In other news, café mom brought me a tub of junk jewelery to upcycle. Obviously I'm going to make her some more earrings.

I go into work an hour later on Fridays. Normally I would sleep in a little bit, but this time I decided I would go to bed at my usual time last night and get up at my usual time this morning.

I got a load of laundry finished this morning, emptied the dishwasher and put my breakfast dishes in it. Made my bed. Put my recycling in the bin.

These little things. These little disciplines. They're going to make all the difference.

Also, somehow I'm not producing a whole lot of trash? Obviously I've got stuff from the unpacking, and all that cardboard is going into the recycling bin. But I haven't put my trash bin on the curb in a couple weeks because it hasn't been full.

The dogs are coming over for the first time tomorrow. No overnights yet. They've never had neighbors, so we want to introduce them to my yard gently.

I've got beds and bowls already, and will do a shopping trip in the morning to get some toys and rawhides.

I bought these vases at my favorite antique mall about 8 months ago. I paid $30 for the set.

I went back to the same antique mall today and saw one orange one in the exact same style with a $65 price tag on it.

I think I got a hell of a deal.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the puppies tomorrow. It's been over a month. I've missed them.

I am DELIGHTED

I cooked porkchops for breakfast this morning. Just fried them in a pan. I don't think I've ever cooked porkchops before. They turned out really good.

I haven't done a lot of cooking in the last few years. I've mostly done a lot of "low spoons" eating. I find that as my nervous system settles, I'm starting to have more energy for this kind of thing.

I'm working on getting more protein in my diet. I'm going to join a local gym later this month after I get back from a work trip. I want to start taking Zumba classes, but I'm going to put some time in on the cardio machines first.

I never thought I would be so pleased by just basic domesticity.

I would venture to say that I'm older than most of my audience. I'm 48. Maybe this will be helpful for some of you to hear, but even in my late 40s I'm still figuring out how to be an adult.

I got a new food processor, and today I bought a watermelon. I cut it up and put it in the freezer, and this evening I'm going to make watermelon sorbet.

One of the things I only recently learned is how to pick a good watermelon, and I picked a GOOD one.

They got used to the doggy door quickly, and enjoyed exploring my backyard.