OK, here’s what I’ve learned so far in this hiatus I’m taking:
1 – The days are long, here at home alone.
2 – When I’m at home alone, the house is bigger than it is when Laura’s here with me.
3 – At about 9 in the morning, that’s a good time to make a lap or two of the neighborhood on my bicycle.
4 – A lap on my bike is a pretty good break from the editing and writing work I’ve undertaken for Laura’s company – that starts over morning coffee and stops when it’s done.
5 – I’ve got the time to do things I’ve not done in ages – wax my car, for instance, which it desperately needed.
6 – There’s even less on TV during the day than there is at night. Scary.
7 – My fangers are way big and clumsy for this business of tying knots in fishing line (see preceding post). But I can do it, and will do it, more and better.
8- So far, since this started, I’ve not spent a dime (well, except for a stop at Sport Chalet Sunday, when I bought some sox and some fishing stuff - see preceding post). I think I probably keep this up for a good long time.
9 – There will be time to indulge my curiosity about the contents, exotic and otherwise, of the cookbooks back there in the pantry. I’m thinking that a killer chili would be a fun place to start. I’m also thinking maybe a quiche. I mean, how hard can it be?
10 – It’s gonna be pretty easy to find to time to shoot a round or two of trap on a weekly basis. This is a good thing!
11 – Judging from the lack of content on the journalism job sites, this may last a while. Time to find other things to do.
- JFT
