Sunday

I got to the pool early as usual and as is now a custom between me and Barrie - whoever gets there first checks the doors to make sure they are locked. A couple of months or so ago, she and I waited outside for like 20 minutes one Sunday only to have the front desk person come in behind us and discover that the front door had not been locked Saturday night.

So now we check first. Today, the door was, again, unlocked. I waited in the little vestibule until Barrie showed up about 2 mins later. We giggled our way back to the pool. The locker room has no windows and is pitch black but we can do it by feel. So we had been swimming for 20 minutes before the gym opened for business! It tickled us to bits.

After our swim, I swung by the front desk to turn in my 'gimme the gym for free now' letter. It was a little futzy. My first LA membership was under Silver Sneakers. Then I had to buy a new membership when my insurance quit paying for Silver Sneakers. Today they had to inactivate membership #2 and give me a whole new one. I'm running out of usenames! I don't get a refund BUT they told me that they just put the paid membership on free 'hold' and if something happens to Silver&Fit, then they can just start it up again without the extra new member fees. This is perfect for me.

So now I'm all set up and free. Being old has a lot o' perks.

It's beautifully cloudy and cool today. I'm definitely going to pull out the air conditioner and set it up so that it will be ready when needed. I could have used it last night.

The baseball game is at 11 today which is kind of a handy time for me. Thanks, baseball!

Menopausal Victory

I just took some stuff down to the free shelf in the garage and perused the current offerings:



One of my neighbors is celebrating Mother's Day with a little fertility freedom declaration.

My tweets

• Sat, 16:17: This is pretty scary stuff. https://t.co/XHd0EyAUct https://t.co/iTTg7JrskA
• Sat, 16:38: Photo https://t.co/7DIyTcjh3H
• Sun, 10:01: This Reddit entry is cracking me up. https://t.co/Q4IuiLDF9J https://t.co/gnLrRLad7e

Ready for the hot

Two years ago, I switched out my old air conditioner for a new one and I forgot until today how much smaller and lighter it is than the old one. Setting it up is really a good 10 minute job instead of the hour of stress that it used to be. I don't like marring my living room with it all Summer but I'm very happy to trade that annoyance in for cool. So, now I'm totally ready.

I've kept track of all the dates of A/C set up and put away over the years:



Before I got started and the tv wasn't on yet, I kept hearing this rain outside but it wasn't raining. When I went out to get the air conditioner, I discovered it was raining on my terrace but nowhere else. The terrace above is leaking. Nice. I called the guy. No answer. I called the weekend number of the management company and left a message. Then I sent an email to the guy upstairs, the building manager and the HOA president. I don't think the ceiling is going to fall in but if it does, I sure don't want anyone saying it was due to my neglecting to report.

Latest Bear

2.5 pieces of BIG news!

The .5 is that the leak has now stopped. Whew. I think maybe the ceiling won't fall in. About once a week I have the thought 'thankyoujesus that I live in a condo so this problem is not mine to solve.' This leak is a great example. There are lots of things you don't get in a condo but not having to fuck with leaks is why you pay your dues. I'm happy to pay.

The first one is that I threw together a shrimp and macaroni salad today that is just DELICIOUS!! I had a hankerin' for shrimp scampi so at the store I sussed out shrimp options. The stuff is so damn expensive. Finally I opted for cooked, tailed, deveined frozen in a big bag. When I got home I saved some out for scampi and then put the rest in smaller bags in the freezer.

This afternoon I pulled out some and boiled up some macaroni that I had and threw in some chopped onions and celery that were in the freezer and a hard boiled egg, some mayo and seasonings and mixed it all together and put it in the fridge to think about the life it wanted. I thought later that maybe it might want a little pickle relish and I have some so I grabbed a fork to taste it first and OMG, it is FABULOUS! No relish needed. I made it for lunch but I might have some for dinner.

But, the big big big news is... I was just blog checking. The West Seattle Blog is the best news source for miles around. They got in the game early and have only gotten better. My gym and grocery stores and manicurist and pizza place and a whole lot of other stuff is over in West Seattle so I keep an eye on their news (plus, they also cover a lot of city news - so checking their first always pays off). Anyway...

THE VIADUCT WILL BE OPEN FOR TOMORROW'S COMMUTE!!!! The nightmare is over. Early!! Unbelievable. And so fabulous. Now I don't have to miss any swims at all. I am so doing the happy dance here.

Also they reported that this afternoon there was a stabbing at my Safeway. That's not so good. Glad I wasn't there. It's in really white fairly tony neighborhood - not stabbie at all. weird.

Anyway, I'm so excited about getting my pool back. I appreciate having the city pool but I like my gym and my routine and I want to get back to it. Tomorrow. YEAH!!!

Oh and here's today's doll.