The Visible Woman...July 23, 2003

I go to the club everyday. It's a priority. Only today, I give myself a pass. Is it the start of a downfall?

I kept intending to go. I didn't seem to have that many chores left on my list. I needed to get out anyway and get a few things at the store.

So what happened? Well, yesterday I'd started defrosting the little refrigerator in FFP's office. So we started on that again. Big block of ice. Hadn't been done in a while. While it dripped on towels I rounded up, I cleaned up some more in the garage, watered plants in pots outside. I started some laundry.

The electrician came. I helped him while he figured out what was wrong with a plug and light outside. He went for parts. I did some more tidying up inside and then he came back and I did the helper role for him again. When he was finished I paid him and that led to paying the other personal bills we needed to take care of.

Then it was lunchtime so I ate. I took a couple of breaks to look at my e-mail and there always seemed to be something to answer.

Then we wanted the defrosting finished because we didn't want boulders of ice falling out on the floor so I sat there with the hair dryer and got it done.

Somehow it was five o'clock and I wanted to clean a shelf off in the living room that has all these martini and cordial glasses and decanters. The maid never cleans it and I can't say as I blame her. I was washing the glasses up and polishing them when FFP came down and started a sauce for some salmon. He got called back to work and I tended the sauce and defrosted the salmon. He opened some wine we'd corked and, well, my idea that I'd go to the club evaporated.

The good news is that I was on my feet, up and down stairs, around the yard and all that all day. The bad news is that not doing my exercise program could become a bad 'not doing' habit. But...I don't think so. We have this party coming up Friday and tomorrow people are coming over to do preparations and we also have a prospect for the building we have to deal with who has a realtor we have to negotiate with. But I have to find time in there to do my workout. Really. Maybe I'll even have to get up early like FFP does. The good news is that after the party things don't look very busy. And I can go back to being dedicated to my workout.

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

A Journal from Austin, Texas. A Project of LBFFP Stealth Publishing.
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Still didn't shoot anything today. So here's a picture of FFP looking all casual at the pool party.	I give myself a pass I go to the club everyday. It's a priority. Only today, I give myself a pass. Is it the start of a downfall? I kept intending to go. I didn't seem to have that many chores left on my list. I needed to get out anyway and get a few things at the store. So what happened? Well, yesterday I'd started defrosting the little refrigerator in FFP's office. So we started on that again. Big block of ice. Hadn't been done in a while. While it dripped on towels I rounded up, I cleaned up some more in the garage, watered plants in pots outside. I started some laundry. The electrician came. I helped him while he figured out what was wrong with a plug and light outside. He went for parts. I did some more tidying up inside and then he came back and I did the helper role for him again. When he was finished I paid him and that led to paying the other personal bills we needed to take care of. Then it was lunchtime so I ate. I took a couple of breaks to look at my e-mail and there always seemed to be something to answer. Then we wanted the defrosting finished because we didn't want boulders of ice falling out on the floor so I sat there with the hair dryer and got it done. Somehow it was five o'clock and I wanted to clean a shelf off in the living room that has all these martini and cordial glasses and decanters. The maid never cleans it and I can't say as I blame her. I was washing the glasses up and polishing them when FFP came down and started a sauce for some salmon. He got called back to work and I tended the sauce and defrosted the salmon. He opened some wine we'd corked and, well, my idea that I'd go to the club evaporated. The good news is that I was on my feet, up and down stairs, around the yard and all that all day. The bad news is that not doing my exercise program could become a bad 'not doing' habit. But...I don't think so. We have this party coming up Friday and tomorrow people are coming over to do preparations and we also have a prospect for the building we have to deal with who has a realtor we have to negotiate with. But I have to find time in there to do my workout. Really. Maybe I'll even have to get up early like FFP does. The good news is that after the party things don't look very busy. And I can go back to being dedicated to my workout.
JUST TYPING I feel energetic and strong Doing housework But I need to bike to nowhere And lift weights To keep that feeling.
		Food Diary. Two pieces of turkey bacon Two small bowls of spinach, carrots, walnuts, cheese, onions, salad dressing. Some ham. (Two or three ounces.) Two 3/4 ounce wedges of Laughing Cow cheese. Salmon with tomatoe/olive/pepper/caper sauce. A glass of red wine. A shot of sherry.
		Time flies.... Time really got sucked away today. The electrician took time, cleaning that shelf of glasses was tedious and defrosting that frig a pain. Still it seemed there was a time vortex that took my time without giving me much for it. And I also watched two hours of Law and Order.

		Reading. Read a little of the newspapers over lunch and while watching Law and Order.
		Next week I'm going to have all this free time. Yes, I am. And I'm going to write. Or else clean up my office.
		Exercise To me housework doesn't really count. But I wasn't sitting around at least.
		Felt a little adrift today but physically strong and well.