It’s funny how the little things in Life can come to mean so much. I don’t think I appreciated how much I depend on the girls for company and … well, I guess you could call it “moral support”.
They’ve been spending the week with their dad and I’ve been home with the cats. The cats are great listeners, but not much on reciprocal conversation. Salem and Kohl spend a great deal of time and effort into getting my attention, and I’ll admit, their purring does make me feel a bit better. But it’s not the same as having someone in the house to talk to.
Carol dropped by today and we ended up going out for coffee. Just having another adult to talk to made me feel more relaxed than I’ve been since the girls left. I might even have enough energy to get caught up on the housework before I tackle the computer.
Carol also mentioned that she thinks I’m losing weight. Or at least, inches around my waist. I’m not sure. I haven’t stepped on the scales in quite a while. I should. Maybe I’ll remember tonight. Carol thinks that it could be the amount of water that I’m drinking. It’s not the RDA, but it’s more than I’ve been drinking in the past. I go through about a litre a day, give or take and weather depending. I’ve also cut back on my coffee intake. I’m back down to two pots a day.
I suspect that the exercise I’m getting is helping, too. I climb stairs several times a day, plus my weekly outing to the Bread Depot. I’ve been taking the stairs at a faster speed, getting a bit out of breath by the top stair, but not nearly as out of breath as I did when I started.
I was going to dry some apples and bananas, but the apples are only good for applesauce now, and the bananas are fit for banana bread. I should have done all that on Saturday, but I ran out of steam.
I’ve been talking to Will about my going back to school September 2007. Technically, I’m classed as disabled, which might open a few more scholarship doors for me, but I’ll have to get off my duff and apply for them. There are a couple of SIAST ones that I could have applied for last time, but I didn’t think I had a chance, so I didn’t apply. I’m going to force myself to sit down and figure out what I can apply for and what I can’t. Most of the scholarships, that I’ve seen, were age restricted, but there were a couple that were for women only or for mature students only. I can apply for those.
There’s also the matter of the programmes I’ll need and possible upgrades to my computer. I’ll leave that part until I get to the application stage. One of the things I will do is get a list of the programmes I’ll need and the approximate costs so I can add those to my student loan requirements. If nothing else, I know I’m going to need to get OSX. I’m not looking forward to having to use that, but ….
Oh, it all sounds so wonderful from this end of the class, but we’ll see what happens when I get closer to the due date for a lot of these things. The one thing I’ll have to do is get some cash and put in my SIAST application. That’s the first thing that will have to be done. With luck, I’ll have money left over from the GST cheque and I can apply this year for next year.
