This is all just the slow prep towards Dune-style stillsuits isn’t it.
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As @TNT indicated, it’s my last day at work because I quit!!
To be clear, I’m not FIRE. But I have an FU fund and am going to ride out a little bit of a break from work until I figure out a new plan. 
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We got food delivered last night and placed a huge order (one appetizer, two sandwiches, two desserts). Howie ate all his food last night. I saved some of mine so had half of a piece of cheesecake for breakfast and half of a sandwich for lunch and both of my leftovers were delicious.
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I turned my busted ass body around and mowed a lawn.
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Not sure if victory, exactly: I just watched two green anoles having sex. For the curious, she turned brown and he turned bright green.
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That sounds a lot more interesting than the two cardinals I saw mating today!
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I mean, I would be perturbed with you too if you were just watching me have sex.
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I was sitting on the porch minding my business when they just started having sex. If anyone should be perturbed, it’s me.
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It’s so rude when they don’t invite you to join them.
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Not sure that’s feasible, so I guess they get a pass.
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We are shopping once a week. My fridge is full of meat from the local butcher, and my pantry will be full after grocery delivery.
Then I will have sugar to make pear crumble!
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Bizarrely productive morning: laundry done, dishes done, all litterboxes fully cleaned/refilled, recycling beyond what gets picked up by the local company dealt with, 5 socks darned/2 declared beyond repair/1 warranty started with Darn Tough (should be interesting because this is the first time I’ve worn through one of their socks), plants watered/weeded (need to find someplace else to hang the birdfeeder with seed)…I kind of think I should go back to bed now, except I have to keep an eye on some builds running at work. Technically that’s a tiny complaint given that I was supposed to have today completely off until upper management turned ‘take an extra day off this month as a mental health day’ into ‘you may take day X and only day X and we don’t care what we said before’ with less than 24 hrs notice, but they can’t see me ignoring anything except builds so I’m officially not caring .
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Elder bushes are blooming, so we get elderflower fritters tomorrow, assuming the rain holds off.
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We had anoles in a tank in at least a couple of classes when I was in grade school. It would’ve been really funny if they’d started gettin’ down and the teacher had to explain to a bunch of 3rd graders what was going on. (I had no idea about sex at age 8; I imagine it’s different for today’s kids.)
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We decided to try a new burger/sandwich joint down the street for our every-other-week takeout meal. This place opened about a month ago - yes, during the pandemic - and apparently sells out regularly. I see why. Boyfriend made orgasmic noises the entire time he was eating his burger. I had a Beyond burger patty melt (OMG do you know how long it was been since I had a patty melt of any kind) and it was greasy and excellent. It came with homemade potato chips with garlic mayo dip. I am full and happy. And so happy for THEM that they apparently are succeeding in a pandemic. Or, whatever passes for success these days.
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I finished filming my talk and it was just around the corner from the very good convenience store that still has Bundaberg ginger beer in stock. So got two plus a blood orange to celebrate completion. (Hopefully- if it is bad i assume that they will ask for a reshoot)
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Today’s project was replacing plants that my jerk squirrels destroyed and putting down pretty new mulch in one of my beds. And finally getting some color in front of the house! I still have to do the hanging baskets for the porch, but that’s for another day.
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My neighbors on either side of me (one of whom happens to also be a co-worker, though we don’t actually work together on projects) have been out on their back decks, as have I. Our decks are far more than 6 feet apart from one another. So I’ve had some actual, if shouted, conversations today, from a more than safe distance. This has helped my mental state a great deal.
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We got accumulated amazon returns done, and got $168 back.
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