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Thursday, December 21st, 2023 02:02 pmIt may be the shortest day of the year, but because of the astronomic thingy I never got straight, it shortens from the start of the day and sort of? drags the light in the early direction? so that now it's light at 5 where two weeks ago it was dark. This is fine by me because getting up at 9:30 a.m. as I did today counts as 'up early.' The joys of retirement: rarely having to be anywhere before noon and no longer fretting about whether I'll be physically able to work.
Lost the laundromat bingo though. Place was crowded with maskless types and someone was doing massive loads in the dryers and someone else grabbed the dryer I had my eye on between me doing sniff test and me getting clothes from washer. Fortunately the dryer that failed the sniff test to start with had aired out, so no stinky dryer sheet residue. But the new coffee corner plays music, LOUD, and plays Christmas music, which is worse. (Four more days. Only four more days.) Granted there were legit carols in there too, but O Holy Night at top volume is still painful. So in the interim I walked the loooong block to my old coffee shop, where a nice young(er) woman opened the door for me both in and out. Saw Zoe, my step grandson-in-law's SO, queried about other step grandson-in-law's wedding, it's happening in August, he wants to wear white and the bride wants to wear black and it all sounds sasuga Daycare H's family.
Leg has been miles better than before. Still a bit swollen but no longer pangy in the muscles and tendons. To compensate, both knee and ankle have started aching again. Mind, in this weather even the operated knee aches. Cold is not kind to joints.
Lost the laundromat bingo though. Place was crowded with maskless types and someone was doing massive loads in the dryers and someone else grabbed the dryer I had my eye on between me doing sniff test and me getting clothes from washer. Fortunately the dryer that failed the sniff test to start with had aired out, so no stinky dryer sheet residue. But the new coffee corner plays music, LOUD, and plays Christmas music, which is worse. (Four more days. Only four more days.) Granted there were legit carols in there too, but O Holy Night at top volume is still painful. So in the interim I walked the loooong block to my old coffee shop, where a nice young(er) woman opened the door for me both in and out. Saw Zoe, my step grandson-in-law's SO, queried about other step grandson-in-law's wedding, it's happening in August, he wants to wear white and the bride wants to wear black and it all sounds sasuga Daycare H's family.
Leg has been miles better than before. Still a bit swollen but no longer pangy in the muscles and tendons. To compensate, both knee and ankle have started aching again. Mind, in this weather even the operated knee aches. Cold is not kind to joints.
