Yeah, okay

Yeah, okay, I'm back here because I've been losing the Solitaire Wars...again. But at least I resisted the urge this time long enough to come here instead.

It doesn't help either my blogging or my attempts to do something other than play computer card games that it's prime allergy season and the chronic fatigue that I thought I'd conquered is back with a vengeance. So if I'm at the computer, sometimes the most I can manage is mindless computer card games. And then I go to bed and get even less done.

So, yesterday I made progress on the one job I started on Friday, but I didn't finish it and I've already started it again today, but first I went to tai chi. While walking over there, which is usually not a big problem, for the second week in a row, I ran out of steam after about half a mile. I didn't stop, I just slowed to a crawl and, when I got there, I had to sit for 10 minutes before class started to get some energy back. The class was good, except Mr. Choey didn't do the usual qi dong exercises to start with. Still, I got a lot out of it. And got exhausted walking back home, but I stopped a couple of times--once for cat food (that they didn't carry, grrr) and once for brunch food (everything bagel, whitefish salad...b&w cookie--and the bagel was still warm when I got it home!).

I need to get the job done, do more billing and cook something for dinner tonight. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot that I stopped by Union Market, which is right by where I take the tai chi class. They had something I'd never seen before--pink muscat grapes. I bought some and, boy, are they delicious! It's going to be hard not to eat the whole, huge bunch today. I've already cleaned the stovetop and cut up the cauliflower that I've been wanting to cook for days now but I keep running out of steam and end up having cheese and crackers for dinner. I have hopes for actually cooking the stuff tonight, along with some rice and I have another Indian dish I can make and one leftover garlic naan, which I hope is still good.

I will try not to think about how bad my allergies are right now, considering that the end of April is usually the worst time for me. Meanwhile, the magnolia tree across the way is in full bloom, at last. Some of the blossoms on the lower branches, which get a bit less sun than the top, are still a bit closed, but that just means there'll be beauty for a while longer. The tree is now well over four stories tall. It's truly magnificent.

Okay, to work now.