My day actually started at midnight! I went to bed at about 9:30 p.m., last night, but not being able to get to sleep soundly I got up about 11:15 p.m. One of my goals for today was to rearrange my apartment yet again--and that is what I started at 11:15. The impetus is the approaching cool weather, when I will need the baseboard heaters to be unobstructed. I had planned to just scoot my bed towards the opposite wall, but last night I decided to turn it 90 degrees. I also decided to face the air conditioner and the patio doors, instead of having my pillow up against the air conditioner. I think that will work OK. When I went back to bed at 12:30 a.m. I had the desk against the bed and all my electronics by the wall. This morning I decided I would split the homes of the electronics--and thanks to the travel surge protector my daughter had gotten for me while she was visiting, my devices are now all protected despite being in different locations.
When I got up about 6:30 I felt the desk and the chest of drawers needed to be moved, and the recliner, also. I think I like the way things are arranged now--but who can tell for sure until I live with this configuration for a while.
All this impacted my time for exercise, and I even considered waiting until the afternoon to do that--but thought better of it. I did, however, decide to try my Sweetheart's way of using the 3 apples a day, so before I left the apartment I just ate one apple, and no other breakfast. Apparently that will not work out for me. I was hungry within a fairly short time, and did not resist some of the purchases and eating I might have done otherwise--I will just have to pay attention to whether this is a pattern.
I nearly always shop the ads, the way my Mom did years ago, and I had a list of items to purchase. But kind of at the last minute I decided to go to a "warehouse" store that my Cuban sister had told me about. I was not sure how to get there, so I asked my phone, and was taken to a different one than I had anticipated. The good news was that my little green car got to do a fair amount of highway time. I was pretty impressed with the store, and, of course, bought a lot of items I probably could have done without: for lunch I had Tropical Krab Salad from their deli counter--not expensive at all, and quite delicious; from their huge bulk section I got dark red kidney beans, golden raisins, and a small piece of dark chocolate [which I devoured all of after I ate the Krab Salad!]; and items I have not bought in quite a long time that were fairly inexpensive [cottage cheese, bacon, kale, salad dressing, and frozen orange juice]. The store is too far away to go to every week, but I expect I may do a monthly run there.
I do have a bit of a question: how many drops of rain count as a shower? There were clouds much of the day, and a few drops of rain for about five minutes, but not even enough to use the windshield wipers. I suppose whenever the rainy season starts I will be wishing the rain would go away. Apparently Missouri is getting more than its share of rainy, muggy weather. Out here pretty much nada.
Once I got back to the apartment for good, I sure enjoyed the delicious smells of frying bacon, and I had a protein-style bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich [no bread, and no added dressing] which I thoroughly appreciated.
I was just finishing my laundry when my youngest called. I told her how grateful I was again for the electronic devices she supplies me with. We chatted for a little over an hour.
A good conversation and prayer with my Sweetheart made a perfect ending to my inverted P day.
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