I’ve had an incredibly productive day today, probably the most productive day in weeks. Of course, some of that feeling is due more to the fact that a bunch of projects were timed to be done today. Finishing things always feels more productive than slogging away at never-ending projects, and empty email inboxes are far most satisfying than I could have believed.<\/p>\n
Winter weather is wonderful when frost tinges the air and decorates the trees, but when the temperature hovers just above the point of being actually and uncomfortably cold. At this point in winter I do not yet resent my coat and the fact that it is only the outer layer of many, many buffers between me and the elements. At this point in winter I can still decide to go coatless for short stretches without risking my health, and the weather forecasters have not yet gotten into the habit of telling us how many minutes exposed skin will last before becoming frostbitten. At this point, winter does not yet hurt.<\/p>\n
I’ve discovered that I hate having random people offer me their opinions about what I might have after hearing only one or two symptoms. This must be the kind of fruitless and somewhat crushing frustration that pregnant women feel when the whole world feels it has free license to pat their bellies. I hadn’t really experienced this frustration until last week when, in a couple of separate conversations, very well-meaning people offered their diagnoses. But since I can’t change the world, I suppose I’ll work on being less frustrated. These people really did mean well. They just weren’t aware of the over-long list of other<\/em> symptoms that I just had to compile in preparation for my next doctor’s appointment. This isn’t their fault. I’m just not in the habit of listing everything down to my thinning hair when people ask what’s wrong.<\/p>\n The cat is going to hate the holidays and the dog that these holidays will bring into his well-ordered life. Unfortunately for the cat, I fully intend to be amused by the goings-on. It’s time he learned that he cannot, in fact, bend the entire world to his will.<\/p>\n I just sent a check to the electric company for $8.21. I have never, ever seen an electric bill that low. Not even close. I had to look at the “amount due” box several times, and then the breakdown of kilowatt hours, and then back at the amount due before I believed it. Maybe I misunderstood the price hike they were talking about? Or maybe all the not-cooking I’ve been doing made that much difference?<\/p>\n Twizzlers used to be a guilty pleasure of mine, so I bought some yesterday as a reward for going shopping after work. As it turns out, I no longer like them very much. However, I learned that I absolutely love ham and cheese on rosemary sourdough bread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve had an incredibly productive day today, probably the most productive day in weeks. Of course, some of that feeling is due more to the fact that a bunch of projects were timed to be done today. Finishing things always feels more productive than slogging away at never-ending projects, and empty email inboxes are far … Continue reading Randomness: a Post in Several Unrelated Paragraphs<\/span>