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I had a chiropractic appointment this morning. I hit Price Chopper while I was downtown and then Stewart’s later on. I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for a walk with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. I fried up liver for Pip's supper.

I had a bit of a brain snafu and forgot that Sister S was taking mom to her appointment today. I had written it down in my calendar, but did not keep the info in my brain. So I had an unexpected free day.

I took a nap which was nice. I’ve also been drinking hot cocoa on cool days, which is also nice. I watched Tracker and a partial Hallmark Christmas movie (I’m going to finish it, just didn’t have time tonight).

Temps started out at 35.4(F) and reached 37. Once it hit 37, about mid-morning, the temps started going down. It was quite a cool day. And we did end up getting a teensy bit of snow late afternoon, just enough to remind us that it is winter, and that more is on the way.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing okay today. ( more back here )

I’m sorry for subjecting you to this topic for a second week, but I’ve really been going down rabbit holes and just ~thinking about them a lot, and so I need to share. Today is going to basically cover three topics. The first two could go under the heading “How to create nostalgia”.


1. Parallels between Top Gun: Maverick and Top Gun (1986)

A. Maverick’s leather jacket
B. Maverick’s motorcycle
C. Maverick racing the plane
D. Maverick’s love interest drives a Porsche
E. The game on the beach (volleyball vs dogfight football)
F. Maverick defies orders
G. The MUSIC
H. The tower fly-by


( more back here )

Another day I did not go downtown at all. I had scheduled brunch with a friend of mine (the previous librarian) because this is another day I don’t have to take mom to her treatment, and I decided that I didn’t need to rush downtown and back, since we’re going in a different direction for brunch. Grocery shopping can wait until tomorrow.

We went to a restaurant I had never been to before (didn’t even know it existed!); she got a fancy breakfast panini and I got a lunch panini (as they were apparently serving both at this time?), the chicken caprese. It was delicious. And we had a lovely visit. I used to stay and visit with her when I’d drop by the library, but since she retired I rarely see her. (Though we are two of a very few left-leaning folk in this area, so we like and share each other’s facebook posts often. *g*)

Additionally, I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, ran a load in the dishwasher, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, hard boiled eggs and made egg salad, baked chicken for the dogs’ meals, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. I also emptied some old containers of food out of the upstairs refrigerator freezer (including a package of taco meat dated 2018 o_O) and found some leftover pork tenderloin (that is not THAT old *g*) that I served Pip for supper.

I finished typing in my Top Gun notes and finally started typing in my fic! I got the entirety of what I had handwritten typed in! ~4,920 words!!! I now just have one more ‘scene’ (it’s really more than one scene, but it’s a section from one person’s pov) to write. I’m pretty excited about being so close to the end. (I didn’t even take a nap today because I wanted to get as much as possible typed in!)

Temps started out at 33.8(F) and reached 54.5. There was very little sun and a good breeze, but if there had been more sun and less breeze it would’ve been really nice out. Then of course it got overcast and rained a bit in the late afternoon.


Mom Update:

I talked to mom and she sounded good. She said everything went well with her appointment and she didn’t have any issues with her food. Since she isn’t able to do much, that was about it.

I did not go downtown at all today as I wanted to get some stuff done at home before I left to pick up mom. Also, the thought of sitting at McD’s wasn’t appealing. One thing I did do was hit the post office to mail a long-overdue package to Alaska!Niece. Now I just need to get her Christmas package put together so she gets that before the holidays. o_O

I drove mom to her treatment, did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. I grilled steak for Pip’s supper.

I typed in ~1,200 words on my SFBB fic. Everything handwritten so far has been typed in, now I just need to finish writing it. I typed in some of my Top Gun notes, and then in the evening I somehow managed to write ~1,300 more words on that fic! I’m nearing the end, and I’d like to get it typed in sooner rather than later.

I watched an HGTV program and took another short afternoon nap. I told mom that it doesn’t bode well for the winter months if I already need daily naps.

Temps started out at 37.2(F) and reached 42.3. Pip said it got warmer than that when the sun came out, but I didn’t see it. In fact, it had fallen back into the 30s before I left to pick up mom and was once again (or still) in the 30s when I got home. There was some sun, but dark clouds moved in and we drove through rain that turned very ‘thick’ at one point. It didn’t quite reach what I’d call snow, but it was trying to. When we got to mom’s appointment, we heard that they had actual snow there earlier. I’m really not looking forward to that.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing okay today. ( more back here )

I had a chiropractic appointment and a pedicure this morning. (I went with a deep red polish.) I made this a no-shopping day.

I did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. Some days I plan for ‘no leftover’ meals because Pip doesn’t need extra leftovers to take to work; this was one such day so, due to the weather, I just did soup and grilled cheese.

I typed in ~1,500 words of fic! Though not the fic I was planning to type in. This is the fic I started writing for smallfandombang. I wanted to participate in Saturday Snippets, and since this fic had been handwritten, I needed to start typing it in to do that. Also, it might get me motivated to work on it some more.

I had hoped to write more on my Top Gun fic, but I spent what little time I had available for that going down a Google search for specific terminology to use in the fic. I eventually remembered that transcripts do exist and found what I needed from that source. And then spent some time scrolling through it and found some neat information via missing scenes (like the fact that Maverick requested Hondo to come help him out with the training).

And guess who now has a copy of the Top Gun soundtrack on CD in their hot little hands? If you guessed me, you’d be correct. I did used to own it on cassette (does everyone reading this remember cassettes? *g*), but I don’t have those anymore, and watching the movies (multiple times) has given me the urge to listen to it.

I watched a couple of HGTV programs I had recorded and then set Lottery Dream House in the background. I also fit in a short nap. I’m blaming the weather and the time change.

I didn't have any pain today from the sciatica! Let's hope that continues.

Temps started out at 39.0(F) and reached 53.8. It was overcast all day, so not warm at all.


Mom Update:

Mom sounded good when I talked to her on the phone. She didn’t have much to say other than her appointment went well and she remembered to call her dr office to A) request a prescription (the prescription she got when she left the hospital for her blood thinner is out of refills and she prefers to get her meds in the mail, in any case) and B) request a note to get a handicap placard (which I’ve mentioned to her several times o_O). She’s not sure the doctor took note of the second request, but I had planned to ask her doctor today at her weekly status check, because I figured they could give us the necessary doctor’s note right there, whereas we’d have to pick it up from her regular doctor’s office. Having the handicap placard will make things so much easier!