Catching Up

Not that I've done anything worth catching up on, but it's been a couple of days, so here I am.

Let's see.

Oh, I've been having some gut issues, but I think they're all due to some changes I made in my diet, so I'm unchanging them back, and things are a little better. But between that and allergies, I've been not the clearest head on the block. However, I remembered to use magic Afrin about an hour ago, and my sinus headache is ebbing for the first time since Wednesday. Can't argue with that.

We had a lovely lunch today with the Sibs and Wonderful Niece. I don't know how we let the getting together lapse for so long, although I suppose the three of them were away at school here and there for a period of years, so maybe that's it. But it's wonderful when we're together. The only thing missing is Good Guy nephew, but including him would require including his fiancee, which would require including W.N.'s husband, which would lead to inviting Little K, and really ... just can't do that. Too many people for conversation, for one, and waaaay too many people from that side of the family; my kids would feel totally outnumbered. Sometimes, they just want to see their actual cousins that they grew up with, and who can blame them? And W.N., fortunately, has the sense to be independent from her husband, and doesn't feel the need to include him in everything. Nor he her; he's away this weekend doing some charity thing he does from time to time. (Not sure what it is; it either raises money for Special Olympics or involves putting on shows for Special Olympics participants. Or both.)

So, that. I've also been a little more focused on music lately than I have been for awhile, so I was tinkering with iTunes again, and also testing out the various headphones that I have. Headphones are hard for me because of my hearing and hearing aid issues, but I do have one pair that works well -- really well -- but isn't that comfortable for the long term. Anyway, something made me think of Neil Diamond so I thought I'd see how much of his stuff I had, and there was practically none. I couldn't imagine that I owned no Neil Diamond CD, so I went to check and I did, of course, but what I had was a three disc set that I remembered, as soon as I saw it, were the very first CDs I ever owned. I had resisted CDs because I figured as soon as I got into them the technology would change again (although MP3s waited a few years to come in), but one year for my birthday the Hubs gave me a Discman player and a Neil Diamond set, and I was off. I just never put them all in iTunes, so I did that and then listened on the good headphones, and you know ... it was wonderful. I expect to be blasting Neil Diamond in the car for the next week or so.

And then, to my surprise, My Fair Lady was on TV this afternoon, and oh ... I love that, too. Those songs are just incredible. Oh, and I watched Juno last night, which I enjoyed, although I don't know what all the fuss was about.

And now ... that's it. I am most emphatically not bringing my lunch tomorrow, nor will I have anything for breakfast here at home except yogurt. (I just started eating Greek yogurt, which is fantastic.) 17 days to go. Once school is over and my evenings and mornings move at a more leisurely pace, I will happily go back to preparing my own food. (Well, let's not be crazy here. I'll prepare breakfast and lunch; I make no promises regarding dinner.)

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