That's Offly Kind of You

Every once in a while I will text Sim with a word I have misspelled.  So terribly misspelled that even auto-correct doesn't know what to do with me.  Today it was offly, also known as awfully.  Just don't even start.  Today for Sim it was "the opposite of efficient."  Oh these precious moments.  Who needs other fools to make fun of when we have each other.

As I write this I sit at my new desk.  Not really new, but in a new location.  My mom came over last weekend and we re-arranged my condo.  I have already done a major clean-up and store away.  I had a plumber come fix a long-term problem and a short-term problem that prompted the entire call.  My desk is where my hutch was, my hutch is where my desk was, my bookshelf is where another standup shelf was, and that is now at the front door.  I flirted with the idea of getting rid of the hutch, but instead I'm going to refurbish it.  Maybe paint it black, and have new hardware attached.  Possibly myself or possibly professionally done.

I finally fixed the whole in the wall where I had the new thermostat installed.  I have one more small gap to patch up and then it's done.  I've laid down the outside IKEA patio squares.  I had forgotten how transformational the process is.  As I swatted each grass square over the garbage bin before I laid it down.  I found one dead honey bee immersed in one of the panels.  It broke my heart a little.  The little guy was fooled by the faux grass.  Or perhaps he just took shelter in the Rubbermaid on the patio during a long cold winter.  When I have property to call my own, I will do whatever I can to help the bees.

I really meant to write a few catch-up posts but life moves on, and my memory fades.  I went up to TP with Sim the weekend after they opened.  We went across the street to watch the Kentucky Derby.  And spent some QT with the girls.  We finally gifted the wands I got from Salem.  I actually only bought one, because Lils wasn't born at the time.  I ended up ordering two more online, because the original one I chose was boring like me.  Pips and Lils are more fantastical than could have been anticipated and deserved better.  Pips couldn't let go of hers, as she asked, "Can you do real magic with this?"  Lils on the other hand never even opened the box as she promptly declared "I don't like it."  The next morning Pips was trying to convince Lily to open hers, and I was searching all over the kitchen for the second box and Lily once again said, "It's ok Aunt Julie, I don't want it."  Kids, they get you right in the feels.  I learned a long time ago to never over-invest myself in gifts.  Because the day you wait 3 months to deliver an overly thought out moon poster, the kid will shrug and spend the next 30 minutes rolling in the brown paper it came in.

I'm trying to get back into the gym.  I want to lose the weight I gained back last year.  Start wearing the shirts that don't fit anymore.  Yes, I mean the green Roots one you asked where it has been hiding, Sim.  In my "I don't fit you anymore" drawer.  I've also been working hard to get ready for an upcoming biking adventure with Sim.  And if all goes well, I might consider getting myself a fancy bike this year.  If-all-goes-well.

I feel so run down lately.  I feel like I'm busy every weekend this summer.  After mid-July there will be a small reprieve.    Hark back to simpler days, when a busy summer was an excuse to not see someone I hated.