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NaNoWriMo Day Two and a Day Trip Too!

I am done with NaNoWriMo day two!  I also went on a day trip to The High Bridge Trail. It's located in and around Farmville VA.  The trail head we got on was at Rice, VA.  There is a almost half mile long bridge that is 125 feet  over the Appomattox River.  It's a beautiful spot.  I took a lot of pictures from the bridge and some along the parts of the trail we walked on.  I came home and got my NaNoWriMo words done for today.  Still on track and I'm a bit ahead. ^_^

I forgot to mention that on the way up, we were stopped by a herd of cows in the middle of the highway! lol . I tried to get a picture before they mooooved, but this is the best I got:

Tuesday afternoon

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I just got back from a long walk.  I walked to the Pavilion area.  We are a lot further down here than we were in June. It was a hike! lol . I got down there and walked all over the Gay Dolphin.  I found a smooshed penny machine that I've never seen before. YAY!!!!!  I got two different designs. I love them.  I also found something I looked for several years ago and could never find.  A iron on patch! That was so weird.  I looked and realized what it was and grabbed it up! lol

I got a few more small things and then went across the street to I Love Sugar.  I got a small bag of assorted goodness. lol . They have bulk candy.  I got a bit from this bin and that. It was an eclectic mix!  I left there and headed back across the street and walked down a bit to an arcade/game center.  I went in and got a Coke and then I saw the little snack bar.  I went and got some fries and went back in and ate them.  Yummy!  It was a nice break.  After that, I started back.  I stopped at a Bargain Beachwear on my way back.  After that, I stopped once to sit on a bench on the Boardwalk before leaving the Boardwalk and getitng back on Ocean Blvd to come the rest of the way home.

I got here and I was going sloooooow.  My poor feet are hurting.  I have blisters and I'm raw in several places! LOL . I came in and took a cool shower (bliss) and put on clean clothes.  I'm feeling a bit better now, but my poor feet are not happy with me! 

Here are some pictures I took while out.

 

Tuesday, right?

Yeah, my days are all screwy lately.  I really need to get my booty back in gear and walking.  I just have been feeling so cruddy that I don't want to go.  I keep hoping I'll feel better. I don't want to go to the doctor, dammit!  

So, what did I do today?  Well, I finished that puzzle.  All those tulips were hard!  It took me a lot longer than I would have thought, but I finished it.  It's a pretty puzzle.  I pulled out the Kindle last night and decided that the book I started way back when was never going to be finished by me. It just doesn't do it for me.   I looked to see if I had any zombie books in my zom folder on the Kindle and I had one I hadn't read yet.  I started it last night and it's been really good.  I read a lot of it before I went to bed last night.  I also found two books today to download to my Kindle.  They were books featured as free from one of the ebook discount/free emails I get.  Both sounded interesting, so I 'bought' them for $0.

Hopefully tonight, I can get to bed before 4am!  That is the plan, but we'll see if that works out or not.  Probably not as I've been staying up way too late.  I'm just not sleepy and if I lie down when I'm not sleepy, I just get irritated and toss and turn.  Hopefully tonight I'll be sleepy and can crash a little early.  I really need to get back to walking!

MBP woes

I got my MBP out to do my French and post here. I got the French done, finally. I was having issues. I restarted it and it restarted itself right after that. I checked and it has some updates, so I started them. Of course, they are not going to be done in time for me to use it to post to the blog. Lol I will just post with my phone. 

I walked at the regular time today. It was nasty hot. I was so glad to get home! I have barely left my room since! I started another puzzle. It is going well, but I am not going to finish it tonight. I will save the rest for tomorrow. Here is what I have done.

La la la.....

Yeah, I totally forgot to post last night!  I was going to.  I did my French and then planned to post to my blog.  I got distracted and then realized it was after midnight. D'oh!  I figured I'd just wait and post today!  I walked yesterday on my regular route, but I did it in the evening instead of at my usual time.  It was hot out there, so I'm sure it was worse during my usual time.  I hope it isn't as hot tomorrow!

