April has been a lot already
Apr. 13th, 2025 09:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catherineldfSunday morning, I got up, dealt with necessary kitty things, drank my keffir (my homemade goat's milk yogurt never really solidifies, but is other wise good), and went back to bed with Shu for snuggle time. Then got up again, made breakfast, started the dishes...and had a pipe break under the sink, cascading water down into the remains of Jana's studio in the basement. Frantic scrambling ensued and I managed to get everything moved or tossed and a tub under the sink for the time being, but it all took awhile.
And so far this week, I've had my annual physical (went well), my annual eye exam (went fine, but need new glasses again, which was spendy) and had a project fall through, which isn't surprising as I and the other party want different things, but I am annoyed at having my time wasted. I'll have to deal with that tomorrow, along with its related permutations. Added to that, the plumber comes on Thursday to deal with the pipe and the electrician/plumber comes on Friday to cap the gas and set up for the new washer and dryer, which will be great, but a lot.
But apart from all that, I've done a couple of fun events, one being 13 Gears Steampunk, which I always enjoy, and the other being the first HerStory Book Fair at the Midtown Global Market, which is an indoor international market in Minneapolis with lots of small restaurants, crafts and events. The other authors were very enthusiastic and I had some fun chats with folks. And it's nice that some of the vendors remember me - Jana and I were in there a lot right after it reopened after the riots in 2020. A lot of the folks who own businesses there also live in the building and they had to defend it so they're very, very committed to being there and we wanted to support them as much as we could. So lots of takeout, grocery shopping and so forth. It's harder to make time now since I have to juggle all the house stuff, plus events and Shu's shot schedule, but it was nice to see it really hopping again.
My containers for container gardening are starting to show up. I'm going to try growing potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, herbs and the starter onion my neighbor gave me. I'm also dutifully reading a book on container gardening in hopes of being successful enough at it that I can share food. I'm looking at participating in the neighborhood garage sale as well in order to move a solid chunk of Jana's memory care furniture and some other sundries out from underfoot.
And the rest of this week will include a trip to the Women's Club of Minneapolis for a evening of "Song to the Moon": music, poetry and watching the moon rise from the roof with my friend Julia. Since we met there at the Jane Austen Society meetings, it seems appropriate that we return, especially since the Women's Club is in danger of closing due to a combination of unmet expenses, reduced funding and so forth. It is a grand old pile with a lot of history and I hope there's a deus ex machina to save it. On Friday night, a friend is taking me to "Spellbound," a new play by a new queer theater company at the Phoenix Theater, and on Saturday night, another friend is taking me to the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society at Crooner's.
Around all of that, I'm trying to do some useful things, but I think I'll also need to take Sunday as a recovery day and just deal with my gigantic to-do list as well as getting some writing done.
And so far this week, I've had my annual physical (went well), my annual eye exam (went fine, but need new glasses again, which was spendy) and had a project fall through, which isn't surprising as I and the other party want different things, but I am annoyed at having my time wasted. I'll have to deal with that tomorrow, along with its related permutations. Added to that, the plumber comes on Thursday to deal with the pipe and the electrician/plumber comes on Friday to cap the gas and set up for the new washer and dryer, which will be great, but a lot.
But apart from all that, I've done a couple of fun events, one being 13 Gears Steampunk, which I always enjoy, and the other being the first HerStory Book Fair at the Midtown Global Market, which is an indoor international market in Minneapolis with lots of small restaurants, crafts and events. The other authors were very enthusiastic and I had some fun chats with folks. And it's nice that some of the vendors remember me - Jana and I were in there a lot right after it reopened after the riots in 2020. A lot of the folks who own businesses there also live in the building and they had to defend it so they're very, very committed to being there and we wanted to support them as much as we could. So lots of takeout, grocery shopping and so forth. It's harder to make time now since I have to juggle all the house stuff, plus events and Shu's shot schedule, but it was nice to see it really hopping again.
My containers for container gardening are starting to show up. I'm going to try growing potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, herbs and the starter onion my neighbor gave me. I'm also dutifully reading a book on container gardening in hopes of being successful enough at it that I can share food. I'm looking at participating in the neighborhood garage sale as well in order to move a solid chunk of Jana's memory care furniture and some other sundries out from underfoot.
And the rest of this week will include a trip to the Women's Club of Minneapolis for a evening of "Song to the Moon": music, poetry and watching the moon rise from the roof with my friend Julia. Since we met there at the Jane Austen Society meetings, it seems appropriate that we return, especially since the Women's Club is in danger of closing due to a combination of unmet expenses, reduced funding and so forth. It is a grand old pile with a lot of history and I hope there's a deus ex machina to save it. On Friday night, a friend is taking me to "Spellbound," a new play by a new queer theater company at the Phoenix Theater, and on Saturday night, another friend is taking me to the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society at Crooner's.
Around all of that, I'm trying to do some useful things, but I think I'll also need to take Sunday as a recovery day and just deal with my gigantic to-do list as well as getting some writing done.