( 10/21/24--One Day, Two Capitols )

I managed to have an enjoyable election night by ignoring all media and finally starting a new computer game, Forspoken.  Needless to say, the news the next morning cast a pall over the next few days (and years, I suspect.)  I've also been plagued with some serious fatigue; I assume it's a heavy period (which also started election day ( Read more... )

I did at least manage to watch some spooky movies for Halloween (namely Werewolf by Night.)  Well, and some Rifftrax.  But as usual, I had no trick-or-treaters.  I've already finished off all the mini-Crunch bars.

( A Tale of Two Computer Game Series )

A few weeks ago I noticed a tiny lizard had slipped inside the house and I wasn't able to catch him to release him outside.  Last week I spotted a larger lizard in the office and I wonder if it's the same one; if so I hope the increase in size is from eating bugs.  I lost sight of him again until a couple days ago I spotted him peaking his head ( Read more... )

We celebrated Mommy's birthday with a cake Wednesday night and helped pack.

( 10/17/24--Food and Family )

It was a dreary day Wednesday but not rainy until the evening.  I turned down my air just in case and had a nice evening playing on the computer and reading.  There were a couple blackout spurts, but the power did not finally go out until I was in bed, trying to sleep while the wind wailed in the night.

( Thursday without Power )

( 9/22/24--Transportation )

( 9/20/24--Family )

Once again I've been meaning to post for awhile.  I didn't manage to do so before our trip to North Carolina.  There wasn't too much to talk about.  I finally decided to take HiP (the laptop) into the shop to figure out why the battery was occasionally not charging.  At first they got me a new cord (and I correctly remembered that the cost was ( Read more... )

I had a grumpy week after my last post, mostly because I didn't feel like I did much besides work and then sleep in the afternoons.  That was probably partly period fatigue and partly my fault for staying up late reading ( Read more... )