I skipped my walk today.  I haven't felt well since before I got back from the beach.  I don't know what is going on with me.  I stayed home today and relaxed.  I finished the puzzle I started yesterday evening and did another one!  At the end of this post, I'll share the picture of the one from yesterday where I left off and where it's finished today.  I'll also put the one I did today.  The humingbird one is the last from the box of six.  It was hard because so much of it was the same color.  I got out the other one this afternoon and decided to start on it.  The pieces were huge so I started it and then just finished it. :p . It wasn't too bad.  I wish all puzzles had pieces that size.  It made it much easier for me to see them!

So, here are the puzzles.  I hope to get back to walking tomorrow at my regular time.  I also plan to start another puzzle.  I'm not sure which one yet.  I still have plenty from the beach and I have two leftover from the batch I bought before I went to the beach.

This is Saturday, right?

It has been one of those weeks!  I got up today and I was so tired.  I didn't get to sleep last night until way later than my bedtime.  I just didn't have the pep to get up and go for my walk.  I stayed in and relaxed and might even have taken a nap. :P

This afternoon, I thought about going to the trail to walk.  There was a children's festival down there today until 4pm and I didn't want any part of that!  I waited until almost 6 and went down there.  I walked on the trail on the part that is open.  It was covered in dirt from the last big rain we've had. Luckily, none of that part was blocked.  I didn't go to look to see if they had put a bridge back up. I figured they haven't done that yet.  I wish they would! I prefer the walk in that direction.

I got through walking and headed home to relax a bit before dinner.  I was too tired and hot when i got home to think about cooking, so I sat and relaxed a bit before fixing something.  I did that and then sat down to get my blog post in.  I haven't done my French lesson and i plan to do that after I post this.  I didn't start on a puzzle today as it was so late when I got back from my walk.  I'll start one tomorrow!  I finished listening to Cell on today's walk and went to the library and borrowed The Mist to listen to starting tomorrow.  The library has a very limited number of Stephen King audiobooks and they are all usually checked out.  I was glad to be able to grab The Mist.  I own Cell. It was the book I got when I did a free trial of audible.  I really should do the audible thing again as much as I love to listen to books on my walks!

Here are a few pictures I took on the trail this evening;

Hello again!

Sorry about not posting for the last two days.  On Wednesday, I walked, but I got blisters.  This was unusual.  I was not happy about that.  That evening, I fully intended to post to my blog and I got to doing other things I forgot.  I did a puzzle that day and wanted to share it.  I'll share it today.

First though, let's talk about yesterday.  I didn't walk.  I woke up feeling pretty bleah and out of sorts.  I decided I'd walk later in the day.  I took a nap, and relaxed.  I didn't feel like doing much.  My friend texted me and asked if I wanted to try one of the restaurants here in town we've wanted to try but have't yet.  I said, yes!  It's a local Italian restaurant. It was delicious.  I got Fettuccini Alfredo. OMG it was so good.  They serve it with a bread roll and Foccia bread.   Yummy!  I enjoyed it a lot.  Definitely a place to go back to!

When we got back to my house, my friend put some stuff in my car to see if it would help it run a little better. We drove around a bit to see if it helped.  It didn't. lol Oh well! After he left, I got in my mail and saw that I had a sample of dog treats.  I got them to give to my friend's dog.  I went up to their house and treats were passed out all around. lol . I stayed awhile and then headed home.  I didn't start my next puzzle because it was late.  I decided to wait until today.  I worked the whole thing. lol  Here is the one from two days ago and today's:

These were both from the box of 6.  The first was 300 pieces and the second was 500.  I'll probably do the last puzzle in the box tomorrow (or at least start it).  I also decided to put some of my Adventure Time stickers to good use.  I put them on the MacBook Pro.  I laid them out and figured out the design before sticking them on.  I wanted to put on Marcy and PB too, but I didn't have room.  I like the way the ones I put on look.  Here is that:

LSP, Peppermint Butler, Finn & Jake, BMO, Gunter, and Ice King. ^_^  I love it!  Also, as an added bonus, you can see my bujo in this picture. :p Oh! I walked today and everything was okay with my poor feet. :p

Back at it, again!

