wandering in a daze

I know I used to have a morning routine, before I went on vacation. Having trouble recalling how it went. Stumble to shower, make tea, do something with lunch stuff... um, find something to eat now, right? And getting dressed has to happen, and today, for an added attraction which has not really happened so far this year, digging my car out of the snow. A healthful exercise which always makes one much more inclined to face the day; I always feel like, "ha, I beat that! I can handle anything else my day is likely to hand me!" :)

I was tempted for a moment by the warm breezes, but Florida probably isn't the place to live, for me. I hate snow and cold, but it makes me feel capable, to some basic level of functioning.

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I cleaned out my in-basket at work, today! I feel very accomplished - this hasn't happened for at least a month, I think. And on the first day back from vacation, too. :)

Speaking of vaca, one would think there would be no way I could have a zit with all the dogs that licked my face, but I do. On our 'Christmas' (Sunday of last week, I think?) there were five dogs in the house, and Eor thought it was amusing to tell the bulldog puppy, Rosie (on the right, seen here on the right with Guido to the left, figuring out a mechanical hamster in a ball) that if she was good she would be allowed to lick my face. I nearly drowned! :) She's a wriggling canonball of pure sweetness, determined to make sure that every part of my face from ear to ear (including the insides of the ears) was completely polished. Baxter (on the left) will give your chin a few devoted kisses, and Eddy, on the right, might give a perfunctory and dutiful lick, while Betsey favors nibbling on earlobes. :)

And that's all the pics I can stand to resize this evening. :)