July 20, 2011

Wednesday - Windy and hot

A good day.

I got up at a decent-ish time today. Like most people I am having problems with sleeping well these days as it is just too hot. However, this morning when I got up and opened the windows, there was a strong breeze. It became a strong wind very soon afterwards. In most respects the wind was wonderful today. I didn’t have to turn on the AC at all as the windows let in the lovely crosswind. It also wasn’t humid today. Hurray for that! I sweated a bit from the heat, but not the humidity.

I had a bit of a busy day today. I decided to wrap my niece’s birthday presents, so I put on my weekend TV to do that. Sadly I discovered that I had taped it in Japanese. Argh. Not happy about that. I couldn’t get it to switch into English either, so there must be some trick that F hasn’t read about yet.

Anyway it took a long time to wrap the presents and then find a box and then wrap the box too. Ack. It was a bit late when I got it all done. I changed my clothes and rode off to the post office. I got the parcel mailed off. Hurray! After that, I made a quick convenience store run to grab a bite to eat. I came home. The wind was pretty wicked at this time, and there was a lot of dust in the air. I managed to get some of it in my eyes. Yuck.

I came home, and when F called me, I got dinner underway. He’d asked for a stew for tonight and I foolishly said okay. It’s a lot of work! I prepped all the veggies and then started it just after he came home. He took a nap for a while. We didn’t eat until later, but the stew was really good when we did. We had it with some English muffins on the side. Yum.

After dinner, F took a walk for a while (his new thing, which I am encouraging) and I relaxed, after washing some blueberries.

We watched Grey’s Anatomy together (the first one of the season, after the big shoot-up last year) and enjoyed it. F and I sat on the couch, I did some crochet—back to my shawl—and relaxed. I had been quite busy today! When the show was over, we had our blueberries and some ice cream. It was a nice way to end the day.

Tomorrow I’ll be making chicken salad for dinner. I cooked the chicken tonight while I was prepping the veggies for the stew. I’ll put it in the fridge during the day to blend the flavours. I also have an evening class, so I have to leave in the afternoon for that. I’m planning a trip to the drugstore on the way.

Anyway, that was my day. It was quite good, if a bit busier than usual. Thankfully it wasn’t as hot as usual so I feel good rather than completely drained! Night.