Hello. I woke up extra early on my own accord and I'm happy to have slow-roll office time. A little bit of grounding before the day begins in earnest.
The volunteer meeting was over 2 hours yesterday and I need to revise my report before it goes to the judge this afternoon. It shouldn't take long, but it was set to eat into my morning routine. Now I have an extra hour -- just what I need.
I didn't change up the hike schedule because it's going to be SO COLD for the other morning hike -- 19 degrees with hike ending at 21 degrees. No go for my toes. I'm clinging to hikes because there are so many good ones right now and I'm clearing my calendar for isolation (as much as I can) starting on Monday. I'm missing a lot of hiking opportunities and want to keep up my fitness. I forget I can hike myself and that's what I'll do.
I subscribe to a podcast Patreon for a book podcast. Someone in the group likes to be a postcard penpal and exchange from travels, Indy bookstores, etc. For some reason that seems really fun and I happened to order postcards for a few of the welcome bag notes so signed up. I'll send her first card this week. Little stranger connection that brightens the day -- for both of us. It's also a fun, inexpensive thing to be on the lookout for when traveling. My notes will be book related so it's full circle back to books.
The hair comb for the wedding arrived. It's pretty, just what I expected, and I think I'm not going to use it. Hubby happened to open nostalgia boxes from our closet yesterday and I found the hair pins I used for my wedding. 33 years old. They look better even though I wasn't planning on pearls. Maybe I'll switch up some other jewelry too to add some more pearls. Still playing around with it. The hairdresser will have to do things a bit differently for my hair (probably for the best and more like I requested). That strange twist bothered me.
I stuck them in my hair willy nilly to take pictures which were darn impossible since it's the back of my head. My fashion friend voted the pearls too although I think both are fine. I like the idea of vintage from my closet and the connection to my wedding.
The showing didn't go well yesterday. They need larger secondary bedrooms on the main level for aging parents. Lots of scramble for no reward, but that's the nature of a house on the market. The interested couple from the weekend is ghosting so they probably changed their mind -- dang.
I have an afternoon hike today. It's fast with 18 creek crossings. I'll need my old hiking boots because the creek will be high from the rain. It's also going to be just at freezing -- probably taking a chance on my feet with water and low temps, but I'm going. Add that the bathrooms are out of order too -- so many hiccups. I definitely didn't expect the temperatures to drop again to this level. I'm trying to be less of a fair weather hiker -- high creek, freezing temps, no bathrooms -- still hiking. Fingers crossed.
Have a good day, stay warm. Later gators.
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