I used to work on the sixth floor of a building and took the stairs most of the time; now I work in a basement and eat lunch at my desk so I don't have to take a half hour for lunch. If I do the compressed work week again (offered only in summer, but I haven't heard mention of it yet) I have to take at least a half hour during that 10-hour day, and I should make myself go both climb stairs and go outside to walk around.

I weeded for a while in the vegetable garden but it's now officially hot out there, so I'll mow instead. It's still hot, but that involves moving around more and staying cooler, plus I have a number of shade trees to pause under. We're having trouble with ticks this year (I think the mice that were here so much last year contributed to this - now that the mice are gone I hope the ticks thin out and go away again) so I sprayed an organic mix for flea and ticks (compost tea, molasses, orange oil in equal parts, distributed at about 4 ounces per gallon) into the trees we're around most, as the possible launching point for said ticks. And mowing to keep the grass shorter is also helpful. Next time it rains I'll spray beneficial nematodes in the area also. (Before mowing, now that the sun is at it's height and going to get hotter, I'll fill the pump sprayer with vinegar and hit a few weeds that I don't feel like trying to pull—and I won't hit anything important nearby).

There is a build up of paper and eBay stuff, and I have forms to file (property tax protest, most urgently) so this is another one-two punch weekend - outside work during the day, paper work in the evening. No wine with dinner or I'll be just sleepy enough to put off the paperwork. :-)

I'm pleased with the results in the garage, but I have a few more things to pull out of there and offer via freecycle. Or I could put them at the curb and they'd go without even the posting on that website.