Off to a Good Start

– I made some good headway on my to-do list today. I had to go out in the afternoon to buy a radiator key (I love Ace Hardware) and pick up a few groceries, and I really had my heart set on a store-bought cookie for my afternoon snack. The supermarket was all out of their individual bakery case ones, so I wound up buying a package of Pepperidge Farm chewy chocolate chip cookies. Even though I enjoyed them, they were so (too) sweet and insubstantial feeling; I was sure I’d have a sugar crash after about an hour. But no — I was fine until dinner. Hooray.
– Then, come dinner-time, I was all set to have a big baked potato with cottage cheese. But my potato was green; I’m sure it wasn’t green in the store a few days ago! Luckily, I had 1.5 smaller sweet potatoes (I only need half of one the other day), so I almost had what I wanted. Maybe it’s the running or the changing of the seasons, but I’ve been craving more carbs and protein and less raw veg, and I’m going with it. I have however, also been wanting loads of broccoli cooked until it’s falling apart, which I’ve been eating at both lunch and dinner the past few days. But raw veg is making me feel a bit bleurg right now. Go figure.
– I’ve been trying to bleed my radiators, but I have a feeling this could take weeks. Air seems to escape for about thirty seconds, and then nothing happens. No leaking water, and the tops of the radiators still stay cold when the heat it on. If I wait and try again, I can get more air to come out, but only ever for about thirty seconds. Curse you, radiators that I otherwise love! (I only have two old-fashioned radiators; the rest of the house has baseboard radiant heat.)
– I watched a History Channel program on Ben Franklin last night (on Hulu), and I learned about, for the first time, the glass armonica. Holy wow! That’s the best thing I’ve ever seen.
– One of my at-home chores was to tidy up the guest room, which had become cluttered with various homeless bits and pieces. It wasn’t a huge task, but I was glad to get it done, because it meant I could leave the door open to let air flow in there (it’s one of the rooms with the old-fashioned radiators, so it’s been chilly). I keep a bedsheet over the guest bed, so the cats won’t get hair on the quilt and pillows, but twice I discovered Beany curled up UNDER the sheet (she loves being under blankets). And then, when I was in the living room, I heard a crash and discovered that she’d climbed on top of the big cabinets in there and knocked down the one model horse I have on display (my favourite, of course) and broke one of its legs. Why? She’s a bad, bad, wicked cat.
– I’ve had the most vivid dreams the past couple of nights, the kind where the events and feelings linger with you the whole day. I think it might be due to taking Benedryl before bed. I get most allergy-y at night, and I also like the knocking-out effect of Benedryl, but I might have to go without tonight. Not because of the dreams (which were actually nice, and I’m feeling rather wistful about them), but because it makes me feel sluggish when I’m trying to get ready for the gym after breakfast. If it’s not one thing, it’s the other.