Living with the olds

Oct. 14th, 2025 12:49 pm
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On my way to the pool this morning, I passed an EMT gurney in the hallway outside an assisted living patient. I don't think she actually took them up on their offer, though. She was still there and the gurney was not, when I came home.

When someone dies, they put their name in a frame with their birth dates and death dates and set it out with a vase of a red rose. This week's departed was born in 1921. I'll bet she was beyond ready.

Bonny just came in here to report on her latest encounter with JimAcrossTheHall. He's checking out fast. Bonny says he has a mountain of Cheetos and in his apartment and is no longer getting his meals which he was doing until a week or so ago. I just ran into him in the hallway, which I do every day, and he really can no longer carry on a conversation. He does get his walks in. He said they were coming today to tell him what's new. I hope that means that someone is behind the scenes making arrangements for his care.

And he's one month younger than I am.

The aqua fit class was not worth the wet. It was taught by the same guy who teaches aqua Stretch and I think one of his problems is that he's never been in the water. He comes up with these exercises that make perfect sense in the air and are impossible in the water. He had music, which was great, but his exercises were not even close to being in time with the music's beat. I finally just got over to the edge of the pool and did my own thing, making sure my knee was not tweaked and I was getting in some cardio. I do not need to go back to that class again. Ever. I think the knee will be fine by Thursday's volleyball game, but to be honest, if the game was tomorrow, I think I'd pass. I want this sucker healed!

I am impressed at the difference both Voltaren and the lidocaine patches make. Dr. Gemini says the Voltaren alone was probably best in my case since it goes after both the pain and the inflation. But both are really good at chasing the pain. I need to order up some more patches for next time.

I have a half a dozen tops that are really winter only and about the same amount that are only for summer. Today I swapped them. I have a rod in the storage area and that's where the off season stuff goes to live. The storage area is getting close to our of hand. I'm hoping it will hold off until January when my brother comes and I can con him into helping me get it shaped up.

The house cleaners should be here in 30. If she's a no show this week, steps will have to be taken cause this place is in real need after skipping a week.

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Oct. 14th, 2025 07:38 am
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When I went to bed, I was 50-50 on whether or not I'd go to the aqua fit class today. The knee I sprained is my right knee and it was still kind of iffy plus, I fell yesterday because I was walking too fast down the hallway and I bruised the shit out of my right leg just under the knee. I had a hard time finding a comfortable position to sleep in so I figured, I'd just baby them both today. BUT this morning, they are both very very very much better. I think I'll go to the class.

I was walking too fast because of fried chicken. They had fried chicken on the dinner menu - the one you can order for take out - for the first time ever. I thought it would be a great after game dinner. The earliest you can do pick up is 3. The game started at 2. Who knows when it would end. So I figured it would be better to get the pickup at 3 which I did but wanted to get back to the game fast. So I fell.

It was not a tragic fall. One of the house keepers saw me fall from way down the hall and man, did she coming running. I tried to stop her by telling her I was fine but she was there in a heartbeat. Interesting to know that if it is a tragic fall, I won't die alone. (Although, I've never thought dying alone was such a horrible thing.)

The Mariners won the game quite handily. That's two out of the seven so far. The next game is Wednesday in Seattle. There are a whole lot of fair weather Mariner fans but the ones that amuse me the most are the local TV anchors. For most of the years, they barely cover the Mariners on TV news. Seahawks, yes. If a Seahawks football player farts, they have a 5 part special covering it. Mariners? Wait, isn't that a baseball team?

But, now, they are all over it. They know nothing about baseball and have very few of the facts correct - in one news report I heard that Friday night's game was 18 innings, 15 innings and 14 innings - one single report. And pronouncing players names is a challenge they just cannot conquer. But, they are soooooo excited.

Meanwhile the Brewers/Dodgers game also turned out to be must see TV but I didn't must see it. Reading about it was fun, though.

After aqua fit, the day turns back to normal, I hope. There's a meeting at 3 that I show up for but am going to weasel out of if at all possible.

I found yet another Gmail enhancement. There is a new folder called Purchases that goes back, for me and includes, for me, stuff I bought in 2018. How very handy. I used to try and filter shopping emails but I gave up on that a few years ago and here it is all done for me! Also my Pixel Watch (3) got a nice new update yesterday.

Time to suit up!

