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I feel pretty miserable this morning. Sore throat, body ache. Considering how badly i've been dragging with work, perhaps i am coming down with something.

I'm mildly irritated because i did feel well last night. I'd been very blue in the morning, so i started asking myself what i need to do to take care of myself. With my boss and peer colleague gone next week, as well as Christine, i realize i probably am developing a sense that no one is supporting me. (I'm not easy to support: i am slowly learning to ask for help and support but....)

So in the evening, i motivated myself to walk downtown (exercise) to get a book from the library (completing an errand). It's something Christine and i would have been likely to do if she were here.

I had a very pleasant time. I knew the "Thursday Night Live" event was going on, and this one seemed more vibrant than the last time i went. More live music, more farmers market choices. I ended up getting a chair massage, figuring the touch would be helpful with Christine's absence (11 days more), along with general stress issues. The mini-farmer's market choices were great, so i have more fresh veggies and some fruit as well as smoked salmon and salmon jerky. I got a call from Christine just as i was finishing up at the library, so i called her back while sitting on a bench in a nearby park, as the full moon was rising. I picked up a veggie sandwich at the Gyro shop to take home (there are very few places to order and take away food in our downtown), and was home for a video before bed.

I don't see anything but good self care there - -and i felt well, too. Fiddlesticks. I did have confusion about the antihistamine last night. I remembered to take it, got up to do so, did some other stuff, and then could not remember whether i had. I'm assuming i didn't, at this point, so i've taken a claritin.

I was all ready to just head back to bed, but i checked work email. I'll just putter on through the day.

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I'm sitting in a remarkably poor ergonomic form in order to have power for the laptop here in La Boulanger. I had hoped to sit where a trio of folks are discussing some internet website start up that involves video of some sort and some automated classification system. I am distracted by the clueful advisor discuss training the models, but delighted to hear him say "Tweeter" in his French accent.

But lo, the car is done, so off i go. Here are the notes i took yesterday:

Evening Review
Give thanks, share beauty, note joy:
* Iris Dragon came over after work. We went to get sushi, returned home and watched th "Burn Out" episodes of "Waking the Dead." The cats slowly came out to join us. It was nice to have company to relax with -- occasionally joking about the subtitles, making fun of British pronunciation of "Muuuhduuuh!", the spelling of tyres.

Noteworthy events (dining out, errands, correspondence):
* Put the table up for sale: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/atq/1312486338.html . I looked at some of the other prices and thought i'd go ahead and post higher rather than lower. The $100 is still less than other antique tables.
* long wonderful Skype chat with my sister.
* "Project Canvas" a $30 software package, looks like an interesting program -- except Christine's learning flash & the programming language that goes with it and might be interested in any click-by-click thing i might need.
( maybe not so noteworthy )