Monday, April 13, 2020

    I have been waking up at 5:30 every morning but not getting out of bed.  I got up at 6:30, inspired by an idea for the second book I'm writing on comprehension.  I thought of a title for it this morning, 'Comprehending Comprehension.' 

    The pedometer was on strike again.  It lags on the hill, both going up and down.  I had checked it, and when I rechecked it, there was no change. I had several incidents like that.  When I was ready to turn around, Elsa led the way further up the hill.  She knows she gets breakfast when we get home. What was this about?

    After completing a blog posting, I needed a nap.  It looks like this is a day devoted to sleep. Is this me avoiding working on the book?  I haven't worked on it since the night I took Mike to the emergency room. That's not exactly true, but close enough to make it an alternate truth.

    I did some housework.  I should have kept on napping.  The work I did straightening the kitchen went well.  Then I went to work on my Rainbow vacuum cleaner. There is a filter in the machine that has to be cleaned every once in a while. Problem: when I wait too long, it becomes hard to remove.  I tried to hit it with something hard. That didn't work.  I decided to pour boiling water over the filter, figuring it would create some expansion of whatever was gluing the filter to the machine.  That didn't work.  Then it occurred to me that the engine is sitting right behind that filter. Good work!  I do believe I am suffering from some neurological fraying.  Pouring water into an electric motor is the brightest thing I have ever done.  Fortunately, this understanding penetrated my dull brain before I turned the electricity back on.  I set up the machine on the lanai exposing it to air and sun.  What, you figure, three weeks before I can use the machine safely again? I love my Rainbow. How is losing the Rainbow different from losing Mike?  The Rainbow is replaceable. 

    I did some work on the book.  Some of it sounds good.  But I ran into problems pretty quickly.  I know I would feel lots better if I worked on the book daily instead of spending all my energy finding ways to avoid working on it.