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The Weather Channel keeps telling me that there’s fog out. Thanks, I can see it.

I have an impulse to go back to sleep for a half-hour, but I got a ton of sleep last night. I won’t get the will and trust docs modified this morning though. I’ll do that tonight. Both Bella and Oliver are in here, and the combo of them is not restful. Sigh. Oliver bit my foot, which earned him a trip out of the bedroom. I did sleep.

I have a meeting at 11 and one at 1, so no nap at lunchtime or no errands.

I tripped and fell, and my Apple Watch was concerned. I'm fine. It's good to have the emergency button on my watch though.

I need to clear some space in my living room to park the air conditioner for upstairs. It's been spending time on my porch.

Target Optical is open 9 - 6 tomorrow and Country Arbors Nursery is open 9 - 5. They are opposite directions from each other. If I could get to bed early, that would be good.

Lunchtime. Bella is watching Squirrel TV.

It’s chilly downstairs, but I don’t want to put on a hoodie only to take it off again when I go upstairs to work.

Bella stuck her nose in my carrot cake.

A guy wants to come by to buy the pet ramp that I bought for Bella, but she didn't need it. So I popped in my tooth and got some stuff out of the basement stairs. No response from him yet. He's coming by at 4 (done).

We're having a Munchie Bone emergency. I need to submit a Walmart order that includes them. And order a box of them from Amazon (done).

Urgh, my head is pounding.

There is a part Poodle and part Irish Setter dog that caught my eye. However, she's a senior dog, and I wonder if she could keep up with Bella, who is 1. She's a real cutie and is supposed to be sweet too.

It occurred to me the other day that I could get back into piano by playing what I want. I should look for some "easy piano" books (done).

Fed us all. Bella was annoyingly digging in the front yard. She likes to do that when the ground is wet.

Now I'm working on the will and trust documents. Okay, I sent drafts of the documents to the executor and trust people. I should head towards bed.

Hmm. I'd kind of like to spend some time on Lake Michigan this summer, but I have too much on my plate. I'll look at hotels though. Note to self: New Buffalo Inn and Spa. Go for a walk on the beach and then get a spa treatment :) Oooh: Total Relaxation Package: Relax and have the ultimate Spa Day with an 80 Minute Massage, a Custom Facial and an Herbal Bath in our hydrotherapy tub! Expensive, but sounds heavenly. That would be nice after the move if I have the money. Or maybe I could do a spa day in Champaign and save on the hotel and time.

I connected with a guy who really wants the bike that I'm selling for his wife. He'll come by tomorrow. I hope that this wife likes it.

Took a nap and slept through until morning. I didn't wake up until my alarm went off again at 9 AM, and went, "Shit, I need to get to work."

Because I slept through last night, I missed the news that there was another Sandy Hook-type shooting. When are we going to pass stronger background check laws? It won't solve everything, but it surely will help. The Onion has it right: "‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens".

It was a meeting-o'rama at work. Finally, I can work on stuff.

I sold the bicycle. Far out. We had some problems getting the tires pumped up, but he got it to work.

I looked at a backpack that I have to see if I want to keep it, but no, it's going to Goodwill if they'll take it. (They don't take luggage.) Then I looked at travel backpacks because I want one for traveling and found a few possibilities.

Here comes some rain. They're predicting more tonight. And I need to go grocery shopping.

Lay down for a while because I have a headache. Couldn't sleep. Looked at house prices in Champaign-Urbana, and there are some that would be in my price range in a couple of years. Awesome.

Hmm. The storms are supposed to be over at 10, so I'll hole up for the meanwhile and work on my file drawers. I'm glad that I'm keeping one of the filing cabinets because there are some files that I want to keep. But I'm chucking a lot of stuff out.

Back from the store with ingredients for Apple Spinach Salad and veggie burritos. Walmart was out of butternut squash for the burritos, so I substituted sweet potatoes and bought a bag of them and doubled my ingredients for my recipe. I'll feed the freezer too. Burritos are great food for not wanting to cook. I didn't get peanut butter because it wasn't on my list. I need to run to Aldi.

