days_unfolding

Hmm. Houses are cheaper in Metarie, LA than New Orleans proper, and there's a bus that goes to New Orleans from there, taking 45 minutes. Driving is 15 minutes, and there's a parking lot at the edge of the French Quarter. Something to think about. Metarie also has a lakefront trail, which I'd like. There's also a Unitarian Church that's in New Orleans and that's close to Metarie. I'd rather live in New Orleans though, of course. I want to get The Insider's Guide to New Orleans because, no matter what I do for retirement, I'm sure to go back there. Love New Orleans.

I also checked how long a drive it is from New Orleans to Orlando (9 hours) for a yearly Disney/Universal trip. There also is a train that takes 48 hours. And I found an Orlando hotel for $79 a night. Who knows how expensive Disney will be at that point though :)

There's a big honking storm outside. Good. It'll water my garden. My potatoes are still growing like weeds. I wonder how many potatoes I'll get out of them.

Hmm. I was eyeing a programming bookcamp that includes mobile app development, but I can get a computer science degree for free through the university system. I wonder if someplace has a certificate in mobile app development. Yes, a community college has one online, but I've missed it for this year.

Got to get cracking on cleaning. I've been working on the kitchen. I've decided to clean the back half of the place (TV room and guest bathroom) plus the kitchen tonight and get the bedroom and bathroom floor over lunch tomorrow.

Okay, I'm wiping out, so I'm going to go to sleep and get up early.

Woke up at 9 after some strange dreams. One was that I was visiting with my ex-husband. (His wife was in the dream too.) I think that I was looking for a job in the area (in California). The other was that I was doing some work on a Melissa Etheridge tour. We were still in California. Someone asked me where are some good restaurants in Sunnyvale, which is weird because if she was playing the South Bay, she would have been in Mountain View. I said that I didn't know and that I knew San Jose better.

Mimi wanted onto my lap when I woke up, but I was too sleepy. We finally compromised with her lying right next to me. That was okay.

Bedhead with my new haircut involves my hair sticking straight out to the sides. Yikes!

I'm looking into renewable energy ETFs, but won't be able to invest in them until after my move.

Oh hell. I hope that New Orleans will be okay when Hurricane Ida passes over. It's a special place.

I've been surprisingly faithful about logging my meals in Noom. I need to get back to exercise.

Got us all fed. Posted and watched some Paralympic swimming. Oh, I love swimming. I love watching it and doing it. Threw in some laundry. Now it's nap time.

Couldn't sleep. Just as well because I have a lot to do. Ate lunch. I keep debating whether to do homework or clean the bathroom, which is stupid. Just pick one. I need to do both. I think the problem is that I don't want to do either one but too bad.

I think that I want to make a Basil-Corn-Tomato Bake next instead of the tuna. I'll go to the store tomorrow.

I think that I use food to combat boredom. I'm working on my homework now and really want a cookie even though I'm not hungry. I looked at LJ instead for a break.

Okay, homework assignment #1 done.

Now mower guy says that it's too hot to mow. Sigh.

I was listening to the audio book that I was going to listen to while cleaning the bathroom, and got drowsy, so I decided to take a nap. First, though, I tried to find my toilet brush, which is nowhere to be seen. What could I have done with it?

Talked to Mom. She has had two small spots on her lung that the doctors were monitoring. Well, one of the spots has doubled in size. The doctors are going to do a biopsy. I'm concerned, needless to say, but Mom is surprisingly upbeat. The weird thing is that I had a feeling that something was wrong in the Thursday-Friday timeframe, which is when Mom found out. I had thought that something was wrong with my aunt though.

I'm going to go bed early after emailing some recipes to Mom. I need to do more homework and clean the bathroom, but I think that would wake me up now. I'll get up early and do stuff.