Thursday...

I slept like a rock last night. The book I'm listening to before sleep (A World Unseen by Liz Moore) is so good but finally at 10:30 I was just too sleepy. It took me about 3 minutes to go to sleep and I remember not one more thing until 4:52 when I woke up. Usually I wake up and check the time 3 or 4 times a night and get up to pee at least once. However, my sleep tracker says I slept like I always do.

I also swam faster and longer today and my tracker says.. eh, not so much.

Tracker/schacker what the fuck does it know? Not so much apparently. And still I'm its bitch.

I have to sing the praises of my $15 boots. They are just exactly what I wanted my $163 Uggs to be. Oh so comfortable, flexible and very easy to get on and off. I love them. If I still love them as much in a couple of weeks, I may well buy another pair for back up.

The parking garage at the gym has been a giant puddle of wet since the snow on Monday. It's hard to find a parking spot where you don't have to wade through a lake to get to the stairs or elevator. Oh and speaking of my gym (LA Fitness West Seattle)... I generally watch the first 10 minutes of the 10 pm news every night and last night it included a rather lengthy story about lockers being broken into and stuff stolen, including cars... at LA Fitness! This time the focus was on one south of here, not the one in West Seattle.

They got a picture of the perp this time because just like when my locker was pilfered in December, the thief high tailed it to Target to use the credit cards. They had a very clear picture of the perp coming out of Target with the goods. I didn't recognize her. I am grateful for the focus on the problem.

Meanwhile, I have a nice and easy routine where I can keep all my stuff with me at all times in the pool, in the shower and to and from both. So far, so good.

The postponed bear/doll delivery will happen this morning. And I'll get my front hall back. I have a couple of hours before time to deliver so I think I'll investigate why my swim iPod Shuffle was DOA this morning... grrrrrr

Two birds, One stone

My check tire light came on a couple of days ago. It means that one tire needs a teensy blow job. Not critical but I hate the light. Usually, I just pull into the tire shop by the gym after my swim but since I'm going in so early now, he isn't open. Today, after making the bear/doll delivery, I stopped in at the Mercedes dealership which is just down the street.

While the guy was checking my tires, I checked the 2016 Smart car they had on the floor. I'd been up close before but this time I opened the door and sat in it and gave it a thorough going over. I think it may have cured my new car fever, at least for a bit. It has some fun new tricks BUT it also takes away some of the best little thinks about my old version. Little things like how the glove box is situated and the handy little drawer under the radio and the two little cubbies on either side of the steering wheel. Plus the ignition key is in the steering column. No thank you.

So, excellent. I didn't want to buy a new one anyway. Their colors aren't fun like mine. However, if something happens to my car, I could, if I had to, live with a new one.

Jeannie at the Baby Bank is all in a fret about Trump and fears the nurses she works with will be out of a job. Jeannie is one of those who borrows trouble from whoever she can find to dish it out. But, if her nurses don't have jobs then she won't have any pipeline to give away her baby stuff and I'll lose my sweet adoption deal. March will make 10 years she's been taking my bears in. I would be sad to lose her and in rather an inventory pickle. Fortunately, I'm not one to borrow trouble, I'm cross that bridge when... etc people.

Turns out my iPod Shuffle was just out of juice. It's now fixed. However... I checked it yesterday after my swim and it said there was 75% left. This morning there was 0%. hmmmmm

The poly-fil crisis is abated for now. Walmart has this 'send me an email when this is available' thing that I dutifully apply for nearly every day. I've gotten 3 of the emails but each time, when I click 'shop' it takes me to the page that says they are out of stock. Finally today about 1pm I was sewing and my phone said I had an email and it was Walmart and I hit 'shop' and they had some!! I ordered 3 and then knocked it back to 2. (I really don't have room for 3.) I ordered right from the phone so as not to lose a minute. The order went through. WHEW!! 5 minutes later I checked the webpage and, yep, Out of Stock.

So, lesson learned. Stay vigilant and act fast! At least now I have about 2-3 months worth of stuffing in house so maybe another six weeks or so before it's time to panic again.