Grey Day

It is a grey and overcast day today—and that is good. Yes, I know most people spell it gray, I like grey. For the past week we’ve had beautiful weather and I find it difficult to be inside when the weather is so nice. It’s easy to let all those indoor chores and responsibilities go. Good weather is precious and one shouldn’t be cooped up inside if one doesn’t have to. So, it being grey today and a completely open Sunday (we did church last night) I made it my laundry and catch-up day.

I skipped laundry last week and went kayaking so today I did the 2 weeks of laundry. It actually worked out more efficiently since I had all full loads, so maybe a 2-week interval is better. I do have sufficient underwear to make it.

I did the other catch-up stuff, paid bills and cleaned house. Penny is still hurting with back pain so I also took care of her needs. We made it a double grey day by watching last week’s Grey’s Anatomy (I like their spelling—come to think of it Greyhound also uses that spelling.). I found the episode lacking this week. I think the writer’s strike made them lose their timing.

I also did some research on things to do in Las Vegas and sent some info to sister Kathy.

Not an exciting day but a productive one. I still haven’t gotten it into my head that sometimes it’s OK to just do nothing and relax. After all I am retired. A lifetime of conditioning to use time efficiently is hard to break. If I reach the end of a day and haven’t made progress on things I “need” to do I feel bad.

On another note—the garden is growing fine. All the plants except the squash seem to like the self watering containers. The new blackberry plants didn’t fare well. The transplant shock and loss of root system made it hard for them to survive. All the new plants look bad. Time will tell if any of them take. At least it was a fun adventure getting them.