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Today's only the 14th, but for some reason, it feels like the new month of the year has flown past me already. I want more done by now, I guess. Time drags when you're over-tired! The deep freeze stretching all the way from Chicago is settling in here on the Cape.
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I went out to get errands done figuring it'll only be more dangerously sub-z in the next few days. I snapped a few out on the pier before diving back into Little Truck real quick to get the feeling back in my hands. Wind-chill out there in the wind is intolerable. The ice on the pier is treacherous. I stayed well away from the edges.
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My current tooth-ache is even less tolerable in this cold tho- My sinuses have been bleeding a bit with the dryness. At least the sore lungs n throat have finally cleared up. I can talk n sing again, now I just need the ambition to clean the dust off the instruments before I run out of free time to take advantage of it.
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This is the first Wedsnesday I've had off in four months. The store was really crowded. I don't know if that's normal for this day of the week, or if everyone else was trying to beat the weather too. Flurries are forecast for the morning again. The road in front n driveway are all ice, so the bucket of sand is getting used alot already.
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Forgive my rant ad-nauseum about the young folks staying downstairs n their noise, which is affecting my mood n rest at home. I need peace n quiet, n there isin't any! The birds I like to watch are all frightened away. I got very little satisfaction today by playing some U2 to answer their steady "boom, boom, da boom," of non-stop music.
Really, I'm fighting an urge to get the hammer n start pounding immaginary nails at odd moments, like they did to me the other day. Alas, that wouldn't be right, even if deserved.
Luckily for them, I treat everyone as I wish to be treated, altho I find it impossible to ignore their presence which intrudes into my limited free time's quality. I keep praying for more patience.
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The only good side effect of neighbors, that the heat is on downstairs n heat rises, will definately come in handy for the Big Chill this week. It's the only silver lining in the thunderclouds of sound rolling in here.
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If only I could get some rest to feel good enough accomplish some tasks too long delayed. Still, I'm not quite good enough to deal with items beyond immediate needs. I wonder how I'll feel about the new year's progress at the end of January. At this rate, I may not get to my list until June, but at least it's warm in here, if not quiet...