Piddling the morning away

The a/c was out at the gym again today. To get to the pool you have to go to the back of the gym. The pool has gynormous glass windows looking into the gym and, on the other side, looking out to the street. Today they were completely fogged up. It gave the pool a really weird feeling. Kind of creepy, kind of cool. I had a great swim regardless.

And then I got home - nearly an hour and a half ago and I have done nothing but piddle on the laptop since. I looked around the Amazon deals and decided I didn't need any of it. I did buy a $50 gift card because it comes with a $10 rebate.

Nothing particular on the agenda today. I do have a load of wash that needs to go to the dryer but that could be it for massive excitement. I cut out a new shirt last night and will probably sew it up today. I have some new swim suit fabric that I love but I'm already the Emelda Marcos of swimsuits. I have a winter shirt pattern in mind that I want to experiment with...

Just a regular day. I think I'll get on with it!

My tweets

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From my ears to my spine

I had to stop sewing because my back was killing me. So I moved to the living room and turned on the TV. I'm now watching (while I create this entry so, of course, not really watching) a 30 minute program I recorded off of PBS on stretching. If it's on in the background and my spine hears it, it will feel better, right?

Divorcing myself from TV news has been a bit more difficult than I envisioned. Like any bad habit, it's tough to break. Although I've watched the evening news since I was a kid, it didn't get into my DNA until about 15 years ago when I started working from home. 5pm was pretty much my clock out time. I didn't always clock out but it was mentally when I knew the day was over. Time to turn on the news and see what happened while I was heads down.

Even though it's difficult, it has been good. I still kind of mark 5 pm with a change in my day but I don't mark it with TV news. Sometimes it's with NPR but I'm hearing the same stuff I heard on NPR this morning so I think that's not going to be a regular. Sometimes it's House Hunters. And sometimes the TV is off. I want to try different things. Today it is this annoying stretch lady. I think she's going to get muted here pretty soon.

I nearly finished a shirt and cut out a new swim suit and made two dolls.