days_unfolding

I forgot to mention that I asked my dad for a recommendation for a macroeconomics book. I want to understand what's going on with the economy better. I bought a couple cheaply from Thriftbooks.

Overslept a little and got up at 6:30 AM. I heard the recycling truck while I was out with Bella. Got my leaf bags out, which was the important part, but I won’t get the rest of the recycling out. I’m going back to sleep for a little while.

Got us all fed. I have to watch Oliver and Lily eat because a certain dog will snatch their food if I'm not watching. Zara is behind a door, so she's okay.

I was wondering why Oliver and Lily like to run around upstairs so much, but then it occurred to me that the dog isn't there to chase them.

A grant awarded to the organization for which I work from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was canceled. Trump's cuts have reached my work. Sigh. It won't impact our staffing though, just a program that we were going to lead.

My therapy session went well. My therapist said to wait a week or two to see if the tiredness wears off, and contact my psychiatrist if it doesn't. She also said that I don't need to work at coming up with as much stuff to talk about as I did this time (the cruise, Mimi, and the car)! I said that I hoped it would be totally boring with nothing to talk about!

I was feeling pretty good about myself, but then I made a dumb mistake at work. I don't handle that well.

I got a free issue of The Week, or rather my mom did, and I read it cover to cover. I think that I want to resubscribe to it. I’m also thinking of subscribing to The Economist. I’m sorry to say that US and world events are very interesting right now. Hmm, I might be able to get an academic discount for The Economist.

Bella wants me to follow her around the yard. She’ll stop and wait and stare at me if I’m slow (which is always because she’s a young dog and I’m an old human). I got out the collar and leash to take her for a walk tonight, and she got so excited and cooperated when I put the collar on. It’s a vast improvement from when I had to chase her through the house to get her harness on and when she’d freeze on a leash when I first got her. It was nice to walk in twilight. And most of the dog walkers were already gone. I’m not sure what she’d do if we met another dog. Hide behind me?

Had my quality time with Zara. Practiced piano. Zara was chirping at the piano for a couple of minutes and then sat and listened.

I’m going to go upstairs and practice Italian. My trip-to-be is motivating me. I studied Italian until my brain went into vaporlock. I'm tired.

I'm going to post, feed the critters, and crash.

Woke up around 10:30 AM. It looks like it rained last night.

Fed us all. Now, it's nap time.

Had a nice nap. Right now, I'm sitting on the bed and facing the closet, and I'm thinking that I should work on the closet so that I can build the shoe rack and put it in there. I'm kind of a fan of working on what calls you in a given moment, but cleaning the kitchen never calls to me, so I need to fit that in!

Mimi called me from the kitchen. I exist to serve, so I came out from the bedroom. She jumped on my lap for a few minutes, but it apparently wasn't lap time. I guess that I'll eat lunch.

Finished the salad while Zara played a fun game of "I really want your food, Mommy".

Decided to throw myself together and run a couple of errands. While I was out, I did Shopkicks at Walgreens and CVS, which were nearby. I got some scans at Walgreens, but CVS was a bust.

I'm starting to get the $2 a subscription or free magazines. I just received Time and Bloomberg Businessweek. Awesome.

Had some Ramen because the leftover salad didn't fill me up. Zara had to give it the obligatory sniff. Now she's bonking me and rooting around in my hair. Um, Zara....

By the way, Bloomberg Businessweek is excellent.

Cleared off the floor of the closet, and swept and scrubbed the floor. I'm going to let it dry while I talk to Mom, and then put stuff back and put together the shoe rack. I put away some towels and sheets. I'll get my bedroom together yet :)

Talked to Mom. She's been collapsing after her trip. She might have a friend stay with her in September, however, so she wants to get her energy back to clean.

Finished the floor of the closet and put together the shoe rack. Now I'm running out of steam, so I think that I'll go to bed soon and get up early to work on the bedroom some more.

Got the first draft of the logo for my mental health blog, and I love it! I'll post the final one when I get it.

The fruits of my labor:

You couldn't see the floor in there before.

The shoe rack. I have some missing shoes though. I need to figure out where they went.