Karmic-Dragonfly

Got another small bike ride in this morning! It was easier today, so I'm getting stronger. It's amazing how much strength I have lost in the past few years of sloth!

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Also been working around the house -- I got a guy to re-hang a window on the stair landing -- it's a really nice big window that I have been unable to open for years and years because both cords are broken. It was on my list to fix when I first bought the house -- I remember that I even looked up the process for taking the window out and opening up the space where the weights are in order to re-hang the sash -- but I never got around to actually fixing it. So I paid someone to fix both the window and a tread on the stair. #oldhouse

It's really nice to lift that window now! Since he left, I've been touching up trim around the window. I also decided the stain he used on the tread was too light, so I have re-stained slightly darker, and added polyurethane this morning.

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I've been sleeping much better since I gave my notice at work!

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Had a less than satisfactory dinner with a friend the other night. He's really grumpy because his job is stressing him out so much. And I totally get it! His job stress is impacting his relationships, and I wonder if he knows that.

Had a friend over for wine a couple nights ago, which was pleasant as usual.

And I'll be doing the same thing with another guy Monday...I say 'guy' instead of 'friend' because I don't really know his status with me. He's someone I use to fuck around with, and that didn't work out well. But somehow we have kept in touch for intermittent wine and whiskey nights now and again.

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Had an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in the garden out front yesterday -- she was there for several hours feeding on the cone flowers! I say "she" because females are the only ones who have a strip of iridescent blue at the end of their hind wings.


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I heard the first cicadas buzzing today -- a very 'summer' here and a sound I look forward to!

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Totally applying the 'brunch rule' today -- having wine on the porch very early, lol! I wonder if my neighbors think I'm a lush, lol. Not that I would care about them, nor would I necessarily really disagree!

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All in all, it was a pleasant week and weekend!

Been thinking about the boyfriend thing lately...or maybe I should say I've been thinking about the 'lack of' a boyfriend...One characteristic I have is that I don't mind being alone...I get along fairly well with myself, lol! And I have lots of hobbies that keep me busy, at least during the warm part of the year.

But I've been thinking lately. This past weekend, I took the car in for service, and I took a Lyft home. I got a friend to take me back out to pick up the car, but it would have been nice to have someone at home to do that for me. And when the ice maker on the fridge started leaking a couple of weeks ago, it would have been nice to have someone to commiserate with. And, omg...wouldn't it be nice to have someone to unload the dishwasher -- NOT a favorite task! Wait...is it a boyfriend or a servant I want, lol???

Unfortunately, I really have never been able to 'tolerate' people for very long. If I fit well with someone, I can spend all day with them. But if not, I really don't 'tolerate' them for very long. I have several guys in mind from my past whom I could not tolerate well enough to actually date them for very long.

Aaannd...there's no point to all this rambling -- just thinking aloud.


I got out with the camera fair amount this weekend --




In this one, the Monarch was flittering around, landing now and again. I think she was laying eggs since she was on a Swamp Milkweek plant! Unfortunately, I have not found any eggs -- maybe the heavy (3 inches in one rain!!) that we had last night washed them off? Or maybe she never found the 'right' spot for laying.