Another sleeping bag out of the house; this is an almost unused extra tall LLBean bag. I got smart and took it out of the bag and folded it into a large box and tucked in other stuff (great padding!) The money I spent on postage is a lot less than buying a new bag so it's a good way to handle it.

Recycling dropped off at the village bins and the stuff brought over by my daughter was (ironically) in a box that the sleeping bag in its case would have fit in, but it was kind of light-weight corrugated. It went into the bin (flattened).

I was reading a FB post about a past member of this group having trouble getting out of the house, and it dawned on me that my putting off various things and staying home may be also a low-grade anxiety. Not wanting to deal with the issues that are out there, or dress appropriately for the places (dress for the occasion instead of my usual jeans and t-shirt), etc. Something to consider. I do feel good once I return home and have accomplished something; it's looking forward to that success that may be needed to get one out of the house some days.

On an environmental note, after clearing out the weeds in the front bed next to the porch last spring the resident lizards moved away. They loved to hang out in all of that brush and would come up on the porch and bricks there to hang out in the sun, but with the beds clear and mulched I didn't see many on the porch all summer. I've let some of the undergrowth return and this morning there were two lizards out there, one a Texas Spiny and the other an anole. Welcome back!