RedKale of Shadow
Oct. 20th, 2024 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ismoI don't have much to say tonight either. It was such a lovely day that it was adding insult to injury that I felt too crappy to enjoy it. I couldn't make it to church this morning, and might not have gone even if I'd felt better, because I don't want to make other people sick. It briefly cheered me up to get a round of texts about a get-together that's supposed to happen on Tuesday. Four out of five of the people involved said they might not come because they were developing colds. I pointed out that in that case, we might as well meet anyway, since there would be no healthy people to infect.
We sat outside in the sunshine. I watched Irish next door stand on the topmost rung of his step ladder to cut down tree branches with one of those ten-foot poles that have a little saw blade on top. I was prepared to summon 911, but he managed it without falling down. There's a lot to be said for being young--but I knew that before today.
I haven't really been able to think about anything. I have to give a little Zoom talk to a fan group tomorrow night, so I'd better start thinking fast. I just hope I regain the ability to do so. I was looking at my records of 2017 to ascertain some dates. I fell down that rabbit hole and after reading my own account of events, concluded that I was insane to do all the things I did. The same is true for this year as well, but I have less stamina.
I covid tested myself, just in case, even though the symptoms are not really similar. Negative, as expected. Nothing very amusing happened, except some blue jays being scandalized by the depredations of Irish, and a very sleek fawn-colored squirrel who got halfway across the lawn before he noticed us and froze. He sat and looked at us for a very long time, while we sat silently and looked at him. Eventually he decided we were not up to anything and went about his business.
We sat outside in the sunshine. I watched Irish next door stand on the topmost rung of his step ladder to cut down tree branches with one of those ten-foot poles that have a little saw blade on top. I was prepared to summon 911, but he managed it without falling down. There's a lot to be said for being young--but I knew that before today.
I haven't really been able to think about anything. I have to give a little Zoom talk to a fan group tomorrow night, so I'd better start thinking fast. I just hope I regain the ability to do so. I was looking at my records of 2017 to ascertain some dates. I fell down that rabbit hole and after reading my own account of events, concluded that I was insane to do all the things I did. The same is true for this year as well, but I have less stamina.
I covid tested myself, just in case, even though the symptoms are not really similar. Negative, as expected. Nothing very amusing happened, except some blue jays being scandalized by the depredations of Irish, and a very sleek fawn-colored squirrel who got halfway across the lawn before he noticed us and froze. He sat and looked at us for a very long time, while we sat silently and looked at him. Eventually he decided we were not up to anything and went about his business.
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Date: 2024-10-21 05:30 am (UTC)sing it, sister.
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Date: 2024-10-21 12:40 pm (UTC)I love those moments when one is staring at an animal and it's staring back. Magical.