Well, so many of my days are long days. But by about 7 PM or so, I retreat to playing on the computer, watching TV, listening to music, reading, or some combination of these things.
Not so today. I slept a little late, mostly a function of my not hearing the alarm. I think this is a function of my diminished hearing, and the diminished volume of the alarm. That is okay. I awoke in plenty of time to get to work as scheduled, after tending to the various critters and their whims.
I saw patients with the new doctor at work. She is marvelous: she did not allow for long rambling, whiny stories, but kept her interviews focused on what is happening and what help do you need.
I saw some other patients, and went to a meeting, and of course, did the requisite paperwork.
I got off work at 5 PM. Because of traffic situations, I arrived home a little later then usual, but only a few minutes.
After feeding the cats, I went to the Lifestyle Center to exercise. Today's routine was one of the longer ones, and it took about 70 minutes to complete. By time I arrived home, it was almost 8 PM.
I checked on the status of our NASW workshop for next week; it is still pending. That was okay, because I was not prepared to print and send the snail mail announcements tonight. I do not worry as much about the email announcements. Those can go out within a day or two of the RSVP date.
I had to update the membership roster: this is a little complicated: I delete the expired members, but move their information to a different folder. If they have email, I move their email from the membership group to the general group. I added the new members, and if they have email, I add their email to the membership group email. If not, I have to add them to the mailing envelop roster. This used to be a simple task, before I changed to Microsoft 10 and got a new printer. Now it is very complex and time consuming. But, I completed it tonight. The other challenge in this is that the new printer I have behaves very differently from my old printer, and I am still learning about it.
I needed to do some bill pay, and remember to eat so I could take my PM medications, which I forgot to do last night.
There was nothing on TV that I wanted to watch, until the 10 PM news came on. I did not even want to listen to music. The cats came in and out while I was working, and I did spend some quiet time petting whoever was nearby.
I did my PT, which was brief as I did most of my exercises in the pool tonight.
So, now, it is closing in on midnight.
I have opened the house to get some fresh air: I was seasoning an iron skillet tonight and it got a little smoky in the house. And, the temperature is now in the 60's so it is a good night to get some fresh air into the house. Although I open the windows, they are opened in a lock position, making access to the house difficult, as if the windows were closed.
It is about time for bed. I have another full day tomorrow, although I doubt it will be as productive as today.
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