Monday

So, I've been told I need to post more on my blog. What, once every two months is not enough?? So I'm going to just start typing and see what comes up. I took J T. to the airport this morning - he has a loverly 4 day 3 night visit to Ft. Jackson, SC. Hmm...lucky him - Not. But, I am glad for some time alone, even though it's only for the 3 or 4 hours I can manage to stay awake once I get home from work.

Not much improvement there - in fact it's gotten worse. I have no respect for the owners of this company, it really really stinks how they run this company and get so rich in the meantime, and that's all I have to say about that. (I watched Forrest Gump last night while cooking dinner. I really like that movie, although I'm a bit ashamed to admit it. It's really sort of lame.)

So, I came home and did meditate for 10 minutes or so. Should have done longer but the timer went off for my boiled eggs. One of my comfort foods is tuna salad on crackers, so that's what I had tonight. Had my tuna - Yum. Then Andy called. He's so funny how he'll just call randomly. Tonight he had to tell me that they added three new cast members to Saturday Night Live. Oh! And earlier in the day, he texted to say he's gotten a role in their next show - The Way of the World. It's a restoration comedy (I think that's it) from the 1700s. He will play Waitwell, a manservant. Andy said it was the funniest part when they did their cold reads. So, that's good, he's happy.

Now here I am, with wrinkled clothes waiting for me to iron, and really no motivation to iron them. It's hot - 95 today, so the house is hot too. My goal for this week was to get caught up on the ironing. If I iron 2 or 3 things a night, I'll be done in three nights. Sad, sad, sad. I used to iron kitchen towels and sheets. I used to have time and energy to make a nice home. I can't wait until I'm there again. I just finished a book called Slow Love by Dominique Browning. She was the editor of House & Garden and they closed the magazine and fired her. It was a little whiny - she clearly had plenty of money to survive this, but it was interesting how she dealt with the hours at home when she was so used to going to a job every day. At the very end, she talks about how much she enjoys making a nice home, and cooking, and gardening. I feel the same way. Not that I'll be able to do that full time any time soon - I will have to work for awhile yet, but I at least want a job that doesn't tear me down everyday. I'm not old, but really, I'm beyond climbing that learning curve every blessed day. I'm ready to spend time learning things I want to learn, not how to prepare some stupid budget for some idiot branch manager, who doesn't even understand what the word "attrition" means. So there.