Monday Musings

I have a note on Google Calendar that this is the day that we turned the furnace on in 2020. The 12th is the earliest day since I began to record this event. The latest date is November 01. I don’t know when we will capitulate this year, but it won’t be today.

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On some days before we turn on the furnace, I live on the edge, but it will go up to 17/63 today, and it will be warmer in the house. I have a heated throw for my chair at night, but I haven't had to turn it on for a few nights. We have a little heater for the bathroom to pre-heat for a shower, but I didn't need to use that this morning either.

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Thanksgiving weekend is when many trailer eateries close for the season. It is only five-month season for many, and goes by quickly.

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Danica had reason to message us fairly early on Sunday morning. She is not a notorious sleeper-inner, but I was surprised nonetheless. She explained that she was going to work at her former job here in town, and she explained that she had also done so on Saturday.

I expressed some surprise that she would be working two full shifts on Thanksgiving weekend, but she said that she wouldn't be getting many hours this week at the university bookstore.

I am impressed by her sense of responsibility.

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In an effort to escape the holiday rush, I was off to the grocery store for Thanksgiving provender shortly after 8, yesterday, almost as soon as it opened.

When I was done with the grocery shopping, I thought that it would be nice of me to bring coffee home for milady. Figuring that the drivethrough would be jammed, I decided to pre-order via the handy dandy app.

Wouldn't you know? I had to login again because my phone had done an update, and I would then have to verify that I was me. Once I entered my email, they sent a message with a code. Unfortunately, my email app simply spun and spun. They resent the code, but the spinning continued.

In the event, I drove through, but the line wasn't too lengthy, unlike the previous day when I couldn't even get into the parking lot on a beautiful and busy Saturday when it seemed like everyone was seizing what would possibly be one of the last few nice days, especially on a holiday weekend.

Weather is changing rapidly, and getting out and about soon won't be as appealing.

My main point is that I hate that business of trying to login like that when I am on the fly.

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Dog continues to be dog, which means addled. He continues to want my chair and/or my lap early each morning and late each evening.

He needs to go out at 6am to do what doggies must do, after which he gets his morning dish. That's fine; he doesn't require extra prodding to go out then.

However, for his final outing at 9pm, we must carry him out because he just doesn't wanna. And we have to go out with him, especially at night, not just to carry him out, but to either carry him back in or shine the flashlight on the step so he can find the step in his near blindness.

Anyolehow, here is is with me one morning: the two originals plus a composite to get us both looking at the camera in one image. In case you are wondering, I can do this kind of compositing manually and have been doing so for a long time. All I did was swap my head.

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Tomorrow, I shall probably recount a bit about our family Thanksgiving get-together that will take place this afternoon. I know that you won't exactly be spellbound, but it is part of my life that I record here.