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Way better

Oct. 13th, 2025 07:49 am
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My hurty knee woke me up several times last night and it was hard to find a really comfortable position that didn't hurt it. So I was worried. But, this morning, it is way way way better. If it were a volleyball day, I'm not sure I'd play but otherwise, I don't feel like it needs any babying. I intend to walk to the pool and swim this morning.

Last night's Mariner game was a good one and they won. Both sides played really really well and it was fun baseball to watch. Made funner, of course, by the win. Also, the broadcasters weren't stupid. Way nicer. The next game is 2 pm today. I will be ready.

Timber Ridge is smack in the middle of forests. Hence the name. BUT the trees that surround us are mostly evergreens. It's kind of a dramatic backdrop, this time of year, for those that are currently changing colors. There is one outside my window that is a true diva. The rest are not working as hard at it this year. I looked out the window when I chose this apartment and thought, 'nice' but I didn't really give the view the total number of points it deserves. It's been nearly two years of solid pretty. I got very lucky.

Now I think I'll suit up and go swim while it's still grey and cloudy.

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Update

Oct. 12th, 2025 12:16 pm
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I forgot to take my stupid pills yesterday. I keep them in their sun-mon cases in a cupboard in the bathroom because I hate counter clutter BUT if I forget one more time, they are going on the counter front and center where I have to look at them every morning.

The allergy pill is the one that I really hate forgetting. My nose is running like it's in marathon training.

BUT on the up side, my knee is way better. Yesterday, getting up and down from the sofa or the toilet was an ordeal of pain. Today, not at all. There is discomfort when I walk but not nearly the hurt there was yesterday. I did discover that I was walking all hunched over because of my knee??!!! Like there was a string from my knee to the back of my neck. No clue what that was about but I'm paying attention and standing up straight.

I fell across The Australian Bake Off episodes on You Tube and watched part of one and only then realized that the British Bake Off had a very important change this latest season. They have totally eliminate that 3 (felt like 15) minute segment of stupid banter between the hosts that always opened the show. I have bitched about that for years. They finally delete it and I don't even notice! I'm such an ingrate. (Australia's stupid intro segment is even stupider and longer but god gave me fast forward.)

Sunday

Oct. 12th, 2025 08:53 am
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My knee kept me waking up last night. Finally I got up and put on another patch and downed some Tylenol and then slept fine. This morning, it's definitely better. I think today I will baby it again with ice and patches and no extra action. I don't have anywhere I need to go so I'll just have a lovely Sunday here on my couch.

The baseball game isn't until 5 but I have lots to watch until then. The odds makers are saying that the Mariners don't have a chance - or, rather, that of the four teams vying, the Mariners are the least likely to win anything.

And knitting to do. I put yesterday's pink minimonster out on the shelf yesterday and last night Martha breezed in with it in her hand "this one needs to go to Hong Kong!" She's sending a Trader Joe's bag to someone there and it will now have a pink minimonster in it. Martha was born and raised in the US but is Chinese and has a million relatives everywhere. And one by one, they are getting these weird little knitted things from Issaquah,WA. And I love it.

Julio is still hopping up in my lap or near it now several times a day. He lets me pet him a little and then remembers that he has something else to do and scampers away. On the flip side of that coin, he's now learned that if he fucks with the table lamp shade, I'll turn on his laser beam toy. He does love him some laser.


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Oh deep delay of time. But then it isn't time that's been delayed, it's me. Actually I was here a couple of days ago and planned to write an entry then, but got distracted, or fell asleep, or something I don't recall, and never got around to it. And then Friday brought the nightmare of shopping (what I endure for donuts!) and very weird sleep patterns, and some strange dreams which, thankfully, I have forgotten. The weather has continued to be mild, but Monday is to be quite chilly and will bring rain, and two subsequent days will also be cold, so it now seems likely I'll be forced to turn on the furnace early next week. I could forego it and just be cold, I guess, but HAHAHAHAHA that will happen.

The store was out of a couple of things I ordered, but more annoying is that they failed to pack the garlic and shallots I ordered (and paid for) so my diet will be duller than planned. I'll call them Monday and get the refund for the missing items, but I'd rather have the stuff. Most annoying of all is the fact that I myself forgot to order mushrooms, for which I'd had plans. I don't want to bother the kids to made a special trip to pick the stuff up for me, as having looked after old people myself for several years I know how annoying we can be, and I decided long ago to not be one of them. So no mushrooms, and only the garlic I had on hand, and I guess I can substitute onion for the shallot. Good thing I'm such a crappy cook anyway, as I'd be very unhappy if I were missing anything really good.

