Re: Seine River Saturday @ TDD - C&C
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 8:08 am
trissie, I agree with FFB. Your dh is a lucky man! Is it the same menu?
It sounds like you're well-liked in your neighborhoods, FFB. I hope ds9's lip heals quickly. And a 2nd job interview for MrNG sounds promising! --And Mr NG sounds a bit like my dh; when he was an expert witness in a big case between 2 tech companies, he was told by the law firm that hired him to go buy a nice suit before he got on the witness stand.
He had a jacket and pants, but they weren't part of the same suit.
Kitty, 11 pm is not the best time for any sort of accuracy in my brain. It sounds like you definitely need a new fridge!
I'm up and sorta at 'em. I didn't sleep enough last night, went to bed at 11:30 and was awake around 5 and couldn't properly get back to sleep. This is a busy weekend - not a great way to start out. BUT I'm drinking coffee and dressed to jog, and that's a great way to start the day at least.
I don't think I got back here yesterday. I left the house at 10:30 and didn't get back home until almost 3 pm. My friend JY decided I needed highlights (I agreed) so my haircut appointment was a bit longer than planned. But my hair now looks great! I think you'd call me a blond again. I left her house at 12:30 and visited my Mom - and also stayed longer there than I'd planned. The residents were getting a snack, so I got a rice pudding cup and fed Mom so she could have a snack too. She ate it all. She also drank a Sunny D and about 4 oz. of water. Then, I picked up some things at WF and made an A return. I did finish exam prep and got in touch with 2 students re: the exit exam. I still need to schedule that with 1 student; the other decided not to take it. *sigh* It's not mandatory for the students and understandably, few students will choose to take yet another exam when it's not required. It provides them an assessment of their CEFR level, and it gives us feedback re: how we're doing.
It is warm today, 72*F at 8 a.m. and a forecast high around 92*F (33.3C). It is gray and I heard thunder earlier -- but the weather forecast claims it's not going to rain. Hmm.....
TODAY: I need to get in a jog, do laundry, do a bit of housecleaning before the Ys show up here. Perhaps some shopping? That's not clear. But a start on packing - or planning the packing at least would be helpful to my future self. Then, at 3, I'm picking up KY and we're having a coffee date. We're all rendezvousing (my apologies, FFB - we use this as a verb in informal English. . . ) at our house around 5 pm. Then, we'll head out around 5:20 to restaurant reservations and then the concert at a cozy venue, all downtown. It will be a very social day - before another social day. Starting with minimal sleep is not ideal, but KY is like a soulmate. I will enjoy catching up with her.
Main Goals for Today
1. JOG 5K
2. Laundry
3. Tidy living areas
4. S/S main bathroom
5. Coffee with K
6. Dinner and concert with Ys
7. Packing list/ plan made
Next:
- back exercises
- go JOG
- s2s and self care
Later:
- some qt
- make the bed
- reclaim kitchen
- tidy cedar chest
- lights: w d f pa
- darks: w d f pa
- do I need to stop by TJ?
- tidy living areas
- s/s main bathroom
- lunch at some point
- packing list/ plan (5 days in Chicago area + 2 days camping, possibly in the rain)
- can I finish tidying the desk area?
- spiff self for the evening out
- 3 pick up KY; coffee date
- 5 meet SY and dh at the house
- 5:20-ish head out; find parking downtown
- 5:45 restaurant reservations
- 8 concert in cozy local venue
- duo
- update health apps -- do my best with restaurant food
TaDas!
- up, weighed self - same; it's going to be a battle to move the number on the scale
- dressed to jog
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- ordered more decaf Nespresso pods for dh (last set was NOT decaf --> the return yesterday)
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sat - 8 - 5K run?/ 3 - coffee with KY/ 5:45 Dinner reservations with Ys/ 8 - Concert at local venue with Ys
Sun Church with Ys/ Lunch with Ys?/ PACK for week long trip (dh's writing workshop with a publishing company M-F) + CG1 camping trip F-Sun/ Drive to Chicago
M - grocery store in IL
T-Th
F - pack up the car/ drive to campground on Lake Michigan - CG1 camping trip
Sa - make crepes at campground for 25-ish people (our CG1 - over half are kids and teens) - in the rain?
Sun pack up from camping and drive home
June Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- clean fridge
- get 2 guest beds remade with clean sheets
- polish kitchen appliances
- possibly, polish stone counter tops
- repot my little orchid
This Week - Deskwork
- bnb reservation for first part of WA trip (religious conference in Seattle) - wip
General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- buy queen bed frame + mattress + box springs for dd27's room - wip
MOM
- shelves for her room?
