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Dairy Day at the museum (moo-seum!). D--- W----- came over to sign J---'s card. Day before Thanksgiving! Day before Thanksgiving. Day off = great for the girls. Day off work, but my to do list was outrageous. Day off work! Day off work. Day off! Day off. Day off. Day three at new job. Day two at the office. Day Two of Labor Day weekend. Daylight Saving Sunday. Daylight Saving.
Dead goldfinch on the porch. Dead mouse in the basement - pests all around! Dealt with that and felt good to have a lot of it off my plate.
D-- and I had a huge blowout. D-- and J--- were headed home, so I headed to N--- and S------'s and hung out with them and D------ and J--- for a bit. D-- called that Mom was in the hospital D-- called that they're taking Mom to the ER. D--'s new dog Rocket is a pomsky and he's pretty cute.
Definitely cooled way down last night. Definitely felt like spring. Dentist appointment in W--------- this morning. Dentist appointment this morning - status quo. Dentist in W--------- this morning. Dentist this morning - new hygienist and I don't care for the dentists, so I don't know how long I'll stay there. Dentist, work, grocery store. Dentist this morning - my bottom teeth are an absolute mess. Depressingly quiet. Despite a beautiful day, only 29 kids did trick or treating at our house - we had bowls of candy and other goodies on the porch. Despite signs saying masks are required, the workers were not wearing them. D---- came over to visit for a while after that.
Did yoga at the UC during lunch. Did a bit of cleaning, but will do more tomorrow morning. Did a bit of work, walked Hannah, did yoga, and read some of the newest Sarah Dessen book. Did a bit of work, worked out, and took Hannah out for a couple of walks. Did a bit of work. Did a bit of work. Did a bit of yardwork. Did a bit. Did a bunch of chores, including ordering a bouquet for R----- for her wedding on Friday!
Did a bunch of CPL work and then it was time to go get her. Did a bunch of errands today - dropped packages off to be shipped, picked up library books, made a donation to the Humane Society, and picked up the CSA. Did a bunch of prep for CPL today and the upcoming GMAT training. Did a bunch of work before lunch. Did a bunch of yardwork - took four bags over to the compost. Did a bunch of yardwork. Did a couple of errands I could walk to. Did a couple of hours at FAC for a wedding. Did a drive-up pickup at Target (smooth operation) and grocery shopping at Woodman's.
Did a few errands today - Blodgett to get food for Hannah (yay! not from mail order!) and Walgreen's. Did a Fitness Blender leg workout after dropping Hannah off at daycare. Did a Fort HealthCare class and a yoga class with I-- after work. Did a fun 20-minute meeting with the Hawk Squad celebrating general education. Did a League of Women Voters book club via Zoom today - not as great as I'd hoped.
Did a little yoga to try and loosen up my hamstrings. Did a lot in the kitchen today - made a Moroccan lentil soup (okayish - will eat for lunch today, but won't make again). Did a lot of chores around the house - laundry, cleaning the litter box. Did a lot of CPL work today. Did a lot of reading on the couch. Did a lot of work in the kitchen today - roasting pumpkin seeds and making granola.
Did a task at work. Did a tour of the water tower and the Dwight Foster house this morning. Did a yoga class with I-- today, but otherwise it was a pretty low-key day. Did a Zoom call with T--'s family. Did an application for a different job at UWW - fingers crossed. Did an escape room at night - we were terrible at it. Did an interview for the LC Coordinator position at UWW today. Did as much with the cabin as I could. Did Body Blast at FAC outside and it was such an energizing workout. Did CPL office hours. Did get a phone call about a phone interview on Wednesday, so fingers crossed. Did household things - laundry, clipping Hannah's nails, making H chicken and sweet potatoes. Did interviews with ORSP and had a FAC board meeting. Did J---'s annual review over at FAC.
Did laundry, made snacks for Hannah, and had a phone/Zoom call with E--- and R----- after dinner. Did laundry and lazed about. Did laundry and took H for a bath. Did laundry and vacuumed. Did laundry today. Did laundry, a puzzle, and watched a lot of Buffy episodes today. Did laundry, updated my blog, and basically read a bunch. Did laundry, vacuumed, and read a bit. Did laundry, went over to visit L---- and his parents. Did laundry Did laundry. Did laundry. Did laundry. Did laundry. Did lots of household chores and bought T-- some birthday presents.
Did not sleep particularly well last night, so it was a good that it was quiet day at work. Did some blog stuff, took H. for long walks, and read most of a book. Did some BS FAC scheduling. Did some chores, namely laundry. Did some chores. Did some cleaning, including the floors. Did some FAC and CPL work today. Did some Fort HealthCare fitness classes and I am super sore! Did some housecleaning, yoga, and watched episodes from Season 7 of Taskmaster.
