Daylight is getting noticeably shorter. The one time I made it out this week to walk before work it was too dark to even take pictures. That’s no fun! Work was work-like. We had a tornado on Long Island. While certainly not the norm for this area, I feel like it’s happening more and more. I can think of three separate instances in the past 8 years. I’m tired all the time. I feel like there’s fewer hours in the day and more things I want to do. And TV shows are back! So I’m grateful for this 3-day weekend.

Sunday I stayed home after our long Saturday at Governor’s Island. I got a little bit caught up on blog work, did laundry and watched a movie. It was such a pretty day out, I did get out in the last hour to go sit in the park by the water. The air was good.

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Monday I went to the doctor for my scan follow-up. There was a weird chest thing that had me concerned but he said not to be concerned. And cancer-wise, all clear. Alrighty. I go for another scan in 6 months. I still have the one kidney stone I’ve had for several years that so far has been laying low and not bothering me. Yet.

Tuesday I went to an “Intuitive Painting” class with my friend Stacey. We meditated and painted. Hers was pretty, mine was ugly. No, seriously. It was so ugly the teacher said I could paint over it if I wanted and start over again. So I did that. Ugly Painting 2.0 was less ugly, but still ugly. I know I’m talentless with this sort of thing. But I like the process. I LIKE to paint. I just wish I could get to the point where the result was something I actually wanted to look at. Ha. As embarrassing as it is, I’m going to share them both with you. The first one is SO BAD. Like the bloody arm of death reaching up out of the ocean. The re-do is like glowy pea soup arm in pea soup fog. Relatively speaking, I like it better. But that’s really not saying much.

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Ugly Arm #2
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I would totally understand if you never came back to my blog again.
The next morning I got to work and someone had put all these boxes in front of the door to my office. Thanks for giving me plenty of room to get in the door. NOT.
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I went to a Loft store that now carries plus sizes, yay. They didn’t have a lot of things, but there were some. There will be a fitting room try-on post later this week.
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After trying-on, I stopped at a lake park and watched the sky change.
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Friday, one of my co-workers brought in a figgy cheesecake. It was deeelicious.
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Cute kitty typing. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m pretty sure 4.5 hours of my 3-day weekend will be devoted to figuring out how to do that.
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Sunday, She Shall Who Remain Nameless and I headed up to Wave Hill in the Bronx, which is a gorgeous garden overlooking the Hudson River. I try to get up there once each fall, which I think is its best season. This visit did not disappoint. EXCEPT for the heat and humidity! Not the garden’s fault, obviously, but come on! It was over 80 degrees and like 85% humidity. Still, a lovely visit.

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And that’s the week! And yay, I have Monday off, too! What’s everyone doing for Columbus Day??