Late Start To A Slow Day

One of the nice things about the writing lifestyle is that we can set our own schedule. Sometimes I will spend most of the day at my computer working on a book, and Terry will be just as busy editing and proofreading. Other days, we may be busy with things around the house and not do much work at all. Then there are days like yesterday where we get a late start and don’t go out of our way to accomplish much.

Since we were on the go all day Thursday, with Terry getting a nerve block injection in her neck, then running some errands and having an early dinner at the Lotus Garden restaurant in Pinetop, after spending the day before digging holes and planting rose bushes and the magnolia tree, yesterday, we stayed in bed for a long time, cuddling and talking and just enjoying quiet time together.

When we did finally get in gear, I fed Alli and Declan, the porch cat, gave myself my weekly Mounjaro injection, posted my blog to Facebook and answered several emails. Then we each had a bagel, and I cleaned the toilets while Terry tidied things up around the house and did a load of laundry.

Eventually, I made my way to my office, where I wrote another chapter in my new Tinder Street book. When I finished that, I went outside, where Terry was checking on the magnolia tree and some plants we had put in, as well as pulling some weeds. I really need to cut the grass and do some more weeding, but it was late in the day and I didn’t feel up to it.

Back inside, she warmed up the leftover Chinese food from the day before for dinner, and then we watched television, and that was the extent of our day. It’s always good to start out slow and taper off.

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And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

Thought For The Day – In the near future, AI is going to tell a woman she is wrong in that she needs to calm down. That, my friends, will be the end of AI.