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Blog Entry

I have been writing blog entries, just not posting the final product. Nothing I wouldn’t put out on the internet, but I just feel I rather not.

Shrinkage

I bought some granola bars and then found an older one while cleaning. Anytime I see the word, NEW, I know the product is going to be smaller. You no longer buy a quart of OJ but the price is the same for the smaller bottle. A gallon of milk still is a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs is still a dozen eggs but on those, the price has gone up. My food bill is pretty minimal but it is going up.

Exercise

I’m doing Okay with that. Had a bit of an interruption because I had to get the house trim painted for insurance reasons. I like having insurance that is not being paid by my mortgage company that only pays for catastrophic damage. I am getting back into a routine and just need to pick it up again tomorrow.

Puppets

A lot on paper and none in physical form. I have almost finished the planning stage which sends me into the building stage after household chores. I think I am going to declare puppet day starting at once a week and then upping that the closer we get to D-day especially because it is almost May.

Housework

Yes, there is always upkeep on a house. Things to be done every week or twice a week (Cat boxes) or every day (dishes). With cats, you must keep up with the cat hair or you start having tumbleweeds of cat hair. Inky the long hair cat is most responsible for this phenomenon. I will admit I am not a great housekeeper, but I get by.

Sleep

It’s one of the few categories I am doing well in. I get a minimum of seven hours sleep. I try to keep to a schedule on this. Getting up at the same time every day except Thursday because of work. I have a special schedule for that day. I am probably doomed to Insomnia now.

I am doing all right. I am still under a lot of stress which is probably the reason for some of my medical issues. Although we have pollen. I medicate against it, however it still is a physical miserable. I have gone through two tissue boxes so far. Thank goodness I bought a pack of four. I am also tired of my power sneezing, which scares the ever-loving out of the cats and leaves me with a headache. Overall I am feeling more connected to the world than I have in a while. I am laughing again, that’s big news because I haven’t really laughed since Covid. Not a from the belly roar of laughter. I am finding things funny rather than just amusing and it is a big difference mentally. I am feeling more like me pre-Covid and that is a step forward.

I am grateful for being myself in front of friends.