Find My Phone

Yesterday's adventure into the long, slow slide into some form of mental incapacity: I played the Find My Phone sound four times as I hunted frantically in my bedroom; the sound seemed to move around the room. The phone was, of course, in my back pocket....so it always seemed to be behind me.

I'll be setting up a Go Fund Me for my move to assisted living soon . . .

The Villa Restaurant, Wayland, MA

 

Somewhere in the past, 2016 or earlier, the Russell family went out to dinner at this place. Either Mom or brother Tom recommended it - comfortable, affordable, simple food with good portions. There may or may not have been a family photo taken. Somehow I got onto their email list.

 

Mom died at the end of 2016, Tom died in 2019. We've had three years of pandemic in the ensuing years that temporarily shuttered most restaurants and permanently closed many. And still I remain on their email list and have not quite gotten around to unsubscribing.

 

Such is the nature of grief and loss. You hang on to the dumbest things because you don't want to forget.

New Year's Resolutions

 I've never been the type to make New Year's resolutions - generally not my style or speed, and certainly none of the more traditional sorts of things. However, as I have been wrestling with a certain life malaise, this seems like a good time to turn over a new leaf. Or perhaps to pick up some leaves that have fallen and scattered over the years. 

First, I am going to blog regularly. From my heyday (2006-2008) when I posted ~500 times a year), I am down to 8 (2020), 5 (2021) and 4 (2022). It's kind of embarrassing. I need to write more about all sorts of stuff. 

 Part of the reason I stopped blogging has been social media (and more specifically, Facebook) which captures most of my heretofore blogged posts. I plan to go through my FB contributions, find longer and heftier posts, and back-fill them in here, for the permanent record.

Next, I am going to resume regular neighborhood trash pick-ups (I got out this afternoon and got 1/2 the regular route covered). I need to fresh air and exercise and I do better when my world is less of a shit-hole. So let's start on the block. 

I vow to stay up later. I've recently gotten into a bad habit of crawling into bed very early (especially since the time change) and screwing around online for hours while horizontal. I'll give myself permission to continue to screw around online, but not while in bed. 

I'm going to practice (yoga) more. Right now I'm doing the bare minimum and I need more time on the mat, more time sitting. I doubt I'll ever return to formal classes (too complicated and entangled with all the other stuff I am working with) but I'm perfectly able to practice on my own more consistently and disciplined. 

There's a ton of other stuff, related to food and chores and exercise and money and . . . but this is enough, for now.