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Dec. 10th, 2013
My usual retired self wakes up and gets coffee and maybe a snack to take back to bed with the computer where I just piddle around for sometimes hours. I play games, listen or read my book, surf the web and generally entertain myself until I've had enough and then I get up and get dressed. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I get up when the alarm goes off at 6 and get to the pool and come back about 8 to do the bed/computer/coffee thing. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I often do the bed/computer/coffee thing until 10ish when I suit up, run my errands and end up at the pool at 11.
This morning, because it's Tuesday, I was on the way to execute the regular plan when I got a note from my brother that his newsletter was ready for the first edit and it was a big mess. So I hopped up and dressed and made the bed and got to work. Turns out the mess was pretty much in his head.
He had been paying (a boatload of cash) to this big time marketing group who provided newsletter fodder among other things. Their stuff was polished but soul-less. He traded them in for a small team of locals. So his newsletter is way more personal (and, honestly, I think way better). But, it did require a lot more tweaking/editing. Mainly re-writing first paragraphs and then just shining it ups - consistent fonts, style etc.
It look less than an hour to do the first pass. It will be probably tomorrow before it comes back to me. And now I've got some spare time before time to leave!
I got Zoey a new toy that came yesterday. It's a really pretty little laser bird. The laser is motion activated so when she touches it or whacks it, it wobbles around and the laser comes on. And then, after about 10 seconds of being still, the laser goes off. It took her a couple of times to figure it out but then she did and played with it for hours last night and then again this morning. The cool part is that she can knock it all the way over and it will right itself. As I type this, she's back at it. Way more fun than you'd think $12 could give you. Plus, the place I ordered it from turned out to be a win - free very fast shipping and it came with 'thanks, susan' written on a card!! Who does that?? Very classy.
I took some really short videos of Zoey playing with it and Google mushed them together into a movie with music!! I'd head about this but since I don't take videos, I'd never seen it before. Clearly I need to start taking more videos. (And better ones.)
Today is my after swim lunch with Dr. Julie. It's also at a lunch place I've never been to before which just ups the fun in my book. I need to stop at the library on my way to the pool. One book back, 2 holds to pick up.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
legalmoose sent me a link to this cartoon this morning which cracked me up. It's all me!!
This morning, because it's Tuesday, I was on the way to execute the regular plan when I got a note from my brother that his newsletter was ready for the first edit and it was a big mess. So I hopped up and dressed and made the bed and got to work. Turns out the mess was pretty much in his head.
He had been paying (a boatload of cash) to this big time marketing group who provided newsletter fodder among other things. Their stuff was polished but soul-less. He traded them in for a small team of locals. So his newsletter is way more personal (and, honestly, I think way better). But, it did require a lot more tweaking/editing. Mainly re-writing first paragraphs and then just shining it ups - consistent fonts, style etc.
It look less than an hour to do the first pass. It will be probably tomorrow before it comes back to me. And now I've got some spare time before time to leave!
I got Zoey a new toy that came yesterday. It's a really pretty little laser bird. The laser is motion activated so when she touches it or whacks it, it wobbles around and the laser comes on. And then, after about 10 seconds of being still, the laser goes off. It took her a couple of times to figure it out but then she did and played with it for hours last night and then again this morning. The cool part is that she can knock it all the way over and it will right itself. As I type this, she's back at it. Way more fun than you'd think $12 could give you. Plus, the place I ordered it from turned out to be a win - free very fast shipping and it came with 'thanks, susan' written on a card!! Who does that?? Very classy.
I took some really short videos of Zoey playing with it and Google mushed them together into a movie with music!! I'd head about this but since I don't take videos, I'd never seen it before. Clearly I need to start taking more videos. (And better ones.)
Today is my after swim lunch with Dr. Julie. It's also at a lunch place I've never been to before which just ups the fun in my book. I need to stop at the library on my way to the pool. One book back, 2 holds to pick up.
legalmoose sent me a link to this cartoon this morning which cracked me up. It's all me!!
Not what I had on the calendar...
Dec. 10th, 2013 03:30 pmI got to the library and then to the pool and then found out the pool is closed. A burst pipe. I am soooo weary of the pool being closed. I decided to call Julie and tell her and see if she wanted to move lunch up.
