Too Much in One Day!

I didn’t even have enough time or inclination to take any photos - except for the one of the fox in the neighborhood park which turned out pretty bad. That in itself is unusual - not wanting to take photos! We are both so used to pretty uneventful days that anything more than one activity is too much. But yesterday was simply too much. It started out with our morning walk, which was cut a bit shorter because we had to go to the grocery store - on a Monday instead of Tuesday - because of the impending storm on Tuesday. I had to buy some distilled water for the photo challenge this week. Then we came home and made breakfast. I spent the early afternoon trying to take photos for the weekly photo challenge and didn’t get very far attempting to showcase objects encased in ice - using the distilled water. So that was very frustrating. Then we decided we hadn’t had Moby Dick Persian food for a while. And since we didn’t feel like cooking we ordered it for pick up at 5:45. Then we had to drive off to the outpatient clinic because my husband needed some attention - after having had an appointment last week and now another one yesterday. It’s not so much the appointment but the anxiety that surrounds them. Luckily it turned out okay, but will require changes in routine. A package we have been waiting for for two weeks finally arrived after many delays so we picked that up. The contents required some instruction so that was more time consuming. It was too late to do my afternoon exercise but so I skipped it. Then it was time to pick up the food. At least we enjoyed eating it and there is enough to last for two more meals. I then attempted to make another batch for the photograph of something frozen and hopefully it will be workable. None of this sounds like much and things could always be so much worse. We are just not used to it. 

A Wonderful Week

It all started last Sunday when I got a birthday greeting from my Library of Congress friend and colleague. On Monday we finally got to American Plant to get some Christmas branches so we could finally put  something up in the house. The greens served as my inspiration for the 52Frames photo challenge this week. I also received another birthday greeting. Then Monday afternoon we went to a program at the Library of Congress and saw another colleague and met the speaker who graduated from my husband’s university, spoke the same language, had the same first name, and his father was from the same city as my husband. We left just as dusk was falling and the Capitol building looked so dreamy. Then on Tuesday we went grocery shopping, had a follow up eye appointment since having cataract surgery in August/September, made a haircut appointment, got a lot of well wishes, got a request for a pet portrait, the sun was out and it was a great day! On Wednesday I got more birthday greetings, saw a bunch of deer in the park on our morning walk and finally put up the Christmas branches in the dining room. On Thursday we met my brother/SIL for lunch - my brother and I are the same age for ten days. Got more birthday greetings and some delicious cookies. We went to the car wash after putting it off too long. The car looked brand new. The antique fire truck was back and Santa was waving as they passed by our balcony.  The birthday greetings were still arriving on Friday and my hair was finally cut after ten weeks. Yesterday we went to the Persian bakery to get some baklava and assorted goodies to bring to our friends for a planned get together. We hadn’t seen them for four years and it was such a wonderful way to end the week. It felt like we were just there. I guess that’s what being friends is all about. It feels good to get somewhat back to “normal” after these last four years. We haven’t had a week like this for such a long time. It was lovely!