Saturday, January 20, 2024

 Saturday, January 20, 2024

      I was exhausted and went to bed at 8 last night. I woke up in the early morning hours, overwhelmed with anxiety. I put on the tapping app. It calmed me.

   After completing my Gentle Yoga exercise, I took a quick walk

in the freezing cold- well, freezing cold for Hawaii at this altitude. I had a leftover bagel with lox and cream cheese for breakfast. I was expecting Steve at 7:30 to load the green waste and take it to the transfer station.

  I didn’t hear him arrive. I got anxious, wondering if he would be late. I looked out the front door and saw his truck in the driveway. Yvette and Steve were loading the fallen palm fronds I laid on the side of the driveway. I said there’s more down in the lower yard. Yvette said she would have Casey take care of them. I chose to go with Steve to help him unload at the transfer station. He had to give me a push to help me get into the passenger seat.

   I used the time as we were driving to talk about my reading instruction success stories in prep for our Monday meeting. He seemed open. He visited several schools on the island to see what kind of work they were doing. 

  Steve stopped at Home Depot. I had some items to pick up myself. I looked for copper nails; Home Depot doesn’t carry big ones that will kill trees. Steve’s shopping took a while because the employee couldn’t find where it had been stored. I walked up and down in front of the store while waiting for him to get in my steps.

    Once at home, I took a nap. I napped most of the day. Mama K’s crew wasn’t available. She was on Ohau and couldn’t get hold of anyone at home to get them to connect. While the kids are generally cooperative and don’t misbehave while I work with them, they may not be crazy about having to meet with me.

    When I got home, I got two five-gallon buckets loaded with green waste and walked them down to Darby’s house. The buckets were surprisingly heavy and put some strain on my left shoulder, the one with the reverse shoulder replacement. I left them without saying anything. On a walk later in the day, I checked. Yes, one was gone. She found them.

  Darby returned the empty orange buckets carrying a brightly patterned umbrella. What a sight! I took a picture. We stood in the driveway talking. I proposed I walk her home and get in more steps. We’re delightfully playful together.

  Yvette wanted to walk earlier today because she had a dinner date with a girlfriend and her two children.

   I watched the end of McDonald and Dodd. It got better as it progressed. I found the main characters, in fact, all the characters, annoying. The writers toned down the absurd personalities in the later episodes. When I was through with McDonald and Dodd, I started watching Sister Boniface Mysteries. I wanted to watch Criminal Report on Apple but can’t get my password to work. Need to call Apple support to figure it out.