I got up and got my butt in gear and went for my walk today!  It was nice to get back to it.  It wasn't as horrible as I was expecting since it had been so long.  It didn't hurt that it wasn't as hot as it was the last time I walked here.  I needed a few things at the dollar store, so I stopped at Dollar General and picked those up.  One of the things I needed was paper for my printer.  They have small packs of it for a few dollars.  I couldn't find any. I looked and looked and then spotted some on the top shelf where they put overstock.  I was glad to find it!  

I left there and headed home.  I got here and a cooled off and relaxed a bit and then I mowed the front lawn.  Luckily with me being sick, it hasn't really gotten bad.  It was probably good for a few more days, but I went ahead and did it.  I was glad to get it done.  I worked another puzzle today!  The two yesterday were 200 piece ones from that puzzle six pack.  The one today is a 300 piece one from that same pack.  This one was all similar colors and I thought it would be really hard, but it wan't as bad as I would have thought.  This particular puzzle brand has a link to their site where you can print off a picture of the puzzle.  This is cool because with six puzzles, the pictures on the box are tiny. I went ahead and printed the last three pictures off tonight so I would have them ready to go.  Here is the puzzle I did today:

Saturday status

Well, I am feeling a bit better today.  Still not 100% though.  I got a few more things done today.  I have put away the load of clothes I washed yesterday after finally getting the clothes from Sunday out and I have my bed linen in the dryer as I type this.  I thought having clean bed linen would be nice. I usually do it every week on Sunday, as you know, but I didn't last week because I felt so bad, and I didn't do it before the trip so it's been a while   It will be so nice to have fresh clean bed linen tonight!

I took a picture of all the puzzles I got on the trip to show you and I started one! Since I had to get out of bed to wash my linens, I thought I'd work on a puzzle today.  I got a lot of it done and I'll finish it tomorrow.  I also ran out and went to the post office to check my box.  With the letters I got right before the trip and the ones I got today, I have 10.  One is from an entirely new pen pal. Yay!  That is always good.  From her letter, I think we will be great pals, too!

I am currently under the hair bonnet dryer with my hair.  I figured fresh bed linen deserved fresh hair too.  I washed it last at the beach, so you can imagine how funky it was! lol . I am glad I was able to get more things done today.  I'm taking tomorrow off from walking too.  I just want to make sure I'm ready to go again.  I think I will be on Monday. I hope!  In any case, enjoy the pictures.  First one is of allllll the puzzles I got at Myrtle Beach and the second is the current one ini progress. It is one I got at the beach.  With a beach scene, it seemed fitting as my first one back. ^_^

 

Hopefully on the mend.

I have felt a little better today, but I'm not where near back to normal.  I mainly stayed around the house and didn't do a lot.  I did some work on organizing my Starbucks cards.  I got some new ones at the beach so I wanted to get those all sorted and put in my binder.  I also went through and found that I had some ones with pin intact.  I changed all the ones that I had in my collection that weren't like that.  I also had some 'special' cards and I put them in the other binder.  I was glad to get one task done today! 

I finished one of the books I was reading too.  I just have to finish the one I started on the Kindle waaay back in May.  It's sort of meh, so it's been slow going.  I might skip it and start something else. I haven't decided yet.  I'm just not getting into the story.  I'll give it a few more pages tonight and see if it picks up.

I do have a picture to share.  On the night of the storm at the beach, I walked to the SkyWheel/Pavilion area on the beach like I had been doing and went up on the boardwalk to the Gay Dolphin. I'm pretty sure I already mentioned that, but just in case. :P . When I left the boardwalk and got back on the beach, I took this picture of the Skywheel.  I think it's my favorite picture I took of it while there: