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Monday, September 19th, 2005 08:59 pmToday I felt much better than the last week, something I am glad of. Still tired--yes, even more than usual--and not up to walking much, but I think that may have been in large part due to the facts that I haven't been sleeping much and that I did some cleaning this morning. See, this morning was the time when the garbage can cried out the loudest for cleansing from its life as a carrier of foul liquids and breeder of obnoxious insects, and I was the only person willing to respond to those most piteous cries.
So yes, scrubbing this morning. It wasn't a whole lot of scrubbing in the grand scheme of things, but it was enough to make my arms hurt noticeably. Well, my arms frequently hurt whether they have reason to or not, so at least today they had a good reason to complain. Didn't manage to get the trash bag to the side of the road before the garbage collectors got here (neither did any of the housemates, of course), so that gets to stink up the main house container a while longer. Since that container never enters the house, I'm not terribly concerned.
Also did some laundry this morning, so by noon I was feeling pretty darn accomplished (especially compared to last week). Napped a while, chatted briefly with a prospective housemate, then went to the library. Returned: Katherine Ashenburg, The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die, recommended for anyone interested in the rites and rituals these crazy humans invent to deal with their grieving. Not depressing at all--quite a bit of humor in there, much of it arising naturally from the subject.
Also returned: Mary Willis Walker, All the Dead Lie Down, recommended to people who like novels, really. It's classified as a mystery with both a whodunnit and a who's-planning-it, but the characters and the worlds they live in make it worthwhile for people who don't normally read in the genre.
Renewed: Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God. Not as far into it as I'd like to be, but so far it's good, fun SF featuring creationist aliens.
Also checked out some other non-fiction books, but I've forgotten what they were. Now it seems to be time for a late supper.
So yes, scrubbing this morning. It wasn't a whole lot of scrubbing in the grand scheme of things, but it was enough to make my arms hurt noticeably. Well, my arms frequently hurt whether they have reason to or not, so at least today they had a good reason to complain. Didn't manage to get the trash bag to the side of the road before the garbage collectors got here (neither did any of the housemates, of course), so that gets to stink up the main house container a while longer. Since that container never enters the house, I'm not terribly concerned.
Also did some laundry this morning, so by noon I was feeling pretty darn accomplished (especially compared to last week). Napped a while, chatted briefly with a prospective housemate, then went to the library. Returned: Katherine Ashenburg, The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die, recommended for anyone interested in the rites and rituals these crazy humans invent to deal with their grieving. Not depressing at all--quite a bit of humor in there, much of it arising naturally from the subject.
Also returned: Mary Willis Walker, All the Dead Lie Down, recommended to people who like novels, really. It's classified as a mystery with both a whodunnit and a who's-planning-it, but the characters and the worlds they live in make it worthwhile for people who don't normally read in the genre.
Renewed: Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God. Not as far into it as I'd like to be, but so far it's good, fun SF featuring creationist aliens.
Also checked out some other non-fiction books, but I've forgotten what they were. Now it seems to be time for a late supper.
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