And of course I've got beer, and donuts, and I've got tea and biscotti for the rainy days. Oh, and cocoa. And it's going to be cold enough to do baking. I'm thinking cornbread, and maybe a spice cake. For tonight I've got a creampuff. I think I'll munch that right now, since I had dinner on time, and I'll be wanting to go to bed in an hour or so. Oh, look how late it is.

Searching Searching

Oct. 11th, 2025 04:27 pm
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Not long ago I changed my default search to Kagi which worked fine except then I hit the max searches before you have to pay and I didn't love it that much. Plus, I already have a Gemini Pro account. So I've been playing around with using it for my default search engine and so far... I like it. I really like it. It's fast. It's spot on and it's ad free.

Last week I googled 'tiny teddy bear knitting patterns' and I got a bunch of ads so I flipped to the 'images' tab and found mostly crochet patterns. Just now I 'googled' that again but this time it used gemini since that's now my default and I got a bunch of perfect options - images with links and links on their own. and zero crochet patterns.

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My knee is better if I get up and move around a little every hour or so. The first hour, I moved too much. But, now I think I've got the formula. Plus ice every hour. (The reason to get up!) If I twist it, it's excruciating. If I don't, it does not hurt at all. soooo no twisting.

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I just made the cutest mini monster. I love her. I like them all but this one is just making me smile.

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Double Dipping

Oct. 11th, 2025 12:17 pm
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Before elbow coffee, I remembered I had lidocaine patches and I slapped one of those bad boys onto my knee. When sitting still with my knee bent at 90 degrees, there is not one tiny little bit of pain. Moving the bottom half of my leg side to side is a killer. And a slight movement hurts a lot. But, while walking is not ideal it is tolerable. I won't be doing any unnecessary walking but, happily, I don't have to. I'm just hoping this thing heals fast. Like by this afternoon or tomorrow morning. It's not handy. And I have no skill at this kind of thing.

Back when Bonny gave me a box of Stove Top and then I made a batch of dressing adding onion and celery, I decided to get some turkey - which I did. I was going to have turkey and gravy and dressing and cranberry jelly one night but no night seemed good. Then I realized that what I really wanted was leftover turkey sandwich. so I baked up the dressing and scraped off the gravy and made a sandwich out of the rest with some mayo. I repeated that today for lunch. Excellent. I have enough for more but I might be done.

I have an Amazon return but my knee wants to wait at least a day and I said fine. So now I think I'll sit back and knit and catch up on TV.

Bullet points

Oct. 11th, 2025 09:14 am
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The 15 inning Mariner game started at 5 and ended an hour after my bedtime. I woke up with a paper cut on my thumb. It was bleeding and sore like it was fresh. It's now 3 hours later and it's nearly healed. I twisted my knee putting on my swimsuit. I thought it was the kind of twist that rights itself right away. I was wrong. It hurts like a mofo. And playing volleyball was NOT fun. But, now I've had 30 minutes of ice and Voltaren and I'm thinking against amputation.

I forgot the bullets for the bullet points.

The game was exhausting. After 8 innings, I was ready for the end but we were tied. After 10 innings, I was ready for the end but we were tied. After 12 innings, I was ready for the end but we were tied. There were close calls. But, really, everyone just played really well. There was some drama but not much except in the broadcast booth. The 4 announcers had decent material for 5 innings. They punted for 3, And then it was a race to see who could repeat themselves more often. That ended in a tie - well, actually, I don't know because I switched to radio in the 13th inning.

Finally, in the 15th inning, the Mariners won. They won because they played better. It was a sweet win.

But, now, we have to do it all over again! I think I may have mentioned that post season is a little stressful. At least we don't have to face those snotty Yankees. We play the Blue Jays, in Tornonto, at 5 on Sunday. Best of 7. Hulu wins cause now I have to fork over another month of subscription fees.

Elbow coffee and then I'm going to ice my knee some more and decide what's next.

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Friday

Oct. 10th, 2025 07:34 am
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People are still pissing me off so I'm still trying to avoid them. But, that's becoming tough. Today we have a meeting at 11:30 that I want to get the info out of but not sit in on. But going is the only way. So I need to paint a pleasant expression on my face and zip my tongue down and go. It won't kill me. I hope.