I need to load and start the dishwasher and crash.

Had my normal breakfast and nap routine. When I got up, Zara was sleeping very deeply. I couldn't see her breathe, so I went over to her to check on her. She gave me a bleary-eyed look that said, "Huh?" I told her to carry on.

Took two naps. I must have needed them because now I feel much better.

Checked my garden while I watered it, and my zucchini has a flower! Come over here, pollinators.

Finally threw wash in the dryer.

Talked to Mom. She's concerned about my aunt. Apparently when my aunt had her surgery for cancer, the doctor told her that half of the patients live no more than five years, so she's concerned about that. I told Mom that my aunt might be in the longer-lived half. We don't know.

Had a pretty loud storm when I was talking to Mom. Zara toughed it out, but Mimi hid.

I think that it's time to go pedal the FitDesk, but Zara's on my lap, and I hate to kick her off.

I'm feeling really worn out. Talking to Mom always zonks me out, maybe because I relax and chill. And she always starts yawning, so I start yawning. I'm going to just make some Ramen and go to bed early.

I'm mulling over what I could sell on Mercari. I do have some clothes that don't fit, but they're clothes that I really like, so I'm having a tough time letting go of them.

Apparently camping is "in" right now. I thought that it was just me, but people are looking for safer ways to travel. I'm also thinking about "cheaper". The latest place that I'm looking at for camping is Pere Marquette State Park. I really want to go there, but hotel rooms are expensive. They have tent camping with a shower, but I'm not sure how quickly they fill up. You can't make a reservation for tent camping. I found a camping spot on private property about 30 miles from Pere Marquette. That might be the best place to stay for leaf-peeping.

I woke up around 9 AM, and was up a little while. Then I decided to go back to sleep for "a little while". Woke up at 1 PM. Oh well. The girls were good and didn't wake me up even though they were hungry. (Actually, I wouldn't have minded if they woke me up a little earlier.) Mimi was stressy though until I fed her.

Harlee is still glomming the Pill Pocket. Good. And she likes the wet food-squash concoction, even though it looks gross to me, but apparently not to her. I think that her stools are a little firmer, but she still has some diarrhea.

I'm actually glad that I didn't go to Springfield last night because I needed to download my audio books to the new phone. They're all starting from the beginning, but that's okay. It'll save me money. I wonder if there's a way to get cheap Bluetooth headphones for cleaning. I discovered a new site for used things, Mercari, but Amazon has cheaper Bluetooth headphones.

I'm waiting for my laundry to finish, and then I will jump in the shower. The person who wants my HDTV antenna is still interested, so I'm going to drop it off. Then I'll head to Springfield. I had thought about going into work tonight because the weather will be better than tomorrow, but it looks like that won't happen.

Zara just blew my mind. She was on the stove, and I told her to get off. She was measuring up the jump to the back of my chair, which was two feet away and is very narrow, and I told her that she couldn't do it. She did, landing perfectly. My talented girl :)

Someone wants the HDTV antenna, but she wants me to help her install it. The blind is leading the blind in that case, but I said okay. I'm going to go over in the late afternoon.

I did get a gym/overnight bag that says Coca Cola listed for sale on Facebook. I had someone interested until I told her that it was lightly used. I should modify the listing to say that I've used it once. I might have to list it on eBay, but I'm not sure how I would ship it.

I discovered that a mirror that I was going to sell cost only $6 new, so it's not worth selling. I'll just bring it to the thrift shop, unless my friend at work's daughter might want it. (She just bought a house.) I also discovered to my dismay that the hose to my Oreck hand vac is missing. Need to check the car for it.

Hmm, I'm wondering if I should have a garage sale in the spring.

The Mimi thermometer said that it's been cold the past couple of days. She hasn't even been going by the door when I opened it (she's no dummy) and has been sleeping curled up next to me on the bed instead of sleeping on top of the dresser. Today, it's almost 50 degrees F, and she's going close to the door again, but isn't trying to dash out. I foresee problems in the spring, but we'll take it as it comes.

Fed the hordes and put laundry in. Now I'm finishing my coffee.