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Dad's heart surgery on Tuesday went very well, the mitral valve flap modified so there is no more backflow. Sister L was at the hospital during the day Tuesday and Wednesday. I came in Tuesday evening and helped him with dinner and various needs. L got him home on Wednesday.

I've spent the past Wednesday and Thursday evenings with Dad, slept the night on the couch, and drove home to be at work on time. This was to be there in case the surgical incision location had issues or the lingering effects of anesthesia needed counteraction by a clear headed person.

Work has been intense although i couldn't really say why.

The long Labor Day weekend had some yard work, an obsessive analysis about Louisiana Irises to identify ones that bloomed late and would give me color diversity -- and then i questioned whether i should spend money that way. (And whether i would complete the plant removal needed to create the home for them - -would having them need a home be motivation?) I also made fig jam with pectin which had irregular setting. I think the pot isn't getting hot enough in the top level, and that the first jars filled are the ones that didn't set. I will need to re-address this batch, too.

elainegrey

So there's a 100 character limit on post subjects at both dreamwidth and livejournal. Not sure what went south with yesterday's tagging on dreamwidth, but maybe there's a limit to how many tags will be accepted by that email processor.

Yellow-throated vireo singing, says Merlin. I knew it was an unfamiliar call!.

Met goals yesterday. Challenge is that i am still chiding myself for not doing All The Things. No, doing All The Things is not the goal. Just getting the baseline. Admittedly, the meditation goal implies a certain amount of other morning things. The goal was more, "recognize that there's a list that starts at 7:20 am ten minutes earlier (at 7 am) and actually start the list on time so that the ten minute meditation can be included."

This morning's sitting at the computer slipped away.... (because troubleshooting)

elainegrey

Met my goal and stretch goal yesterday. I burst into tears when i sat down to meditate, so that's something.

Did have a poor work focus, ended up working late for two hours since i was finally connecting, mowing for an hour, dinner quite late. The dinner was from a fish restaurant that was having a dining for dollars for the local food bank -- they were apparently slammed and our meals were very delayed.

Weather is divine. What witchery leads to this dry air and temps eight to twelve degrees (F) below normal? Christine asks what we have to sacrifice to keep such weather: my answer was "July."

There were stars this morning in the sky as i came out, and i went back in for a tea cosy.

elainegrey

I've been ungrounded off and on the past few weeks. Goal #1 for tomorrow is to manage my morning so i can sit with Christine for ten minutes and meditate. I've shifted my "warning" alarm ten minutes earlier so hopefully i will get up from morning computer time in time for that and the rest of getting ready for work.

Stretch goal is to get my ten minute walk in.

Figs are coming in quickly. I tried making fig jam on Sunday but have more of a fig syrup. 2 pint jars, 3 12 oz jars and an 8 oz jar. (One of the 12 oz didn't seal and is in the fridge.) I am pondering that maybe i just didn't get it hot enough and i should reprocess. Or, i dunno, wait try again with More Figs, since these are at least preserved for the time being.

Weather is shifting and working outside is imaginable. I've actually got radishes, beets, spinach, and collards started in one bed (that i should probably protect from deer soon). I started weeding some of the beds in the fenced garden area -- i will seed that soon, too, with winter plants. Although i should probably amend the soil before that. It's still too hot for lettuce to germinate, but i started some inside. goals

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The tumbleweed is my spirit animal

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