Then the Mariner game is at 5. This is the deciding game. If they lose this one then, I'll get my life back. I'll be able to cancel the $100 a month Hulu live subscription. And I can start the annual wait for spring training. If they win, ARUGH. I saw posts last night from a couple of Phillies fans who were relieved when it was over for them. I totally get that. Post season baseball is stressful!

I think I'll get into my suit and go swim some stress away.

I've been playing around with my minimonster/robots - and I like the results so far.

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Oct. 9th, 2025 05:40 pm
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I put up my winter curtains. The living room is certainly darker. Cozy? Well, certainly darker.

that which survives

Oct. 9th, 2025 05:09 pm
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I can't tolerate The Honeymooners for very long--especially not in a marathon, like Decades had last weekend--but this is definitely a scene for the ages...



Better

Oct. 9th, 2025 01:14 pm
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My across the hall neighbor is failing fast. He has some kind of inherited, degenerative, cognitive impairment which is impairing quickly. I had two conversations with him this morning. He's not going to last long in that apartment by himself.

Lunch with Martha was fun. It was actually fun to eat in the dining room again. And the food was good.

I got another email today from SteveTheLawyer. He's been handling the trust my cousin set up to commence upon his death for several years now. Or I should say mishandling. This year he's sent out maybe 4 emails saying he's working with he CPA to close out the trust and is waiting on information from the IRS. Today's email leads me to believe that he has royally fucked up this IRS business and is clueless how to wriggle out of his fuck up. In today's email he says that he will need to work directly with our (me and SamTheFriend) CPAs 'or tax professionals' and that they will have to file amended tax returns 'in order to trigger a response from the IRS'. And to let him know when the IRS responds 'I must have copies of any response.'

WHOA there, buster. No. I sent him a fast note back saying NO. I would not be hiring people to work with him. IF he has tax information for me, send it and I'll deal with it in a manner prudent for me. And if the IRS sends me information concerning the inheritance, I would provide him a copy. Otherwise, just no.

I did get a fast backpedaling apology. He's such a piece of work. Best I can tell, there is about another 40K or so that should come to me unless he eats it up with his and his CPA's billable hours. I no longer give a shit. He's an incompetent jerk. I've wasted enough cycles on him. No more.

The duvet cover for the ugly but otherwise fabulous comforter and while it was a bitch to get on, it's wonderful. It's pretty and feels luxurious. It's 100% cotton. I do hate duvet covers. I hate getting them on and I'm not wild about how sloppy they make the bed look but I'm Ok with this one.

There is peripheral baseball today. Nothing major til tomorrow at 5.

Not feeling people

Oct. 9th, 2025 08:52 am
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It started night before last. Jan texted me that she was leaving Dick's room and could she drop off the laptop I'd taken over so he could watch the game. I was just getting ready to get into bed but stupidly said yes. Then, of course, she took 20 minutes to make the 4 minute walk. I wasn't happy with me or her.

And that might have carried over. Yesterday, I ventured out once to get my card keys fixed and ran into a couple of people who pissed me off so I stayed in my apartment after that.

Then this morning, all of volleyball pissed me off. The asshole was out assholing himself and another player was being a jerk and it was all I could do to keep a smile on my face and keep playing. oh and one guy hosts a charity breakfast every year and strong arms his friends to buy a table. He did this last year and I questioned his timing... A breakfast on any other day but Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday... So he did it again this year and strong armed half the volleyball players into going. But, this year he said 'I should have done lunch instead of breakfast.' well, yeah. Anyway, one of the other players just decided on her own that we won't be playing on Tuesday and called off the game. Of fuck the lot of you!

When I got home, I realized that this does actually free me up to go to the aqua exercise class next Tuesday so not a total tragedy.

I'm having lunch with Martha today in the dining room so I have approximately 2.5 hours to fix my attitude.

Oh and the Mariners lost. But so did the Yankees in front of their fans. It was sweet. No more Yankees this year. There is also a chance - very slim - that the Dodgers could still get eliminated. I'm holding on to the slim hope. The Mariners play again Friday night.

The next few weeks are full of events that I really would like to avoid but may not be able to. Fortunately they are spaced apart a bit but it's going to take a lot of work on my attitude. Ugh.

Yesterday I asked my doctor for a prescription for some steroid cream for a bad patch of skin. At 4, I got a note saying she would send the prescription to Amazon Pharmacy and within minutes I got a note from Amazon that they had a prescription. It was delivered here before 8 pm. Wild. Just wild.

