Thursday, March 24, 2011

Another Rainy Day

and I'm hanging out at Martha & Bros. on Church Street, watching a eucalyptus tree thrash in the wind and being glad that I'm in here and dry, and don't need to leave for several hours. And when I do leave, I have a goretex parka and a good umbrella so I can get home without melting.
The plan for today is to go to the post office and renew my passport, so I can visit Vancouver on the way to an Alaska cruise that I plan to take next year. Then I might as well hit the Safeway near the post office and put in some food.

I have finally registered to start my series of yoga classes, now that my physical therapy for my shoulder has tapered down to once a week and I'm cleared for restorative yoga. Can't get too excited about going to classes when it's pouring outside, but the studio in question is so overbooked that the first opening isn't until mid-April, by which time it may have stopped raining. I hope.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Retirement in the Rain

So it's raining lightly outside, and I've completed my single expedition for the day, to physical therapy, the butcher shop, and my neighborhood cafe.

I have several pending projects that need work, paying bills, gathering information for my income taxes, scheduling and doing one-on-one listening sessions before our SFOP retreat this weekend, and writing a report on the California government seminar that I attended last month ditto, practicing attaching a fake goatee with spirit gum and trimming it into the most suitable shape, and probably several others that I can't think of right now.

What I most want to do, however, is take a long nap with my cat Einstein. He spends a lot of time indoors when it's rainy or cold, and is getting comfortable lying down on top of me when I'm stretched out - if I stay put for a good long while. And it's very pleasant indeed having a warm, furry heat source to keep my company on the couch.

Why not?