It was one of those days that started with the chore (the study on campus) and ended with three excellent visits with friends who were my coworkers before retirement. It boosts one's spirits to have those kinds of conversations (and having good material to share forward with other of those co-worker friends).

How did your visit to the plastic surgeon go, Charmion? Uneventful, I hope! I had a mole on my jawline most of my life that always bugged me and a friend in my writing group was a plastic surgeon and invited me down one day to have it taken off for a modest co-pay. That was a gift - it always felt like the Wicked Witch of the West's bump (not that bad, but I always saw it that way.)

One of today's visits included helping that friend set up a Google Voice account with an extra phone number. I have one that I use for those stores that want a phone number to track purchases, etc. but I never want to hear from. It is tied to his regular cell phone, so any real calls that come in can be forwarded to it.

Sad news today, that Joann's (the fabric store) is closing many of its branches. So far it looks like my local store will stay open, but I dread the day when the only way to buy fabric is online. Time to find stores closing and buy up stuff on sale? But that will mean less business at the one that is still open. (I loaded up when Hancock went out of business, ended up sharing a lot of that stuff with my daughter.)

The curse "may you live in interesting times" is in full effect right now. Every day seems to last forever, and we are counting down the next four years one slow day at a time. This isn't the way I want to prolong my life. Now to send more messages to my representatives.