It's been kind of a frustrating week. By the 18th I had all the Christmas things put up, and the regular fall items back up. I did not put up all the winter things; it felt like there were too many of them and I need to trim them down. I won't be getting rid of the winter village, but I didn't put that up. What I had up suited how I felt.

On Thursday I had an occurrence where my heart started to race (not palpitations, but in the 80s and 90s) for what I thought was no reason. I was feeling off for most of the end of the week, even though we did go out to lunch. I'm a little harassed because I don't think Snowy is feeling well. Since James retired and we changed our schedule, he's seemed a little quieter. James figures it's because he's not talking on the phone all day, giving Snowy some feedback. He says Snowy still sings when he gets up to make breakfast, and he's been doing something cool since the beginning of the year: he gets up and makes oatmeal for the two of us, real oatmeal. He says it doesn't take long, and he sits and has a cup of tea in the five minutes he has to stir it to keep it from sticking. I put real maple syrup on it, and it tastes so much better than the instant; I didn't realize how much until I had to have an instant the other day.

In any case, I've bought Snowy some new seed which has pellets in it, hoping that as he gets older he might get a little wiser. He has already been eating James' wheat bread for a while, and he recently sampled a pretzel. Sylvester, Merlin, and Bandit all loved people food; not sure why he won't even try good stuff. Birds usually love fruit or certain veg.

Saturday we just rested up: I worked on my story and after we sat through Raiders of the Lost Ark, I put on The Night Stalker and The Night Strangler. Finally tonight we watched the film 1917, about two soldiers tasked to deliver a message to another platoon to warn them. It follows both, and then one of the soldiers as he is committed to carrying the message to prevent a slaughter. Mesmerizing. Wonderful. Amazing.

Labels: birds, chores, Christmas decorations, food, health, movies, pets

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