What Kind of Wednesday
What kind of Wednesday are you having? My daily theme has generally been about me. Now it’s time for me to wonder more about you? What is your theme for today? So far it’s an average day here. Not too warm. Not too cold. I was up in time to take Luna for a short walk after putting out the compost bin and paper recycling. It’s not a ‘cans and cans’ day (a term I adopted from a friend for the biweekly days that we put out garbage cans and cans/glass recycling).
Roland had another early morning shift at the the Canadian Ringette Championships then stayed out that way and worked from there until Heidi’s 1:00 game. I went to 8:00-10:00 Pickleball then made some pasta sauce for an early 11:30 lunch with Kevin. Lots of dishes had accumulated (my experiment of doing my own and leaving Roland and Heidi to do theirs is turning out as expected: an accumulation of dishes) so I got them cleaned up before heading (late) to Heidi’s game. Nancy’s hosting bookclub at my place tonight so I wanted to get the kitchen cleaned up. After the game I continued to transform the past sauce with some noodles into ‘lasasga’ – I find it easier to just use a layer of rotini or other such small noodles rather than actual lasagna noodles when making lasagna.
The game was good, with Heidi’s team winning which puts them first in their pool and advances them to the quarter finals tomorrow morning at 9:45 with no need to play tonight which is nice because otherwise I would have had to miss a lot of book club. Karen and Kevin were out to watch the game so I had a good catchup with Karen since we ended up sitting side by side. We see each other briefly at pickleball and curling but rarely get much time to catch up. It was kind of like the good old days when we had more time to hang out with ringette parents while the children were in the change rooms and during the games.
Some of the other ‘What kind of Wednesday’ thoughts that arose today. Such as wishing for different weather. Not me, but a lot of other people get quite perturbed by the weather. I find it a lot easier to accept that we’ll continue to have winter weather occasionally at least until the end of April rather than expecting the weather to be good and being disappointed when it isn’t. This reminds me of an episode of a life coach podcast that I listen to by Jody Moore entitled ‘wasted wishes‘.
At pickleball we self-organized because we were without an ambassador – it worked out fine. We all waited out some turns. As usual there were some ‘where is my phone’ and ‘what did I do with … (my keys)’ occasions for me during the day. And ‘what is his/her name’ at pickleball. Usual memory deterioration I expect but I’m going to make a more concerted effort to remember names – and to pay more attention to where I leave things. I’m back to listening to some ‘Better Brain Fitness‘ podcast episodes for some motivation to get back at activities that are great for developing and maintaining cognitive function.
I made some soup while Nancy put the finishing touches on the dinner she’s prepared for book club. Very yummy vegetarian tacos. We all loved the roasted cauliflower, grilled Halloumi cheese and mango salsa. And the brownies and lime cheesecakes for dessert. I’ll have to get the recipes from her. And actually make it. I seem to accumulate recipes to make much faster than I actually make recipes. And, of course, we loved the conversation and laughter.
100DayProject Day 39
I didn’t make any progress at all on making cards or even watching videos today. But I did send out two cards – at bookclub everyone who was able to attend signed the cards to send to 2 of our friends who couldn’t make it because they were sick. We didn’t send cards to those who couldn’t make it due to travel. Too bad that postcards seems to have been a thing of the past. It would be fun to receive postcards from them on their travels. It’s always interesting to see where others go on their vacations.
Creative Treats 