze in the bedroom. (They sleep at opposite ends of the house.) And I'm off to get ready for work. It's not fair :)

I've been attending free guided meditation sessions offered by the Smithsonian Institution. I find that I relax more listening to a guided meditation than by meditating on my own. Good to know. I need to look for a guided meditation on Insight Timer on my days off of the Smithsonian one.

Mom called. Her car is still being fixed. She's getting a ride to chemo tomorrow, but if it runs late, she'll need me to order an Uber for her. And she'll need me to order an Uber for her on Friday to go get the car. And she also wanted to know if the cats were okay in the heat before the a/c was fixed. (She figured that I would be okay. You can see how I rate!)

The dentist appointment went okay. I didn't tell them that I was moving because I'm not sure when I'm moving. There was some sort of kerfuffle when I was leaving. It looked like a neighbor was being evicted? Their furniture is in their driveway. They just moved in a little while ago though. It looks like someone is still there, so it looks like someone who lived there moved out. Don't know why the police were involved.

The paneer order that I canceled arrived, so I gather that they didn't cancel it. I guess that I'm going to make homemade Palak Paneer. I need to see what I need from the grocery store. But I might make a frozen pizza first, just for a change of pace. I made the list, but I think that I want to go on Friday because I'm buying fresh ingredients, and want to get them close to the time that I use them.

I got the cilantro plant from eBay yesterday. I planted it tonight and gave it a good drink. Nice, healthy plant.

I'm obsessively tracking the package with my new swimsuit in it because I want to go swimming on Friday. But I could sleep in on Friday and go on Saturday. Go, postal workers, go! I just realized that I didn't have chlorine-removal shampoo. Just ordered some from Amazon, and it will get here on Saturday. So that settles that.

I checked cruises on the Purchasing Power site, and you have to have a minimum of two passengers. Oh well.

I looked for the credit card, doing some cleanup. It's not in my purse; I cleaned it out. It's not on the table; I cleaned it off. What the bleepity bleep did I do with it? I'll keep looking over the weekend, and, if I can't find it, I guess I'll tell Capital One that it's lost.

I went looking for a whole wheat sandwich bread recipe, inspired by bill_schubert. I found one by Budget Bytes that I like. I have a loaf left, though, so I'll wait to make it.

Ack! It's gotten late. I need to wend my way towards sleep because I can't nap at lunchtime because my mom might call.

I couldn't fall asleep until 6:30 AM last night. I think that I forgot to take my meds. And it's hot in here.

I've got my Indian cookbooks and the rice cooker! Chicken Tikka Masala looks complicated. It uses a bunch of spices that I've never heard of. Palak Paneer looks easy if I can find Paneer cheese.

Oh dear. Zara and Mimi had a squabble over the open bedroom window. They're not going to be happy when I have to close the windows due to a thunderstorm. I hope that the complex gets a new maintenance guy soon so that we can get the a/c fixed.

I lay down after work, but couldn't fall asleep. There's no point in lying there when I have stuff to do. Brought in my drawers and boxes to work on. Told Zara that I'd have to close the windows during the storm, but she's not going to budge until it starts.

The storms never came, so I cranked open the windows. It is so humid in here. I'm looking forward to my shower tonight.

I've been working on my file drawers, and threw out another bag of papers. I should have been keeping count, but I haven't. But I'm really motivated to cut down the stuff that I need to move.

However, my online account says that I have a lease until December, and I thought that I was month-to-month. I need to find out what's going on. I signed only the lease at the beginning.

My brain is whirring, which isn't good, but I think that I should take my nighttime meds and head towards bed, and catch up on my sleep.

Woke up at 9:30 AM. Started laundry and fed the girls.

I want to watch Heartstopper, which is a sweet queer teen love story on Netflix. It sure beats shock jocks making nasty comments on the radio, which was what we had when I was a teen. It's a much better world.

Had a nice nap with Zara. She snuggled up to me for a few minutes when I woke up. Awww.

It turned out that a new rice cooker with Amazon Prime shipping is the same price as a used one with shipping on Mercari, so I bought a new one on Amazon. It also steams vegetables while you cook rice. And I got the Indian cookbooks. Tasty food awaits!

I'm thinking of not going to Springfield tomorrow because of my IBS flare-up. (I'm wondering if it's misdiagnosed Crohn's because I get sore spots when I have a flare-up?) So I'll stay home today and run errands tomorrow.

I got my Miami book. Yay. And mower guy is here. Got library books ready for return tomorrow. Started tackling the kitchen. I ordered my new swimsuit so that I can swim at the local pool this summer. Got a bag of papers ready to go out in the garbage.

Mimi was making a big production about her dry food dish being empty. I got up to find that it was half-full. I filled it anyway, rolling my eyes. Apparently, fresh food is better.

Showered and shaved my legs. Threw on a t-shirt and shorts. I'm feeling clean and relaxed. Worked on the kitchen some more.

I found a mother load of recipes that I need to put in a notebook. I think that I'll work on them while I watch TV or a movie. Cleared off the chest freezer enough to get into it. I have flounder and pollock, but no cod. And a gazillion frozen chicken breasts, so I need to make a lot of Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken once I get the sauces. I'll make a grocery list for the cod. I think that I'll make Garlic-Parmesan Flounder instead because I think that I have all the ingredients. (I need to doublecheck that I have garlic.) I'll put the flounder into the fridge to defrost.

Oh crud, it's gotten late. I need to eat before my call with Mom.

Mom is still not doing well. She's dizzy and food is going right through her. She's walking a little better though.

I have stuff to do, but can't stop yawning, so maybe I should just go to bed and get up early.