7:50       wake up

8:00       don’t get up

9:00       get up

9:15       pull out computer and sit down to begin

9:20       don’t begin

9:25       make microwave breakfast

9:30       eat breakfast.  Skim news

9:40       pull out computer to begin

9:45       don’t begin

9:50       up the stairs.  Get load for laundry.  Down the stairs.  Start laundry

9:55       up the stairs.  Go through closet and pick out 4 court out fits.

10:00    one black jacket and skirt for day 1 when jury isn’t there

10:10    3 colored jackets, one skirt, one pants, one pantsuit for when jury is there

10:15    hang everything in guest room.  Nala is on top of my feet.  Following everything.  Radar on alert.

10:17    close guest room door.  She relaxes.

10:20    down the stairs.  Get on computer.  Order grocery supplies for the week in a hotel.  Sparkling water.  Lemon luna bars.  Almond crackers.  Bag of oranges.  Some extra supplies for the house.

10:25    down the stairs.  Get blower, bucket and gloves.  Up the stairs.  Clean up front of house and sidewalk.  Trees are shedding. Clean up neighbor’s sidewalk too so the leaves there won’t blow into my yard.  Nala watches from the doorstep.  She hates the blower.

10:45    down the stairs.  Blow downstairs landing and driveway for good measure.

10:55    up the stairs.  Avoid looking at computer.  Pull plants out of pots and begin watering process.  Some of them also need to be picked at a little.  The African violets just bought from the neighborhood store are already dead.  They look rotten.  They are.  Too much water before I unpacked them. Sad.  They were so pretty. Toss them in bucket outside.

11:15    should get computer stuff for travel together.  Up the stairs.  Pull out handy pre-packed pen,clip, sticky pad collection.  Several masks.  And duffel bag.  Down the stairs.  Lay things out on chaise.  Pull everything out of standard briefcase.  More sticky pads.  Put everything in duffel bag.

11:25    locate clicker/laser pointer.  Haven’t used it in a while.  Charge it.  Put in duffel bag.

11:30    grab bill pile. open computer.  pay them ahead of time.

11:40    down the stairs.  Move laundry to dryer.  Put in second load.

11:45    up the stairs.  Pull Nala’s bed into kitchen.  Turn on The Best of the Emotions.  Sit down at computer.  Work.

12:30    take Nala out.  Put peanut butter in her kong and stick in freezer.  Start dishwasher.  Go down stairs.  Remove laundry from dryer and put next load in.  Up the stairs.  Put it away.  Down the stairs.

12:40    sit down at computer.  Work.

1:15       remove kong from freezer.  Nala attacks it.  Down the stairs.  Remove laundry from dryer.  Up the stairs.  Put it away.  Down the stairs.

1:25       sit down at computer.   Work.

4:30       Get up.  Put on run gear.  Get Nala ready.  Out the door.  Call Furhad and walk him thru MIL arguments.  Also wish him happy 30th birthday.

5:30       Get back.

5:45       L makes Dinner and we eat it.

6:15       Put away second load of laundry.  Pack up few more items.

6:30       Get in car.  Drive 5.5 miles.

7:00       Get popcorn.  We watch The Batman (love it).

10:30    Back.

Tomorrow finish up a few more things then hit the road.

 Photo: Last run on a beautiful afternoon before leaving town.