I don't wanna be false art

I have very little to report today. I got plenty of sleep last night, and then got up, made coffee, and took care of various things before I actually got down to work. Work wasn't quite the slog that it usually is because I only had a couple of hours of meetings. And so while I should have probably done more with the expansive time that I had in front of me, it felt good to be able to ease my way through the day. 

I had originally intended to have dinner with my mom tonight, but when we discussed the plan again we decided to stay in our respective homes since there was a risk of severe weather. This was probably the right call since we ended up with a tornado warning about 10 minutes after we made the decision. The warnings and rather absurd weather continued off and on for the next hour or two, but we didn't get anything really damaging beyond some very heavy rain and a little bit of pea-sized hail.

I spent the rest of the evening taking care of things around the house, eating a bit of a frozen gluten-free pizza, doing a bit of writing, and eventually talking to [censored] when he got home. Now it's time for bed so that I can hit it hard tomorrow - goodnight!

kangaroo court

I had to get up earlier than I usually do because I had an economic development board meeting at the ungodly hour of right am. It took longer than usual, but it was mildly entertaining, so I'll take it. Then I came home and had meetings off and on all day - but it was warm out, so I spent the afternoon working on my balcony, which was great.

After I was done working, I relaxed for a bit, and then worked on some personal projects until my eyes got tired. And now it's time for bed - goodnight!

get high like planes

I have nothing to report tonight - I spent the day working, doing laundry, eating leftovers, and taking a much needed walk before unwinding/writing in the evening. But I have to get up early tomorrow for a local meeting, so I really need to go to bed - goodnight!

there ain't enough smoke in my eyes to hide the kinda games you're trying to play

I had a reasonably good weekend, despite the fact that it rained for most of it, which usually doesn't put me in the best mood. Yesterday I slept in until after 9:00, which is very necessary, and then I put it around the house and drank coffee and did various tings. Unfortunately, some of those tings were work tings, but for the most part I was able to focus on my own stuff. Later in the afternoon, Mom and I went to Centerville to stock up on groceries and various goods from walmart, which was a nice use of a rainy afternoon. I didn't need all that much stuff since I'm usually pretty stocked up, but given that I constantly need to cook, there's always something that I can get for my basement hoard.

After we got home, I dropped Mom off along with all her stuff, and then I came home and put my things away. Then [censored] and I ordered Mexican and picked it up to take out to Mom's for dinner. My food was pretty good, and we generally had a nice evening, so I'm glad that we did that. Then we came back to my house, and I spent far too much time awake given how little I actually got done, but no regrets.

Today I slept in again for just a little bit, but then I managed to get up and start getting things done. I spent some time writing this morning and then did various household things. I also kept reorganizing my office, which was a bit of a mess since I tore it apart on Thursday to get a shelf delivered. And [censored] and I had an adventure at the shop where we installed some extra Wi-Fi capability, which went about as smoothly as these things can go given that it's not always obvious where there might be an empty outlet or an available flat and clean surface on which to put something.

After that, [censored] left for the evening and I came home. I did various household activities and made myself a very delicious dinner of roasted chicken thighs and potatoes. This is not something that I can make for my family since neither Mom nor [censored] understand the delights of chicken thighs, so I get to keep the leftovers all to myself. After I ate, I cleaned up the kitchen, watered plants, and then spent the rest of the evening writing and engaging in various other activities. And now it's time for bed - goodnight!

and so there's a change in your emotions

I unfortunately had a good day at work that turned into a bad day at work, which was not how I intended to go into the weekend. It wasn't anything catastrophic, but after spending the day only having a couple of (mostly enjoyable) meetings and getting allergy shots, I was surprised for everything to take a left turn after I thought I was done for the day. 

But I rallied and made chicken and rice, which [censored] and I ate while watching two episodes of Scrubs and the latest SNL (Jack Black and Jack White were an inspired host + musical guest). And now I need to sleep - goodnight!

give a little bit

I have nothing exciting to report tonight. I spent most of the day slogging as is usual, although I did have a relatively relaxed morning despite all of that. For lunch I was able to eat the last of the leftovers that Mom had sent home after Easter dinner. Then I spent the afternoon in more meetings before running into town to attend my library board meeting. We accomplished everything in due form and adjourned relatively early, so I ran to the grocery store and grabbed some tings to cook before coming home.

The meal I made ended up being slightly weird and mostly driven by the fact that [censored] isn't home tonight, so I was able to cook whatever strange things I felt like cooking. That meant baking some pork chops, which is not something I typically cook, but I happen to love them even if [censored] hates them. I usually pan-fry them, but tonight I tossed them on a cookie sheet with some garlic powder, paprika, oregano and olive oil and just baked them for 12-15 minutes. They were absolutely delicious and v easy, so this will have to be a thing in my midweek rotation.

I ended up pairing them with some gluten-free spaghetti, which I mixed into a random jarred sauce that I bought at Fareway. The sauce was pretty good, although I had wanted to cook a from-scratch sauce with cream and tomato paste and preserved lemon and could not because my preserved lemon jar was unexpectedly v expired and full of mold. But the jarred sauce was fine, and now I have leftovers for lunch. 

I spent the rest of the evening doing a variety of things that were probably not the things that I should have been doing... but there's plenty of time tomorrow to get back into the slog. Goodnight!

dreaming about the things that we could be

I had nothing to report yesterday, and I don't really have anything to report today, but I don't really want to let more than a couple of days go without blogging. I should have been more productive than I was yesterday, but I had quite a headache in the afternoon. After [censored] left I mostly sat around, did a bit of writing, and tried to go to bed early with mixed results.

However today was much better, even though it snowed a bit overnight and I would like it to stop being winter. I woke up, made coffee, and got to work almost immediately, which felt pretty good since I had a lot to accomplish. I slogged straight through until a little before six, when I ate a snack and then went to my city council meeting. Tonight took two hours, which was about an hour longer than I wanted to spend on it, but the meeting itself was productive.

Then I came home, did various gardening-type things around the house, ate some leftovers, and relaxed a bit before deciding that going to bed early again tonight was probably the best move that I could make. So now it's time for bed - goodnight!