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Oct. 8th, 2025 06:25 pm
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So, I’ve been in this place for a year now. I know what to expect weather wise. Know that the backyard needs outside help. Know which grocery stores to go to for various things. I’m still hesitant to go over to Eugene which seems much busier to me and is full of one way streets.

Winter will be closing in. Wearing a jacket to go out now. Thinking about digging out the heater to install in the bedroom. The cats are sleeping on the bed at night instead of the cool wood floor. Also, sometimes lying against my leg, that little radiator. I’m buying bird seed to put out in the coming months.

The recent sky has puzzled me. There were no clouds, at all. Just a bowl of blue (before the rain came). I found that so odd.

I remembered I have winter curtains to put up. Insulated. Will have to get around to that.

The cats have discovered the hilarity of middle of the night unrolling the toilet paper roll. In the morning I discover a wad of paper on the floor. Fun for Everybody!

I’ve ordered some ginger cookies from a place in Philly. Nostalgia, though I never liked them much when I was young. My taste buds were more sensitive then and these are intense cookies. At least they were and I had a sudden desire to taste them again. They mean Fall to me as well.

Wednesday

Oct. 8th, 2025 08:14 am
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The 1 pm Mariner game finally started at 4. BUT because of the rain delay, after an hour, Fox switched coverage from FX1 (which the Timber Ridge TV system has) to FX2 (which, of course, we do not have) and put the BlueJay/Yankee game on FX1. It was fine for me because of my splurge on a month of Hulu Live. But, I was about 3 forks into dinner when Dick (of Dick and Jan) called me from the nursing unit where he is recovering from surgery. He couldn't find FX2. I did no research because I just wanted him to have the ballgame and me to have my dinner before it was stone cold.

So I grabbed an old Chromebook, fired up Hulu and the game and ran it over to him and then ran back. He, of course, wanted to know why he couldn't get it and what was going on and I finally just told him, I'd explain later. Turns out, I learned on my way back, they had the game on in the lounge outside his room (the group areas, apparently, have upgraded cable).

It was a fun and good game and the Mariners won. But still tense. I'm not sure I'm a fan of post season play. And either the camera people/editors are perfect or all of the Detroit fans have the most expressive faces in the history of faces. Disappointment, sadness, disgust. They just kept showing face after face. I almost felt sorry for them.

The BlueJays had the Yankees on the rail. Embarrassing them again. Those fans, I will NEVER feel sorry for. But, then, the BlueJays let them have a late game surge and they ended up winning. Curses! Foiled again!

Today the Mariners game is at noon. So after my swim, that will be my day.

I spent a lot of time yesterday researching air fryer situations. And how to use the big one I got and planned to return. And I've pretty much decided to keep it. I still have a few weeks to firm up my decision but I could not find another one that matched all my criteria and those that matched most didn't match enough for that kind of money. I could still change my mind but for now, it's staying.

I just read that one of my favorite authors - Thomas Perry - died last August. He did squeeze out, apparently, one last book that I pre-ordered this morning. I hate it when authors that I want more books from, die. It's just rude.

So now I think I'll suit up and go swim.

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Rain out plus next to nothing

Oct. 7th, 2025 12:52 pm
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Stupid Detroit with their stupid roof-less stadium.

Jim across the hall offered to sell me his Tesla "for next to nothing". It's a smaller one and comes not only with a charger installed next to my parking space, but also free (to me) electricity. I do not know what "next to nothing" means but I suspect it means way less than I could get for my car. But, even putting the Elon Musk ness aside, I just don't trust the company. It's probably fine and I'd be fine owning it. And it's only 3 years old so far less likely to have a problem than my car. But insurance and stuff. And how often do I need extra room? Once or twice every year or so.

So. I told him I would think about it but I have and no.

Also no to the new air fryer. I wanted a bigger one and I went too big. The touch screen needs pounding as opposed to touching. You need massive arm muscles to get the damn drawer out and back in. Plus, it does not cook that well. Stuff that should be crisp is not that crisp. And the settings are way off. The frozen pizza setting burnt the sucker black but the bottom was soft. So back it goes. Sadly, I tossed the giant box. Now I have to find a new giant box.

I spent too much at Costco. But, they had my coffee on sale.

