This was the view from my window this morning- the rain is gone and the sun has returned. It is amazing how much better life seems with a little sunshine. Kir and Kev, I don't know how you survive Seattle, I would be sooooo grumpy!
Work on the grant continues- I am in that, 'there is no way I will ever write something coherent in the time I have left' phase. I suppose I will get through it and that I will, in fact, have some sort of finished product by the deadline. I have developed a routine where I work on it for the hours of late afternoon until I allow myself to stop and watch DVDs (usually around 11 or so). I am still not sleeping terribly well, but that seems to be getting better. I have been more strict with myself about getting up when my alarm goes off, rather than sleeping until I feel like I am done. In general, I am restricting myself to 2 hours of DVD watching a day, which I think is pretty good, considering I am here all alone. I brought a few DVDs with me, as I knew that there is no television here in the apartment. Most importantly, however, I have discovered that I can download and watch DVDs from iTunes-Apple, I love you! Yesterday I purchased the first season of The Tudors and I watched the first episode last night. Thanks for the recommendation Nancy, I am hooked. I have 9 more episodes from this season to look forward to!
Here are a shots of my day so far....
Breakfast of champions
The fine German washing machine in the basement
Huh??
I selected option 'C', mostly because that was what the machine was already set on. I hope that was right?!
Off to finish the laundry and maybe go for a run (I need my Hopewell buds, it is hard to motivate to run alone!)
We survive b/c there are less than 15 days per year that the temp dips below freezing, contrary to the near 100 days in the tri-state area, and our first cherry tree that blooms in February.
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ReplyDeleteI, for one, am delighted to have returned to front loaders with more choices than "cold, warm, hot" and actually have clean laundry again!! Although, I have to say, your washing machine is the same as the one my mum bought in the early 70's. It served her well for 30 years though :-)
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