Of shoes and ships and sealing wax
Dec. 18th, 2004 05:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinYesterday was a do nothing day. i slept in until nearly 8 and then took a 2 hr nap in the afternoon. i was in bed by 10:30 and slept fairly well. During my waking hours i finished a sock and started a new pattern, took the dog for his run, and dry mopped the apartment floors. Oh, and graded some.
i got a chance to speak with Mother yesterday. She was still up at 2 in her morning. i guess because she sleeps so much during the day, she finds it hard to sleep at night. Also talked with Sarah. She and Mother put up the Christmas tree on Thursday. Last night Sarah had a small party to attend. Mother went visiting an old friend from her chorus days. Maybe it did some good. She saw a younger, by several years, woman in worse shape than herself. She also spoke with another old singing friend who had celebrated her 85th b'day.
My sister sent me an email with nothing in it. i don't know how she did that.
Master's will be giving His daughter away today. Again. Maybe the third time's the charm. He and grandbaby seem to be having a good time together. And He seems to be keeping busy fixing things. Something He loves to do. He is a natural born poocher/tinkerer.
Tonight i have a ticket for a Christmas concert/buffet. Now i'm regretting getting the ticket. i really don't want to go but the ticket was nearly $20 and i can't justify throwing that money out the window, so to speak. i shall see what my mind is like this afternoon. It will probably come down to a tossing of a coin, maybe 4 out of 7.
There is a strange sunrise this morning. On the horizon as the sky is turning red, there are puffly little black clouds. i've never noticed this before. It is a very interesting sight. And the ships are still all lit up.
i did a search on ocean voyages. i can travel from Rotterdam to New York in 11 days for under $5000. There is even a voyage during the summer at a time i could go. i would have to get from Kuwait to Amsterdam, i wonder how i could work that on my summer ticket. My nursing pay is over half again what i was expecting, and if i teach summer school....hmmmmmmmm. This is something i have always wanted to do. But it would cut nearly 2 weeks off my time home with the family. One month home wouldn't be so bad, would it? Will have to think on this some more. And by the time i have thought it through, the voyage will be sold out. But boy it is something to think about, and drool over.
It is amazing how quickly the sun rises.
i got a chance to speak with Mother yesterday. She was still up at 2 in her morning. i guess because she sleeps so much during the day, she finds it hard to sleep at night. Also talked with Sarah. She and Mother put up the Christmas tree on Thursday. Last night Sarah had a small party to attend. Mother went visiting an old friend from her chorus days. Maybe it did some good. She saw a younger, by several years, woman in worse shape than herself. She also spoke with another old singing friend who had celebrated her 85th b'day.
My sister sent me an email with nothing in it. i don't know how she did that.
Master's will be giving His daughter away today. Again. Maybe the third time's the charm. He and grandbaby seem to be having a good time together. And He seems to be keeping busy fixing things. Something He loves to do. He is a natural born poocher/tinkerer.
Tonight i have a ticket for a Christmas concert/buffet. Now i'm regretting getting the ticket. i really don't want to go but the ticket was nearly $20 and i can't justify throwing that money out the window, so to speak. i shall see what my mind is like this afternoon. It will probably come down to a tossing of a coin, maybe 4 out of 7.
There is a strange sunrise this morning. On the horizon as the sky is turning red, there are puffly little black clouds. i've never noticed this before. It is a very interesting sight. And the ships are still all lit up.
i did a search on ocean voyages. i can travel from Rotterdam to New York in 11 days for under $5000. There is even a voyage during the summer at a time i could go. i would have to get from Kuwait to Amsterdam, i wonder how i could work that on my summer ticket. My nursing pay is over half again what i was expecting, and if i teach summer school....hmmmmmmmm. This is something i have always wanted to do. But it would cut nearly 2 weeks off my time home with the family. One month home wouldn't be so bad, would it? Will have to think on this some more. And by the time i have thought it through, the voyage will be sold out. But boy it is something to think about, and drool over.
It is amazing how quickly the sun rises.
