Of interviews, voting, and walks
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selenite came home after his interview, feeling it went reasonably well. We decided to go get lunch afterwards. It was my first time eating out since the week before the surgery. I did okay, although I was getting a headache from smoke drifting over from the smoking section. We really shouldn't eat in Lake Worth again. I wasn't able to sit through the whole meal, I had to get up and go walk outside a bit twice, but I got by.
After that we went to an early voting location nearby, and both of us voted on the Texas constitutional amendments. For our fellow Texans - make sure you vote! Voting early is easy and convenient here, and I recommend it heartily. And no matter where you live, you can go to any convenient early voting location.
At the beginning of lunch, I'd been thinking how much I'd like to haveselenite all day and evening, and be able to go out and do shopping expeditions with him. I'd love to go to a bookstore, and I want to go find hair accessories for Maggie. But clearly just those two stops were wiping me out, and sitting in the car was hurting. Then on the way home the effects of the Big Pain Pill that I took with lunch were kicking in, and they made me really carsick. I had Karl pull over and stop at a little parking lot at the far end of the long creek-following park that is near our house. I decided I'd really had enough, and that Karl could take sleeping Jamie home in the van, and that Maggie and I would have a nice walk through the park instead. Dr. Vavrin had been saying I should do more walking anyway, and we had a lovely warm day with a breeze for it. Lots of sunshine for me. Karl was uneasy about it, but agreed and I put on my sunhat and took the cellphone in case of problems.
It was a nice walk. I turned it into a chance for lots of conversation with Maggie, almost a mini-early-homeschooling session. We sang songs, practiced the alphabet, practiced counting. Her singing is improving. We saw butterflies, and I explained the life cycle of butterflies to her. We walked along the brand new sidewalks they're putting in, walked around the newly laid concrete, and talked about how they set up the sidewalk frames to pour the concrete. We saw bees, and I talked to her about why bees are important. We had fun. We got to the gazebo and stopped a while in the shade.
Then she said "I gotta go potty!" Eek. I had not been planning for that. She'd gone at the restaurant, after all. So I got back to walking with her as fast as I could. Just a ways north we would cross the street that splits the park, and right after that was the softball field, and there was a building with bathrooms there. IF they were open. I tried calling Karl on the cellphone, but couldn't get through - apparently the phone was off the hook. Fortunately the bathrooms by the softball field WERE open, and Maggie managed to wait. I'm proud of my Big Girl.
We resumed our walk. She decided she needed to RUN, and I let her keep running ahead of me on the sidewalk. I sent her to run ahead so she could spend a few minutes playing in the north park playground, and dawdled along so she could have a little more time there. Then we carefully walked along the part where there are no sidewalks, and came into our neighborhood and home. I think the walk was good exercise for us, and the sunlight was good for me.
Once here, I had a nice long phone chat withpatgund, which is always nice, especially considering the trickiness of the current 9 hours time zone difference. I then went upstairs and helped a bit with Karl putting away laundry.
selenite came home after his interview, feeling it went reasonably well. We decided to go get lunch afterwards. It was my first time eating out since the week before the surgery. I did okay, although I was getting a headache from smoke drifting over from the smoking section. We really shouldn't eat in Lake Worth again. I wasn't able to sit through the whole meal, I had to get up and go walk outside a bit twice, but I got by. After that we went to an early voting location nearby, and both of us voted on the Texas constitutional amendments. For our fellow Texans - make sure you vote! Voting early is easy and convenient here, and I recommend it heartily. And no matter where you live, you can go to any convenient early voting location.
At the beginning of lunch, I'd been thinking how much I'd like to have
selenite all day and evening, and be able to go out and do shopping expeditions with him. I'd love to go to a bookstore, and I want to go find hair accessories for Maggie. But clearly just those two stops were wiping me out, and sitting in the car was hurting. Then on the way home the effects of the Big Pain Pill that I took with lunch were kicking in, and they made me really carsick. I had Karl pull over and stop at a little parking lot at the far end of the long creek-following park that is near our house. I decided I'd really had enough, and that Karl could take sleeping Jamie home in the van, and that Maggie and I would have a nice walk through the park instead. Dr. Vavrin had been saying I should do more walking anyway, and we had a lovely warm day with a breeze for it. Lots of sunshine for me. Karl was uneasy about it, but agreed and I put on my sunhat and took the cellphone in case of problems. It was a nice walk. I turned it into a chance for lots of conversation with Maggie, almost a mini-early-homeschooling session. We sang songs, practiced the alphabet, practiced counting. Her singing is improving. We saw butterflies, and I explained the life cycle of butterflies to her. We walked along the brand new sidewalks they're putting in, walked around the newly laid concrete, and talked about how they set up the sidewalk frames to pour the concrete. We saw bees, and I talked to her about why bees are important. We had fun. We got to the gazebo and stopped a while in the shade.
Then she said "I gotta go potty!" Eek. I had not been planning for that. She'd gone at the restaurant, after all. So I got back to walking with her as fast as I could. Just a ways north we would cross the street that splits the park, and right after that was the softball field, and there was a building with bathrooms there. IF they were open. I tried calling Karl on the cellphone, but couldn't get through - apparently the phone was off the hook. Fortunately the bathrooms by the softball field WERE open, and Maggie managed to wait. I'm proud of my Big Girl.
We resumed our walk. She decided she needed to RUN, and I let her keep running ahead of me on the sidewalk. I sent her to run ahead so she could spend a few minutes playing in the north park playground, and dawdled along so she could have a little more time there. Then we carefully walked along the part where there are no sidewalks, and came into our neighborhood and home. I think the walk was good exercise for us, and the sunlight was good for me.
Once here, I had a nice long phone chat with
patgund, which is always nice, especially considering the trickiness of the current 9 hours time zone difference. I then went upstairs and helped a bit with Karl putting away laundry.
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Date: 2005-11-05 12:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-05 01:06 am (UTC)Wish my ankle was better. It's a beautiful time of year for walking, but walking still hurts a LOT. Next week I'm gonna try biking, though, rain or shine (and given the weather lately, it'll be rain, no doubt)!
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Date: 2005-11-07 04:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-07 02:28 pm (UTC)However, for me to be able to get to water, I have to get the kids up significantly earlier than usual, get breakfast into them, get them and me bathed and dressed early, and get to the Y very early with all their stuff. They only have childcare in the morning, and it ends before noon. I have to lift the kids into the van, drive there - and driving is quite painful, and it's across town - then get them out, carry my swimming bag and purse and their diaper bag while dragging Jamie along and getting Maggie to walk with me and get them into the building and checked into childcare. Then I go get changed, get into the pool, and start swimming laps. Partway through the childcare people will come to the pool and tell me to come back to childcare because Jamie's had his midmorning messy diaper, so I'll have to climb out, dry off, wrap up and put my sandals on, and go down there and change him, then come back and get back into the pool. There won't be time for much swimming, and then when I get back out the towel and my shoes will already be all wet.
Then I get to do the whole drag them and all the bags back to the car, and drive home, then carry them into the house and get them their lunch.
Not easier.
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Date: 2005-11-07 07:06 pm (UTC)Right. Don't mind me. I need another nap.
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Date: 2005-11-08 02:27 am (UTC)weird random question
Date: 2005-11-07 06:35 pm (UTC)Re: weird random question
Date: 2005-11-07 07:10 pm (UTC)Re: weird random question
Date: 2005-11-08 01:34 am (UTC)in fact I have the game. play it often and love it more than any game ever!!!
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