01 February 2020

My day has not been that unhappy.  I awoke quite early, round about a half past five in the morning.  I was able to have a thought with Colin before he went off to start his day.  I devoted some time to trying to revive my Pinterest account as it seemed to have gotten discontinued due to a non-renewal of my Etsy account.  Now that it seems to have been revived, I'm pleased enough.  Then I made breakfast and shared it with my terriers.  After which I made a dishcloth or two, and then when I was able to, started another dishcloth.  I wrote some people from a cloister due to having seen an obit about someone from there who served in our area (Lafayette).  I said I was sad to hear she passed on.  Then I also added another page to my scrapbook - a page about cowboy boots!  It was a featured topic on the Texas Monthly, which I subscribed to.  I don't know why I like Texas but I like their meme - a wild, unruly past and a more stolid and yet rebellious present.  I hope that if I subscribe to Texas Monthly it will regale me with stories that I miss, just like cowboy boots, which I own a pair and almost always live in.

I also used to visit my Dad when he was in Texas (Houston) working for a title company.  My adoptive Mom and I went to visit him during school breaks as he lived there for about two years before coming back to Indianapolis.  There we visited the Gulf in a place where the beach was so very crowded it turned me off going to the beach forever.  We had some good meals at the place, and experienced a flood after rains came.  It left some memories of walking on red clay sand (waterlogged) in my flip flops and I came home with red clay all over my flip flops and it was a bit icky.

I also made the falafels which Colin and I picked up at the store yesterday.  They turned out great.  I have had falafels in the past, when I lived in New York (Queens) and there was a falafel stand right at the corner of 68th and 1st Avenue, and I was quite curious to taste a falafel so I went to buy one.  It was good, but somehow I had gotten away from them until now.  I've downloaded the recipe for it and if I have enough of the ingredients I'll make it from scratch.

I've no real baby news at this time.  Merely that I am doing as well as can be.  I have tried to have a positive mind and thoughts but there is still that residual negativity which I'm trying to find ways to ignore or dispose of.