Decluttering the savings ended up requiring a phone call; I paid a big chunk toward the mortgage principal but it was credited as the October payment plus extra. Nope. I wound through the maze of the phone system prompts to finally reach a person (and their website also sucks, in case they wonder what I think). Will be credited properly (I used bill pay from my credit union and they no longer have a line for an added note, so I need to reproach them on that failure).

Shopping and lunch today, and a haircut tomorrow. What a busy week socially! I've signed up to go to a lecture on my old campus next week.

We have had a number of air quality warnings lately, and yesterday's expired in early evening so I took the dogs for a walk before sunset. We need to do a lot more of that now that the weather is cooler (and the pavement isn't dangerously hot for them to walk on.) Even as low as this dose of steroids is I'm feeling it and need to not just watch the calories, but also get more exercise. Same ol' same ol' - when the low-carb high protein diet doesn't work as well because a medication is causing the munchies.