- keep on sprucing up her wardrobe - pants
- sign Mom up for the patient portal - PA at the NH
- check on dentist: when will they be at the NH next? -- called; didn't get a call back
Payroll
- update exam record
- set up time and zoom room for exit test with M
Brain Dump - Mom and Trust
- get fire safe box for Mom's documents
- email church about the tools in Dad's workshop; Dad would have loved for the church workshop to have them
It sounds like you're well-liked in your neighborhoods, FFB. I hope ds9's lip heals quickly. And a 2nd job interview for MrNG sounds promising! --And Mr NG sounds a bit like my dh; when he was an expert witness in a big case between 2 tech companies, he was told by the law firm that hired him to go buy a nice suit before he got on the witness stand.
He had a jacket and pants, but they weren't part of the same suit. Kitty, 11 pm is not the best time for any sort of accuracy in my brain. It sounds like you definitely need a new fridge!
I'm up and sorta at 'em. I didn't sleep enough last night, went to bed at 11:30 and was awake around 5 and couldn't properly get back to sleep. This is a busy weekend - not a great way to start out. BUT I'm drinking coffee and dressed to jog, and that's a great way to start the day at least.
I don't think I got back here yesterday. I left the house at 10:30 and didn't get back home until almost 3 pm. My friend JY decided I needed highlights (I agreed) so my haircut appointment was a bit longer than planned. But my hair now looks great! I think you'd call me a blond again.
I left her house at 12:30 and visited my Mom - and also stayed longer there than I'd planned. The residents were getting a snack, so I got a rice pudding cup and fed Mom so she could have a snack too. She ate it all. She also drank a Sunny D and about 4 oz. of water. Then, I picked up some things at WF and made an A return. I did finish exam prep and got in touch with 2 students re: the exit exam. I still need to schedule that with 1 student; the other decided not to take it. *sigh* It's not mandatory for the students and understandably, few students will choose to take yet another exam when it's not required. It provides them an assessment of their CEFR level, and it gives us feedback re: how we're doing. It is warm today, 72*F at 8 a.m. and a forecast high around 92*F (33.3C). It is gray and I heard thunder earlier -- but the weather forecast claims it's not going to rain. Hmm.....
TODAY: I need to get in a jog, do laundry, do a bit of housecleaning before the Ys show up here. Perhaps some shopping? That's not clear. But a start on packing - or planning the packing at least would be helpful to my future self. Then, at 3, I'm picking up KY and we're having a coffee date. We're all rendezvousing (my apologies, FFB - we use this as a verb in informal English. . . ) at our house around 5 pm. Then, we'll head out around 5:20 to restaurant reservations and then the concert at a cozy venue, all downtown. It will be a very social day - before another social day. Starting with minimal sleep is not ideal, but KY is like a soulmate. I will enjoy catching up with her.
Main Goals for Today
1. JOG 5K
2. Laundry
3. Tidy living areas
4. S/S main bathroom
5. Coffee with K
6. Dinner and concert with Ys
7. Packing list/ plan made
Next:
- back exercises
- go JOG
- s2s and self care
Later:
- some qt
- make the bed
- reclaim kitchen
- tidy cedar chest
- lights: w d f pa
- darks: w d f pa
- do I need to stop by TJ?
- tidy living areas
- s/s main bathroom
- lunch at some point
- packing list/ plan (5 days in Chicago area + 2 days camping, possibly in the rain)
- can I finish tidying the desk area?
- spiff self for the evening out
- 3 pick up KY; coffee date
- 5 meet SY and dh at the house
- 5:20-ish head out; find parking downtown
- 5:45 restaurant reservations
- 8 concert in cozy local venue
- duo
- update health apps -- do my best with restaurant food
TaDas!
- up, weighed self - same; it's going to be a battle to move the number on the scale
- dressed to jog
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- ordered more decaf Nespresso pods for dh (last set was NOT decaf --> the return yesterday)
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sat - 8 - 5K run?/ 3 - coffee with KY/ 5:45 Dinner reservations with Ys/ 8 - Concert at local venue with Ys
Sun Church with Ys/ Lunch with Ys?/ PACK for week long trip (dh's writing workshop with a publishing company M-F) + CG1 camping trip F-Sun/ Drive to Chicago
M - grocery store in IL
T-Th
F - pack up the car/ drive to campground on Lake Michigan - CG1 camping trip
Sa - make crepes at campground for 25-ish people (our CG1 - over half are kids and teens) - in the rain?
Sun pack up from camping and drive home
June Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- clean fridge
- get 2 guest beds remade with clean sheets
- polish kitchen appliances
- possibly, polish stone counter tops
- repot my little orchid
This Week - Deskwork
- bnb reservation for first part of WA trip (religious conference in Seattle) - wip
General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- buy queen bed frame + mattress + box springs for dd27's room - wip
MOM
- shelves for her room?
- keep on sprucing up her wardrobe - pants
- sign Mom up for the patient portal - PA at the NH
- check on dentist: when will they be at the NH next? -- called; didn't get a call back
Payroll
- update exam record
- set up time and zoom room for exit test with M
Brain Dump - Mom and Trust
- get fire safe box for Mom's documents
- email church about the tools in Dad's workshop; Dad would have loved for the church workshop to have them
