Forgotten Things

 

I was combing back through some old photos on my phone, looking at this time last year and the year before. This photo of a quilt top (needs to be quilted) came up from last year. I had completely forgotten about making it. At the time, I was disappointed in it (too visually busy) so I folded it up and put it away. I have only a guess as to where it is now. I should probably find and quilt it. 

Sigh.  

Today is Monday. It's been godawful hot the last couple of days, 103F/39C yesterday, 104F/40C today. The next few days will be the same, then it will drop into the high 90s (98, 99, etc.) 

We did not go to the protests on Saturday, but we should have. Kelly and Kevin made signs and went, as did Grace and Chris.  I'm proud of my friends for getting involved like that. I'm more of a check writer. Lots of places (like Healthcare for the Homeless and The Trevor Project that helps LGBTQ+ children and teenagers) are losing funding so that Elon Musk and his cronies can continue not to pay taxes, so sending money is a must. Dave and I send money and then I get online and read the reddit forum where people who voted in the current regime cry about how their Medicaid is being taken away and how their families are being deported. (Don't worry, fox news will tell them that somehow Joe Biden or Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton are at fault and, trust me, those people who voted for their own destruction are dumb enough and racist enough and misogynistic enough to believe it.)

We had my mother over for lunch (Il Vicino take out) on Sunday. Lunch was good except for a brief foray into politics and another into what will happen with my mother's jewelry when she dies (I don't wear jewelry). Anyway, the pizza was good and we shared a bit of cheesecake and tiramisu for dessert.

In the afternoon we went out to Walgreens to pick up a prescription and when we got home (since I had gotten no sleep the night before and was nodding off on the drive to and from Walgreens) I lay down for a nap. I got up long enough to wash and dry my pajamas (I did not have any clean) and when they were done, I put some on and went back  to bed and I pretty much stayed in bed until now, about twenty-six hours later. (I was up in the night last night for several hours, but I fell asleep again around 4 a.m. and slept all day today.)  I haven't been feeling great to be honest. I don't feel sick, just very, very drained. Maybe it's because I got my period after several months of not having it or maybe it's the heat or the crappy air quality we've had from wildfire smoke. I don't know, but it's something.

Like I said, I was up for several hours in the night and so I did a bit of mindless sewing, making crumb blocks even though I have so many things I want to sew. I'm tired and it feels overwhelming to start a new project right now.  (Maybe my iron is low? I added a pot roast to our grocery order today and will make it tomorrow, just for a hit of iron.) While I sewed and ironed, I half-watched episodes of Bones. So ridiculous, that show. Perfect half-watching fare.

I had leftover kale and garbanzo salad, a few bites of cheesecake, and a slice of pizza for a midnight snack. Our dinner last night and lunch today was leftover pizza. (Maybe I'm tired because my diet has been terrible.) For dinner tonight we had vegetarian hot dogs and sweet potato puffs (see?) and salad. 

I need to start checking my blood sugar.