I sat in my car totally unable to make a call. I punched in the number and hit 'call' and got the home screen of my phone. I tried 8 ways to sunday. My phone would NOT make a phone call. I finally went into a shop and got them to call me. My phone received calls just fine, sent email, sent and received texts... it would just not... be a fucking phone!!!
Lunch was fun. Julie was really interesting and interested. She runs a bed and breakfast - in her home, I presume, although I can't seem to find it in the Seattle B&B listings. We were joined by another swimmer - the one who dries her flip flops with the hair dryer. Hoai. Hoai is writing the second draft of her novel and she went into great deal about the plot of the first and second chapters. We ate at a place I have never been to before. It's really close to the pool and open for breakfast on Saturdays. It would be a fun place to try after a Saturday swim. When the pool opens! Arugh.
Apparently they closed the pool yesterday after my morning swim. Hopefully, they will be getting it open for tomorrow morning's swim. Maybe pressure of the rental contract (the team that practices before us in the morning) will hurry the fix along. If it isn't open tomorrow morning, then I'll just go somewhere else at mid-day.
When I got home, I dug into the phone issue. Something somewhere was just very hinky. I thought about calling the Nexus help desk but decided that a factory reset would probably be better. It's good to do now and again anyway and has become relatively painless. So that's what I did and now I can make calls again. Weird - o.
It is now 3:30 - man, when your day gets hijacked it just disappears in a finger snap!
I sat in my car totally unable to make a call. I punched in the number and hit 'call' and got the home screen of my phone. I tried 8 ways to sunday. My phone would NOT make a phone call. I finally went into a shop and got them to call me. My phone received calls just fine, sent email, sent and received texts... it would just not... be a fucking phone!!!
Lunch was fun. Julie was really interesting and interested. She runs a bed and breakfast - in her home, I presume, although I can't seem to find it in the Seattle B&B listings. We were joined by another swimmer - the one who dries her flip flops with the hair dryer. Hoai. Hoai is writing the second draft of her novel and she went into great deal about the plot of the first and second chapters. We ate at a place I have never been to before. It's really close to the pool and open for breakfast on Saturdays. It would be a fun place to try after a Saturday swim. When the pool opens! Arugh.
Apparently they closed the pool yesterday after my morning swim. Hopefully, they will be getting it open for tomorrow morning's swim. Maybe pressure of the rental contract (the team that practices before us in the morning) will hurry the fix along. If it isn't open tomorrow morning, then I'll just go somewhere else at mid-day.
When I got home, I dug into the phone issue. Something somewhere was just very hinky. I thought about calling the Nexus help desk but decided that a factory reset would probably be better. It's good to do now and again anyway and has become relatively painless. So that's what I did and now I can make calls again. Weird - o.
It is now 3:30 - man, when your day gets hijacked it just disappears in a finger snap!
kind of milestone-y
Dec. 10th, 2013 04:26 pmToday when Julie and Hoai asked me what I did when I wasn't swimming, I promptly responded that I was retired. And I was perfectly fine with that response.
Before today, I would have either said that I used to be xxx or I would say I was retired but then feel totally and perfectly inadequate and devalued because of it.
But, apparently, I'm over that! Julie did ask what I had done before I retired which was nice of her but she also asked how I fill my days other than swimming and I was back to lame. I knit and watch tv and play on the internet. Now, that all seems fascinating, doesn't it?
One of the most difficult things I discovered when I first decided to do this was how to fill my days (and also what to tell people when they asked so I didn't sound like an idiot). I haven't figured out that parenthetical part quite yet. But, I'm pretty ok with how I fill my days and with being retired. Only took 18 months - call me Speedy.
Before today, I would have either said that I used to be xxx or I would say I was retired but then feel totally and perfectly inadequate and devalued because of it.
But, apparently, I'm over that! Julie did ask what I had done before I retired which was nice of her but she also asked how I fill my days other than swimming and I was back to lame. I knit and watch tv and play on the internet. Now, that all seems fascinating, doesn't it?
One of the most difficult things I discovered when I first decided to do this was how to fill my days (and also what to tell people when they asked so I didn't sound like an idiot). I haven't figured out that parenthetical part quite yet. But, I'm pretty ok with how I fill my days and with being retired. Only took 18 months - call me Speedy.