Linda was up at 7 AM again this morning but I did not get up until sometime between 7:30 and 8. I made our coffee, as I do almost every morning, and we worked on our iPads, as we do almost every morning. We had granola with fresh blueberries around 9 AM, as we do on many mornings, and then extended our leisurely morning until 10, which is also common for us.
Heavy cloud cover had moved in starting yesterday afternoon bringing higher humidity and some chance of rain. It also minimized radiational cooling overnight and the temperature barely dropped into the upper 60’s. All things considered it was not the kind of day that made us want to get up and go, but eventually we did as today was chore day.
First up on my list was doing laundry. While Linda went for her solo morning walk I gathered up our laundry and sorted it on the bed. I had what looked like three loads but we only have one collapsible laundry basket so I ended up making three trips to the laundry room. I found an unused tote bag to carry the two containers of laundry detergent, the dryer sheets, and a large quantity of quarters, so that helped. The laundry building is not that far from our site but the laundry and supplies are bulky and heavy so I used the car. If I had a wheeled laundry cart I would have walked. Depending on the situation at Big Tree RV Resort we might order one after we get there.
The washing machines run a 25 minute cycle but it takes over an hour from when I start to get to the point where I can transfer the laundry to the dryers. During that time there isn’t much else I can do. Once the dryers are going I have about 45 minutes before I have to empty them and fold/hang the clothes. That’s good iPad time.
Linda got a call from our daughter (Meghan) with pictures of the armoire she is building for her niece (our grand-daughter) Madeline to hold “dress up” clothes, some of which she is getting for Christmas. Meghan still has quite a collection of clothes from her childhood and is passing them on to Madeline, so the armoire will be fully stocked. That will be a very nice gift for a fashion conscious three year old.
Linda went with me to the laundry room at 12:30 PM and helped sort/fold/hang our clothes and put it all away when we got back to our coach. We will do another batch of laundry on Saturday or Sunday including all of the bedding.
For lunch, Linda made folded flat bread hummus sandwiches with onions and greens and sliced up an apple. It was slightly cooler outside with an occasionally gusty breeze so we sat out there and used our iPads. I finished up yesterday’s post, started on today’s, and moved a few chores to future dates. I was reading a back issue of The Gypsy Journal when a few rain drops fell on my screen. We immediately decided to move back inside but the full on rain came quickly. Linda took our iPads in while I put the two bag chairs away and then scurried inside. It rained hard for a while but eventually passed and the outside air temperature dropped 10 degrees, which was refreshing.
Inside I directed my efforts towards my blog. When I uploaded seven posts early last week I forgot to “tag” them with keywords so my next task was to edit those posts and take care of that. Once that was done I started uploading posts beginning with August 9th, 2016. I worked until 5 PM and managed to upload 10 posts through August 18th. So far I have uploaded 17 posts in the first 22 days of December which means I am still generating new ones faster than I am uploading old ones! The flow of time is relentless that way.
Linda made a salad and a potato lentil curry for dinner. She has been reading Dr. Michael Greger’s newest book in which he describes how he personally eats and why. Based on his guidelines she added turmeric to the curry, which was appropriate given the Indian nature of the dish, but mostly because she is trying to figure out how to incorporate it into her menu planning on a daily basis. Daily consumption of turmeric has been shown to have a number of health promoting effects but most notably a carcinogen blocking effect with only a teaspoon per day.
We watched our usual Tuesday evening TV shows, even though they were repeats, after which I stayed up for the 11 PM news. Gainesville got 0.5″ of rain this afternoon and I suspect we got at least that much at the RV resort.