THANK GOODNESS

Kathie’s husband, Michael, is doing better. He is being moved from ICU to Critical Care. Sounds like things are improving, but Kathie won’t know for a while. He was actually hit and then run over by the car, moving at 20 mph. Can’t imagine.

My writing is going better than expected on the second draft. I exercised a lot of avoidance behavior before I actually sat down and started working on it, but I spent most of Saturday and Sunday on pulling apart the Preface and Introduction and putting them back together again. That felt very good. I’ve also noticed that I find it easier to stick to the writing if I sit on the couch instead of the kitchen chair. The couch is much more comfortable, and I don’t feel the need to get up and walk about so often. That may not be good for my body, but it’s great for my brain. In any event, if feels easier, and doesn’t feel so arduous.

The rainbows never get old. This one I would rate about a 7.5. I have seen even brighter and will capture if I can. The rainbow always shows up right outside the windows that I face most of the day (it is actually what I’m looking at as I write this), so I can get them right away.

My sleep is still an issue, and frankly, I think it always will be. I am occasionally able to fall asleep without Ambien, but that is only if I had a terrible night the night before, sleeping perhaps four hours. I think I’m done with this. I feel so awful when I don’t sleep, and I have too much that I want to accomplish during the day to accept this. My latest MO is to go to bed when I’m sleepy, and if I’m not asleep in half an hour, I take a tiny nibble of an Ambien, which is about 1-2 mg. It works. And I’m not writing about it anymore. This will only ever be an issue if my doctor refuses to refill my prescription, which will not happen for a long time. One prescription lasts me over a year. Personally, I do not feel that I am at risk taking the Ambien. I do feel that not taking it is a bigger risk. Okay, done.

I’ve lucked out with Jerry as a landlord because he also likes to bake and distribute. Such a great trait in a friend. Yesterday he brought me these citrus cookies. They remind me of the lemon-ricotta ones I make. Thanks, Jerry.

Okay, back to work. It’s auction time at my church, and I’m responsible for entering the donations. Yesterday was Sunday, so I think people were reminded of the auction when they were at church. The donations are coming in. BiddingOwl has upgraded their platform, so I’m happy that I started early in order to get used to it. I’m finding a number of helpful new features.

I’m not as pleased with my Zoom account right now. For some reason, I can no longer access my account on my Mac. I’m happy that I discovered this a couple of days ago, so that I was able to put into place an alternative method for a class I’m facilitating this evening. I can access Zoom on my phone, and I’ll try FaceTime if that doesn’t work. I most always love technology, but there are always these challenges that spring up from time to time.

I had to laugh last night after I posted my calligraphy practice to the Facebook group.

A member commented: … there is actually no loop “d” minuscule (both in Engrossers and English roundhand). I’m just a clueless novice, but I had to point that out because you want to take a proficiency test.”

My reply: LOL!! I think what you are seeing as a loop “d” is actually a “c” and an “l” that are not spaced properly. It is way past my bedtime, and I was too tired to redo it. Maybe tomorrow. That was almost 1:00 a.m., and I STILL couldn’t fall asleep.