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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
The Morning After The Day Before
What a day! At 5:30 A.M. I was up and walking Porque in the near-dark. Then I got busy with various chores. At 8:30 I went to the Y and got my fitness routines, was trained on seven different machines, did the whole work-out. Then I went upstairs and did the exercycle. Could have done it downstairs, but needed to get up and see if Lydia was there. She was. Madly wheeling along and getting noplace, but managing to work up a serious sweat. I chose my usual machine and bicycled with her. As Lydia and I finished upstairs, a woman came up calling for Lydia. Turns out that downstairs in the gym, Benny had a tantrum and was in trouble with the teachers of the Kidgym class. We all left the Y, Lydia to take Susanna to an appointment. I told her that I'd be home soon and she could drop off Benny. Then I went to the grocery store to get bananas in order to make frozen chocolate-covered bananasicles. After the grocery store, I stopped at the hardware store. At home Lydia and kids waited for me in the driveway. They all came in for lunch. Lydia and I had Szechuan beef with a salad. Kids ate this and that. Clearly they weren't candidates for Szechuan beef since it turned out to be hotter than a firecracker. YOW! Just about cauterized my alimentary canal. Then Lydia and Sadie left to take baby home for her nap. Benny stayed to play and do projects. We drew for almost an hour. Then we made "banana trees" with rolled newspaper cut and pulled. Then we put up a scarecrow I'd earlier purchased to place among the cornstalks by the porch railings. Then we took Porque for a walk. We played Chuzzle Deluxe. Etc etc etc. By 3:00 P.M. Lydia and Sadie and Suzanna were back. We went to the mall. In the morning, the fitness trainer told me that in order to participate at the Y, I had to wear regular sneakers. Irritated, I complied, went to Lady Foot Locker and came out with some supremely squishy running shoes and special socks. Then we all went on to April Cornell where we got a fabulous outfit for Sadie and a quilt for on my red sofa. By 4:00 we were at the top of the mall in their wonderful run and play area for small children, full of imaginative toys. Sadie and Benny ran and climbed while Lydia and I sipped vanilla latte from Starbucks. Suzanna was cruising the mall for bargains. At 5:00 I was finally at home again and happily discovered that the new quilt is an exact match for the sofa. Then I walked Porque. Finally I sat down with a glass of iced tea. I checked my e-mail and found that I needed to be at a neighborhood meeting by 6:30. AAAARRRGGGGHH! My morning exercises had begun to take a toll. I was sore and experienced difficulty putting one foot in front of the other. Also, Porque Choppe was sad about being left at home so much. I put her into my doggie purse and took her with me. The meeting was annoying to the tenth power due to the verbosity of a wealthy woman who objects to ethnically challenged construction workers building a house next door to hers. She refused to shut her mouth in spite of the fact that one man asked, then told her to shut up. By 8:30 I was at last back home walking Porque. A man buzzed by us going at warp speed toward the store on the corner. He yelled at me, "Love what you've done to your porch!" Hm...well, I guess that proves that people have noticed. I have life-sized cloth, home-made dolls sitting on my porch rockers with pumpkins around their feet. So, that was it. I was done for the day, came in, made myself a salad and a cup of tea, and went upstairs to eat in bed while watching TV. I went to sleep, Porque at my side, TV showing premiers of the new fall shows. Tired. I hope that today bring less activity. I'm still worn out. HOWEVER, I did make a commitment to do the fitness routine four days/week, so I now have to chug down my cup of tea and get going. Back to the YMCA.
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