Domesticity

I stayed home this morning because it was cold and windy out at 9:00 (I went a couple of blocks in the park with cattitude and turned back), and last night I felt as though I was coming down with a cold. The combination did not make the gym--or even grocery shopping--seem at all appealing. I'm feeling better at the moment, though.

Oddly, a bit of housecleaning did appeal. On the good days, the fact that housework comes in endless small chunks lets me look at it as "I can do something useful here without having to wear myself out or use the entire morning." Today is such a day, so I bundled up a bunch of magazines for recycling, in addition to the ongoing work of hand-washing such dishes as can't go in the dishwasher.

I made a bacon-and-romano-cheese omelet for lunch, and gave julian_tiger, who doesn't like eggs or most cheese, bits of bacon, so he was a happy tiger. I've just made cakelings (chocolate chip–cinnamon–orange, with the bits of dried orange peel), and will run the dishwasher in a little while.

In addition to being productive, this gives me something to do other than wreck my hands playing nethack. On the computer front, I've installed the printer drivers, and AdAware, and am thinking it may not be a good idea to be using a right-handed trackball again, even though I got my physical therapist's okay to do so.

Domesticity

I stayed home this morning because it was cold and windy out at 9:00 (I went a couple of blocks in the park with cattitude and turned back), and last night I felt as though I was coming down with a cold. The combination did not make the gym--or even grocery shopping--seem at all appealing. I'm feeling better at the moment, though.

Oddly, a bit of housecleaning did appeal. On the good days, the fact that housework comes in endless small chunks lets me look at it as "I can do something useful here without having to wear myself out or use the entire morning." Today is such a day, so I bundled up a bunch of magazines for recycling, in addition to the ongoing work of hand-washing such dishes as can't go in the dishwasher.

I made a bacon-and-romano-cheese omelet for lunch, and gave julian_tiger, who doesn't like eggs or most cheese, bits of bacon, so he was a happy tiger. I've just made cakelings (chocolate chip–cinnamon–orange, with the bits of dried orange peel), and will run the dishwasher in a little while.

In addition to being productive, this gives me something to do other than wreck my hands playing nethack. On the computer front, I've installed the printer drivers, and AdAware, and am thinking it may not be a good idea to be using a right-handed trackball again, even though I got my physical therapist's okay to do so.