Monday 2 February : First Quarter Moon

It's warmer. Getting on up closer to 30, I'd guess. The snow is softer in places. I believe we have some kind of winter precipitation on the way again -- oh boy! -- and I saw that Wed is supposed to warm up to 40. Lotsa dripping going on that day.

Fergus was outside much of the day yesterday, and he was barking a lot. At cats. At whatever. And by the time I went to bed last night, he was sacked out, sound asleep. I don't know that I have ever seen him sleep so deeply. My puppy.

I had a wonderfully restful day yesterday. I had time enough to take care of me and to do some cleaning around here. It was delightful. Truly. I finished one great novel, and started another. It was a good day. I had a good hot bath too. Watched some past episodes of Doctor Who and The Office.

Oh boy. These pages promise to be endless since I have not yet even finished this first one.

So. Back at work. L&J will be back. I hope they are kind to me about my glasses. I know how ruthless they are about matters of 'style'. Hopefully they will be kind. How like a school kid I feel -- gotta go back in my new glasses. Will people laugh at me? It's sadly true.

I cleaned up the corner where Ziggy's ashes are, and I cleaned and re-arranged the shelf where all the fetishes are. I found 4 more bears -- really pretty ones -- I hadn't put out. 3 of them are a family in azurite. Intensely beautiful. Mama, Papa, Baby. I probably didn't put them out in the past because of the association. But I am over all that now.

I slept very comfortably, and Inca joined us and she wasn't annoying. Unlike the night before, when she went back out. I did not let in Topaz tho he threw himself at the door in his longing to be in. Sometimes enough is enough and that was enough.

Got the tanks cleaned, and the floor cleaned, beans cooked, and more laundry done.

I am adjusting to using my glasses while on the computer -- better for some things than others. For videos, they are great. So clear.

I watered some plants too, but not all of them, I need to water more. There is a sink full of dishes awaiting my attention -- either this morning or when I get home. I presumably have a paycheck at the church to pick up also, and in my cleaning yesterday I found a book I meant to lend JdV. I put it with a candle I mean to give her.

I wish I could bestow such gifts on C for all she does to help me, but she doesn't like scents and her tastes and mine in reading are not the same. I tried to explain to her the wonder of that old Dutch painting -- the aerial view of Amsterdam, done in the mid 1600's, with cloud shadows no less -- and she did not appreciate it at all. Her mind does not seem to rise above the earth, save only to see God. Probably why she gets on so well with the B's -- she is much like them, except less crude.

The sky is deeply grey. Work will be busy-ish with L&J back, tho on their first day back they are hardly back. I dreamt about work actually, the repetition of the tasks, in their varying patterns. It was not an unpleasant dream.

It is nice to sleep so comfortably. I also didn't think the dogs are itching at themselves quite so much. Perhaps we are seeing an improvement. I too have started to drink the cider vinegar in water -- first thing, daily -- to help my digestive issues.