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Got a bunch of stuff done on the kitchen before I went to sleep. Already my plan is working.

Wow, I'm feeling groggy today. My nap didn't help much.

I got my books of musical scores for my singing lessons. I found some songs that I can work on. I think that I want to start on "Till There Was You" from The Music Man. It's such a pretty song. I got two copies of one of the books, so I need to return the extra copy to Amazon.

Because I'm feeling so groggy, I decided to stay in today and bring clothes to the resale shop tomorrow. I pushed my singing lesson later to give me more time tomorrow. I paid another bill.

Zara is lurking and wants food. I think that the cats think that I am a feeding machine.

I finally opened my laptop-camera backpack and love it. I think that it will work well on my trips.

I got an urn from the cremation society that I didn't order. I sent an email to them asking WTF? in a polite way and asked if I could drop it by them.

Shit, shit, shit. I called Truist bank (the Delta Sky Miles bank), and the reason that I didn't get my debit card is because they think that the account was opened for fraud. They told me that I have to visit a branch, and their branches are on the East Coast and South. The fraud protection people are there only during the week, so I'll call back on Monday. They have $11,000 dollars of my money that I want back. What a clusterfuck. Well, at least I'm wide awake now :) They do have a branch in Cincinnati, which is a four-hour drive from here, but I'd rather get it settled over the phone.

Facebook had an ad for a candlelight performance of Mozart's Requiem in downtown Detroit, and I bought a ticket. They also had Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, but the performance is today, so it's not happening.

I think that I want to get the magazines off of the bookcase in the hall upstairs and use it for the books that I bought. I don't think that I'll have enough room in the recycle bin this week, but maybe next week.

I think that I'll shower and deep-condition my hair. I also got the manicure stuff, so I'll give myself a manicure too (without nail polish). I've decided to do that before bed, and now I'm taking out the garbage and recycling out from the kitchen, with breaks when my back hurts.

I'm running out of steam. I think that I need some Prince on the CD boombox. Oh ugh. The boombox isn't working or the CD is hosed (and it was new). I tried another CD and it's the boombox. I need another one because I can't get this house cleaned without music. Okay, I bought one that doubles as a portable DVD player.

Did some dishes and started watering the orchids. I'm going to need to repot a couple of the orchids, so I ordered some pots and orchid bark. I'm completely out of steam, but I got a lot done today. I'll take a progress picture tomorrow. I think that I'll read some of my camera book and set up the camera. I got the camera set up. I'm going to post and take the camera book up to bed with me. Tomorrow I can play with the camera.

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Sep. 8th, 2016 03:09 am
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I've been in a strange, tired, sort of fragile mood today. I was having problems concentrating. I decided that, while eating good food is important and is a goal of mine, I wanted to eat out and have someone bring food to me. At that hour, it was Steak and Shake or home, so Steak and Shake it was. I had a buy one get one free coupon for a Frisco melt, so I had one and brought one home. By the time that I left, there was a torrential downpour. I got soaked despite my umbrella. I started to drive home, but had to pull off until the rain let up.

Mimi almost got out tonight. I was coming in from outside, and she had gotten the gate open, and stuck her nose outside. I shut the door quickly, and told her to go back into the kitchen. Eventually she did, and I was able to come in. I don't think that she wanted to bolt; she just wanted to be where I was. I have to keep reminding myself that Mimi really likes me. Our personalities don't mesh particularly well, so I have a harder time understanding her than Harlee or Zara. On the other hand, what you see is what you get with Mimi; she doesn't hold anything back.

I had something else that I wanted to say, but it flew out of my mind. I think that my mind (and the rest of me) needs to crash.

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Aug. 9th, 2016 11:55 pm
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My back was hurting today too, so I lay on the floor post-dinner, stretching my back, and meditating. I'm not sure what I did, but my body feels very relaxed and non-ouchy. (I do know that I harbor a lot of tension in my body.) I've been enjoying it.

I thought, then, about continuing with the Humane Society if I can fix what it does to my body. But then I read a forum that I occasionally skim about people with depression who work in academia, and they were talking about self-care. Deciding that my volunteer work is no longer working for me is not necessarily bad. I think that my life is moving in another direction.

Along those lines, I ordered a library book about the Feldenkrais method, which is a way of learning to move without tension in your body. I think working on that and core exercises would do me a world of good in a bunch of ways. (And yes, I've tried yoga, and it isn't for me. I would join a tai chi class if I could find a local one.) I think I'll get the book about stretches for 50 + people as well.

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