Slow day
Listening to: Godspell- Cast recording
Reading: Once Upon A Star Nora Roberts et al
Weather: 30, sunny
Trivia: How often do Earth's magnetic poles reverse?
The magnetic field of Earth is not constant. Not only does the magnetic pole wander slowly, every so often the entire magnetic field flips completely over. No one knows why this happens, although there are theories relating it to the movement of liquid iron deep inside the Earth. Pole reversals happen at unpredictable intervals of 5000 years to nearly one million years. By studying the magnetic fields of rocks that solidified at various times in the past, scientists have been able to reconstruct the history of Earth's magnetic pole reversals. Once that history was clear, it became possible to date certain rock formations by studying their magnetic fields. Together, these two approaches have helped us pin down the age of the Earth and the times of various events in its history.
Cool word: saturnine [adj. SAT-ur-nyn]
Someone who is saturnine might be sad, gloomy, melancholy, sullen, morose, sour, surly, sardonic, and slow to shift moods. Such a personality is like that of someone born when the planet Saturn was rising, according to the ancient Romans. The Romans had Saturnus, ruler of the planet Saturn and god of agriculture, who was a stern, serious old man, bent and time-worn. From the adjective saturninus (of Saturnus) came English saturnine. There are also the saturniid moths [adj. sat-UR-nee-id], which are large, often quite colorful, and increasingly rare. There was also the Saturnalia, an ancient Roman seven-day festival in midwinter. The Saturnalia festivals were times of unrestrained celebrations and revelry, a distinct contrast to the dour, melancholy nature of the god in whose honor the festivals were held.
Today was a very slow day. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I sort of just slid my way through the day, not leaving the house to run errands until 2:30.
Of course, in that I slept till after 10, it’s not as if I was up and at ‘em early.
The cat decided to poop on the rug at 3:30 this morning, and it woke me up. (My super sniffer operates even when I’m asleep.) So I had to get up and clean it immediately. He had also puked again, so I had to deal with that too.
I started coughing and couldn’t stop, so that meant taking the cough medicine with codeine. This knocked me out, consequently the long morning sleep-in.
Once I did get up I sort of slogged around the house for a couple of hours. It takes me such a long time to shake the effects of the codeine!
I discovered that I was out of all sorts of staples around the house. I know I’m in trouble when I’m running low on things like toilet paper and paper towels. Same thing when I opened the refrigerator to discover that I had no milk or coffee creamer or salad stuff. This all goes to show that I’m in a very disorganized state of mind. I have no idea how all of this managed to escape my attention. {Shrug}
This meant that I had to get to the grocery store. I hate the grocery store. So to avoid it I went to the book store and the craft store first. I got two new books, neither of which has any redeeming social value. One is The Jewels of Tessa Kent by Judith Krantz and the other is A Kiss to Dream On by Neesa Hart. I picked up the first because I know she writes great glamorous trash (I loved I’ll Take Manhattan), and the second because the male character is a reporter.
I didn’t get anything at the craft store, nothing was new or inspiring. I don’t know what I expect to find, but it’s never there. Not that I really need any supplies. If I could put on my creative hat, I could do all sorts of stuff with everything that I already own. Nothing seems to give me any ideas that I want to take off with. I should probably surf some web sites to see what other people are doing.
I talked myself out of a store draw type of thingy that was on sale at the office supply store. I love storage drawers. I may yet go back to get it. There’s a rebate offer, which makes it a good deal. We’ll see.
I finally made it to the grocery store, and dragged my way through the place. I couldn’t think of anything hat I wanted to have around the house to munch on. Which will likely be a problem when I go to cook dinner one of these nights.
I did at least manage to get all those supplies that were missing, so I’m good for a while. I need to keep better track of these things.
I spent the evening flipping the television to see what the weather prediction for tomorrow is, I need to decide if I want to drive a hundred miles. I don’t if the weather isn’t going to be perfect. Since my little accident on Thursday I’ve turned into a chicken. I hate to disappoint my mother, but it’s not worth risking life and limb to go to a party.
I also did some more stamping with this enamel stuff I’ve been playing with. I think I’ve created more mistakes than I’ve had successes.
It’s a learning process.
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This week you are full of energy and ready to scale mountains. Take every chance you get to exercise. If you don't have the time or the opportunity to do something adventurous like off-trail mountain biking, spend your lunch on the stair master at the gym. Your healthy glow from all that physical activity will garner compliments. Inner health and vigor will make you even more attractive. You will be focused on your appearance and may even start to make some changes toward the way you look. Experiment with different colors or cut your hair in a different style. Remember to keep your improvements subtle. Don't rush in where angels fear to tread.