Too Early to Rise

Jul 3, 2009 by Naomi.

Back into the routine of turning on the sprinklers in the middle of the night was fine — still works as long as I get back into bed and sleep. This morning I decided to work on the computer files after turning water on the front yard. To the files. Turn on a sprinkler. To the files. Turn off the sprinkler and turn on another. To the files. Turn off the sprinkler and turn on another. Round and round I went until all four of the areas had a turn.

The sky lightens up hours before the sun actually peeks above the eastern horizon, and the cool time was right for raking yard debrie. Got a tummy full of fresh apricots. Somewhere during the day Tom and I talked. He had the day off — the third is the official fourth of July — and he found some facts about my Dad. I put Michael Hodak’s WWI draft notice on hodak.org and Tom has been going into census records and other history to find information that verifies parts of life in Austria we learned from Dad as kids. Really filling in his whereabouts from census and other documents. Also the Sherers and Rasmussens occupations and locations.

Breakfast was oatmeal and lunch was a nuked hamburger. Apricots are falling off the tree so I cleaned and froze a gallon. Probably have to do that much every day. Good thing all the fruit does not ripen at once. Took time out to read and take a catnap. I looked over a “how to write romance” guide while I racked MY books on the table by my chair. Proofs for three more will arrive any day — when there is mail delivery that is. Meanwhile I wander around trying not to find work to do.

A friend gave me a bunch of asparagus last month and I did eat some fresh but knew it was too much all at once so I cooked and pickled it. I have that to munch on when I eat my dry popcorn. Have celery and carrots also. You can tell there isn’t much going on around here but I have to write and am not quite in the mood for another novel so I blog. A blog - so much blowing fog. No wisdom, no recipe, no critical information but it shows action on the website.

The temperature was above 90 degrees and I manage to keep the house interior comfortable by closing and covering the windows when I get up. I have them open all night. I put off removing the insulation from the air conditioner. Unless I run it (and that would have to be most of the day) the outdoor heat comes in and so far I do nicely without wasting electricity to chill me out.

Caught up on all my laundry on Wednesday. Had an echocardiogram yesterday and the doctor will read the results for me next Tuesday. I have one every couple of years. I have to have the dentist check my front tooth where a little piece broke off a week ago. I must send attendance estimates of events for records to Audubon Refuge Keepers. Then I am off to an early bedtime.

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