I took the day off from work and hardly ever opened my eyes. I’m being a baby, but I haven’t been sick in years, even just a cold. I’ve forgotten how to deal with it. I may take tomorrow off too. Today was just aches and pains, but I can feel congestion settling in now. So I am phoning this one in, guys. It’s time for (more) sleep.
Tag: dog
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January 20
We went out to eat again tonight. Robin wanted to go out for Colombian food, and who are we to say no? It was delicious. I got some reading in while Christina was at dance. Right now I’m reading Once A Runner, by John Parker. He writes in my language. Otherwise just trying to stay awake and alert around here!
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January 17
I spent several hours getting my website caught up this morning. It’ll be out of date again by tomorrow. Oh well! Christina, Billy and I played Five Crowns and I beat their asses bad. I only scored six points the whole game. Go me. Then Christina had dance, we had dinner, and I freaked out about parenting teenagers. A typical Saturday.
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January 9
I have really been enjoying my new job, which really hasn’t started yet, but I’ve had time to get going since my other work is pretty much wrapped up. I hope the upcoming class goes well – I am making a lot of changes. Also today I started knitting a new blanket for the living room. We do not speak of what happened to the other one. Robin knows. This project should keep me busy for a while. And last, what the heck does this dog want? He does this every night and we cannot figure it out. He pants, he nudges, he paces, but he won’t go out, he just ate, has water, wriggles away when we try to pet him… I so wish he could talk sometimes because I’d love to give him what he wants!
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January 4
We put away all the Christmas decorations today. It’s always a little sad doing that. But the living room doubled in size. The girls and I also went to Chili’s for lunch, and then after dinner Billy beat us at Phase 10. I don’t really want to go back to real life tomorrow. It’s been a good Christmas. It’s hard to let it end.
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December 27
We went down to Daytona today to see Rosina and Dion. I was happy they seemed to like the gifts we bought them. The traffic getting down there was horrendous. It took two hours to make what is normally a one-hour trip. There are entirely too many people on this planet, and too many of those too many people were on I-95 today. It was still nice to see them. I can tell they enjoy hosting.
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November 23
Finished this morning’s run at Canopy Road Cafe and met Billy for a breakfast date. Nice way to finish a run! We made an amazing dinner tonight, which took us most of the day to make. Robin and I made tiramisu and Billy and Christina made pasta carbonara from scratch. So yummy! When dinner was over, we played Ticket to Ride. I was sure I was going to win with all the routes I completed, but I was two cars short and Billy won. Again.
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November 19
Today was a day for assertiveness. I was feeling good about it in the moment, but now it’s quiet and I’m alone and I’m second-guessing myself. Also today: I made a Christmas music playlist because Christina only wants to listen to Christmas music and every Christmas music playlist on Spotify is horrible. I 95% finalized our Thanksgiving plans. I made two octopuses and chicken parmesan. I angered Robin when I told her there was no way she could earn extra time on her phone at 8:45pm. So a typical day.
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November 1
I did the 5k run at Ed Austin Park this morning and finished with my best time yet. I stopped once near the end to walk for about a minute. I probably could have made it the whole way, but I kept speeding up without realizing it until I couldn’t handle it anymore. I felt great about it, though. The rest of the day was low-key. Finished the last octopus and bought supplies to make 50 more. Took Christina to dance. Caught up on my running log. Went for a short walk with Robin in absolutely beautiful weather. And made Pinot wear these tacky light-up glasses that Robin got in her trick or treat bag last night.
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September 25
Made it home at last. I didn’t want to go, and I’m so thankful to be back, as important and successful as the trip was. I listened to running and history podcasts most of the way home, which made the time pass quickly. After I got home, I tried to pick Christina up from school in a rainstorm, but she didn’t recognize my new car or hear me screaming her name, so she walked 90% of the way home before I finally got her into the car. Then was dance and then we went to Salento for dinner, which was delicious. And now I’ve finished reading Beloved, which was just such a sad story, which is such an incomplete assessment of the book it’s almost shameful. I am ready for bed.
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September 20
Christina had a long dance rehearsal today, so I got some time to write a little while she was there. I have had this idea for a story for more than a year, but I traded my writing time for gym time and that was the sacrifice. It felt good to at least write a few paragraphs of it. We went out to Legacy for dinner, and that was nice. I read a little outside – gorgeous day.
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September 12
I talked on the phone for nearly seven straight hours today. How did I have that many meetings on a Friday? But Pinot got a haircut and now we can see his eyes again.
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September 10
I made the mistake of looking at the training materials we are using at work. Cannot unsee! My colleague suggested I trash it and ask ChatGPT to rewrite it for me. Man, I don’t know what it is, but I hate the idea of being shown up by AI. But… we’ll see what it can do.
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September 7
I took the girls to the mall with their friends. Robin got to go alone and had an absolute great time. She didn’t want to leave, which makes me so happy. Christina also had a great time, but had to stick with me. I guess there are worse things. I was good and didn’t buy much, but I did need some things for an upcoming work trip, so came home and spent it all on Amazon. Oh well.
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August 22
It was a pretty low-key day. I’m finally more caught up at work and ready to start kicking ass. Made a nice dinner of chicken and olive artichoke tapenade, yum. Did a crossword puzzle and basically chilled out. Nice way to end a week.
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