Housekeeping called this morning to say my house cleaner was not at work today. They offered a sub but I said nope. It's fine I pulled out the dirt devil and did the heavy lifting. Now I am waiting for the rain delayed Mariner game to un rain delay.

Rush job

Oct. 7th, 2025 09:16 am
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I'm on a timeline. Bonny and I are going to Costco. Oh, wait, we're not going til 10:30 so I've got more time than I thought. She's out of vodka... again. She never drinks before 5 but ALWAYS drinks after. I've never seen her drunk but she does go through the stuff. She buys the big bottles at Costco. Two at at time and has a special bag so no one will see her but two bottles. Then she always waits until late at night to put the empties in the trash room so no one will see her. This alcohol subterfuge cracks me up. She's 85. No one knows her at Costco. No one on this hall cares how much she drinks. But she's not convinced. So... off we go to procure her vice.

Oh the up side, she can't walk far (bad hip which she could get fixed but doesn't want to fuck with) so we get to use handicapped parking.

The Mariner game is at 1. My cleaner comes at 1:40. Happily, I can watch the game on my laptop in the elbow while she cleans.

I saw last night that my former neighbor who has been a TV reporter here for 30 years is retiring. She lived a few doors down from me in the condo for all of those 30 years. My only interaction with her, other than, 'hi!' when we passed in the hallway was during the first weeks of COVID. We passed in the hallway and she stopped me. She told me that she was going to be out and about regardless, every day, for her job and she figured I was not. "Let me give you my number. Then if there is anything you need, any day, just text me. I'll pick it up and bring it to you." That was it. So sweet and so kind. I sent her the first text last night urging her to enjoy the heck out of her retirement.

I took two giant bundles down to the clothes donation bin. One bag was that comforter. I love the look of it. I hate the sleep of it. So gone. I bought another one last spring at Goodwill, that I never tried. It's kind of weighted. I slept under it last night. Perfect. BUT butt ugly. It's gray. Just gray. So just now, I ordered a duvet cover for it.

Ok. Time to get dressed and get organized.

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Oct. 7th, 2025 04:40 am
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Well this is happening later than I'd expected. A browser crash just as I was writing this entry lead to a two hour delay, devouring the time I was going to sleep. Sunday night sleep was very bad, and Monday consequently difficult, and I was looking forward to catching up but the machinery said no. The machinery said bugger you. The machinery said crack your skull open and piss on your pathetic excuse for a brain. I suspect the machinery of having been coopted by an AI-infested homunculus made of shit.

But enough about That Guy. I couldn't find the stuff I'd intended to have for Monday dinner and had to improvise a backup on the fly. The flies weren't interested. It was that bad. I ate it anyway. Now I feel pretty bad. Stuffed with regret. Back to wanting to sleep it off, of course, and intending to do just that very shortly. But first, since there is effectively nothing else, I want to share this piece of music I came across. It is one of Satie's Gnossiennes, with very exotic instrumentation. I found it quite relaxing. It even almost made up for me not remembering to go look at the full harvest moon.

Post Season baseball is hard

Oct. 6th, 2025 07:44 am
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In yesterday's first game, the Bluejays, again, humiliated the Yankees. They Yankees finally scored a few runs in the later innings but the damage had already been done. So sweet.

The Mariner game was not so sweet. It was tough. Every single inning. They won. But it was tough. But at least they won. Against, arguably, the game's current best pitcher. So that was lovely. So now we have at least two more games in this series. The next one is tomorrow.

Today are national league games and I really don't care. I'd like the Phillies not to lose but I'm not invested.

Yesterday I culled out some clothes and have a bag for the donation box. The bag is actually too heavy to carry so I need to get the cart out. For now I stashed the bag in the storage locker.

Night before last, I was too hot. The comforter - a pretty one - I got for real cheap from the charity shop is of a fabric that just doesn't sleep well. I swapped it yesterday for another one that turned out to be too light weight. So. Today, I'm going to swap it out for yet another one. I need to get rid of those that don't work. Even if I love them.

No big plans today. The sun is out but I'm going to swim anyway. I need to learn to live with the stupid fucking sun in my eyes when I swim. (And yes, I do have dark - really dark - goggles.)

In between ballgames yesterday, I got the next puzzle going in the elbow. I got all the pieces upright and they edges separated. Today, I'll probably go out there and at least get the framing done. And then I have TV to catch up on. This baseball has interrupted our regular programming. Thank goodness for on demand streaming!

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