The usual

My swim this morning was really nice. Easy to get to. The water was great. I saw more people that I hadn't seen in a year. I'm always astonished when people remember me. I'm very lucky to have such a nice Plan B pool.  Tomorrow and Sunday will be back at the gym when it opens at 8.

Zoey is demanding today - I'm not totally clear on what she is demanding. It's not food, but it is something. She is loud and persistent.

Amazon has a new delivery service here - Amazon Limited and I'm a fan. They just delivered my package at 9:03 am. The other deliverers usually come about mid afternoon unless it's something I am really really anxious and excited to get or really need and then they come at 7 pm.

Last night I was listening to a book that I had already invested 8 hours into. And I finally realized that I really didn't care. I have an hour left and I'm going to just leave it. Life is too short to waste on an annoying read where there are so many good ones waiting for me.

It's getting warmer and looking out at the forecast, it appears that I am going to have to get the air conditioner out of storage and set up here pretty soon. Way sooner than I would like but, again, life is too short to spend any time being hot and sweaty. It actually won't be the earliest I've set it up. In 2013, I set it up on May 5. It's on wheels and lives in the closet on the terrace in the winter.  I don't like the noise or having it out or having the door closed but the cool makes it all worthwhile. So as soon as I can't stand it in here, out it will come.

Hunter (next door) knocked on my door yesterday. He wanted to tell me he was going to bake this weekend and asked what I wanted. I voted for chocolate chip cookies. (Now that I've had my blood test, I can go back to eating the good stuff!)  I honestly cannot figure him out BUT he does make a fabulous chocolate chip cookie.

I keep saying that I'm going to do laundry and I keep not doing it. I think that's going to change here this morning. I'm going to say it AND do it. Now.

My tweets

• Thu, 12:15: So, the EB West Seattle Bridge has now extended bumper to bumper rush hour traffic to noon! @westseattleblog #99closure ARUGH!

Friday...

I'm beginning to wonder if giving up both inhalers was that good a decision. I'm going to ask the doctor on Monday about maybe adding Spiriva back, for maybe a trial run. I don't feel bad and I can breathe but I feel like it's not as easy as it was last month. OR maybe it's a one day thing and by Monday it will be fine. I'm very cool with that option.

Also my back feels like it's not up to carry around all this fat around all the time. But, at the same time, my stomach and tongue are saying 'stop bitching, we're hungry'. It's a little skirmish, not critical.

I did get two dolls done and took the weekly photo of the previous ones. I think my new thing is going to be, that when I've done enough dolls to fill the cough*, I snap the pic. That's about 13. Instead of waiting until the end of the month.

*[I meant couch but I love this typo so much, I'm leaving it in.]



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Baseball starts in an hour. Watching the Mariners so far this year has been a joy. I expect it all to fall apart any minute now because, well, the Mariners but until it does, I intend to watch and enjoy every single minute. After it all falls apart, I'll just watch. As usual.