Because we live in Madison WI, a college town, we get winter break when the students are gone, basically New Year’s to MLK Day, with the town to ourselves. So we try to take advantage of the situation and go places that would otherwise be crowded. There’s a restaurant downtown, Short Stack, that usually has … [Read more…]
I didn’t get out of bed until 7:30 on Monday and didn’t get logged on to my work computer until almost 11:00. This week in my crutch weaning program, I’m at no crutches in the house and starting short walks of about 5-10 minutes w/o crutches OK on Tuesday. I was going to go back … [Read more…]
Well, let’s make that the last day of 2022; I started this the 30th and didn’t get very far. My plan was that me and my bum knee would accompany Mark on his walk – that went OK, 4.5 miles. I walked sans orthotics, since I have not been wearing them for about the last … [Read more…]
Hi ho, Hi ho. And other disappointments. And transitioning from summer to fall, which I usually quite like but somehow keep getting fooled by this year. Like I’ll choose a piece of clothing from a drawer, and then put it back, thinking that it’s not fall enough to wear whatever it is, fleece, sweater, leggings … [Read more…]
I didn’t even write on Sunday this week. Now it’s the Monday before Fat Tuesday, and I just got the turkey gizzards from Thanksgiving out of the freezer, for making dirty rice tomorrow, and set out milk, butter, and eggs to warm up for making a King Cake today tomorrow morning. I guess the first … [Read more…]
Over dinner on July 6 we were saying we wished all weekends could be four days. That’s why I thought my mom had the perfect schedule, back in the ’90s when she ran a small library at Braddock Hospital, now UPMC Braddock – oops I guess now closed, UPMC Braddock from 1996-2009. Mom retired in … [Read more…]
All of a sudden, I have now been here in Seattle for longer than I have left to be here. I’ve been here 20 days and have 11 days left. Makes me feel even more slovenly since I am right now washing the bed sheets for the first time, although to my credit when it’s … [Read more…]
So, just 2 weeks ago Saturday, the high was 54°, and one week ago it was blissful 72°. Today the high is predicted to be 89°, but I bet it goes higher than that, because yesterday it was 90°. Mark’s got the AC on upstairs and I don’t blame him. I don’t even get my … [Read more…]
In the bike lane in traffic going home last night, next to an old guy in a convertible Audi with the top down, playing rap. The music had sampled strings in it so I guess that made it OK for an older audience. The biker in front of me was a young woman with glowing … [Read more…]