Did some laundry and cleaned a bit. Did some laundry today before running over to campus to go to a listening session about budget cuts. Did some laundry, napped with Zelda. Did some laundry. Did some laundry. Did some laundry. Did some laundry.
Did some work and took Hannah to the dog park. Did some work, did some yoga, and spent a fair amount of time trying to get Hannah to eat. Did some work, walked Hannah, and did a yoga class. Did some work, watched some Buffy, and that was that. Did some yard work - the internet was down for several hours, so what else were we going to do? Did some yard work and put up Halloween decorations! Did some yardwork and went to Frosty Freeze for my first ice cream cone of the season. Did some yardwork until I was chased indoors by rain. Did some yoga with I--. Did take books back to the library. Did work. Did yoga.
Didn't feel great for a bunch of the day - had a headache, so I slept a bunch on the couch. Didn't feel great this morning. Didn't feel great, so spent a lot of time on the couch. Didn't feel great, so took a long nap and did some reading. Didn't get one of the jobs at BTC. Didn't have a great night's sleep last night, so I took a catnap or two with Zelda. Didn't hear back about the DA position in psych. Didn't stop Hannah from having some great walks.
Dinner and then back to the Air BnB. Dinner at Big R's Pump and Party was brilliant, though. Disappointed that they've decreased the number of self-check for large orders. Disastrous dinner - made T-- go get fresh asparagus, but the risotto was terrible, so I had to go back to Festival for CLM ingredients. Discussed with T-- on the way to school about a Vox article I read about how cursing has changed over time.
Diving dogs! Do fish have loins? Do not recommend. Do some CPL stuff. D-- and R------ came by to drop off rugs from the W-----s. D-- and T-- came to drop off the dining room table and it looks fantastic! D-- used the grill. Doctor this morning - scheduled a colonoscopy for later this month. Doctor's appointment this morning. Doesn't seem to bother Hannah, but I am not as willing to stay out on walks. Dog park with L---- and J---- this morning. Doggy bath for her afterwards. Doggy play date with Gus.
DoL meeting - my references are all lined up. DoL meeting and a quick board meeting re: FAC ED search. DoL meeting this morning. DoL meeting today, followed by lots of emails and phone calls. DoL meeting today. DoL meeting via WebEx this morning. DoL meeting via Webex. DoL meeting, but only B----- and I were there. DoL meeting. DoL report in and the last day of work before vacation. DoL report submitted. DoL team meeting, took H to the dog park, and that was about all.
Donald Trump is a terrible leader. Drizzly, grey day. Dropped H off at E---'s and then went to Iowa City for a tailgate. Dropped H off with E--- and R-----, drove to Iowa, Easter brunch and egg hunt, drove back, picked up H. Dropped H. off at E--- and R-----'s and then drove to D--'s house. Dropped H. off with E--- and headed out for Labor Day. Dropped Hannah off at E---'s and we drove to Iowa. Dropped Hannah off with E--- and R-----. Dropped of a donation at Goodwill and went to yoga at FAC.
Drove back home this morning. Drove back home after meeting T---- very briefly for a coffee. Drove back home. Drove back home. Drove back home this morning. Drove back to Wisco, though, because I'll need to get things together for work next week. Drove back to Wisconsin after spending the morning with TRL. Drove back, got H, and headed off to bed." Drove home afterwards. Drove home and picked up H. Drove home kind of late. Drove home with stops at Sonic (cherry limeade slush!) and Costco (gift card to thank E--- and R----- for dogsitting). Drove home. Drove home. Drove home. Drove home. Drove part of the way to D--'s house - bad weather and traffic slowed me down. Drove to Chicago with T-- so he could run some errands. Drove to Columbus. Drove to Iowa and back for G------'s Celebration of Life. Drove to Iowa and back to get T--'s grandmother's curio cabinet. Drove to Iowa City to go to the H----- kids' birthday party and then drove home. Drove to Iowa. Drove to Iowa. Drove to Iowa. Drove to Lorain, OH for T---'s brother's wake." Drove to Michigan and saw my mom! Drove to Michigan today. Drove to Michigan, picked up J-------- at N--- and S------'s house, and then went to A--'s graduation party." Drove to Michigan. Drove to Michigan. Drove to Michigan. Drove to Michigan. Drove to Michigan. Drove to M------ - had dinner with Mom (yay!) and Whippy Dip with D-- (yay!). Drove to M------ today. Drove to Minnesota via La Crosse so Ted could stop at Dave's Guitar. Drove to MKE for my flight to Toronto. Drove to Mom's.
Dug out this morning. Dumb day at work - new PIRL spreadsheet. :(